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Archi-Tech Systems, Inc. Provides Key Capabilities To IMS Health Utilizing Unique Technology That Powers Archi-Tech's Flagship Product Suite, DART.


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WEST TRENTON West Trenton, New Jersey is a section of the Trenton suburb of Ewing, and it is not a section of the capital city itself. It is located just northwest of the capital's city limits. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2003

Archi-Tech Systems, Inc. (Archi-Tech), has announced a first-of-its-kind implementation at IMS Health IMS Health (NYSE: RX) is an international consulting and data services company that supplies the pharmaceutical industry with sales data and consulting services. IMS Health was founded in 1954 by Bill Frohlich and David Dubow.  (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem.

(2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS.
), which utilizes the core technology that powers Archi-Tech's product suite DART.

This customized tool for IMS will facilitate the creation and delivery of custom reports for IMS pharmaceutical clients.

IMS is the world's leading provider of information solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Its Custom Delivery Services department turned to Archi-Tech to develop an application that could deliver CustomViews(TM) of data at rapid speed to clients.

Leveraging protocycling and teamwork at both Archi-Tech and IMS, this new application was up-and-running in just 14 months -- successful delivery, despite an aggressive timeline.

Archi-Tech's history and experience with pharmaceutical data played an important role in the acceleration of this product delivery. "For nearly a decade, Archi-Tech has focused exclusively on delivering solutions to the pharmaceutical marketplace," stated Paul Gray Paul Gray is the name of a number of people:
  • Paul Gray (civil servant) is the current chairman of HM Revenue & Customs, a British government department.
  • Paul Gray (IT) is a pioneer in the IT field.
  • Paul Gray (musician) was the bassist of The Damned.
, President of Archi-Tech. "The delivery of an application supporting another organization's operations was a different challenge."

Archi-Tech has built its reputation on its ability to deliver portable applications - literally, a "data warehouse on a CD" that users run from their local workstations or laptop environments. The IMS engagement required a complete paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm.  from a standalone stand·a·lone  
adj.
Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. 
 product to an in-house solution- and it paid off. "Traditionally, Archi-Tech's technology has been limited to providing end-user solutions," states Steve Everk, Vice President, Operations of Archi-Tech Systems, Inc. "The IMS implementation proved its value as an enabling technology, that can help propel pro·pel  
tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels
To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push.



[Middle English propellen, from Latin
 any size enterprise."

IMS has already begun utilizing the Archi-Tech deliverable to satisfy client requests via the first-phase implementation.

About Archi-Tech Systems, Inc.

Archi-Tech Systems Inc. is a premiere provider of data integration services and decision support tools, which utilize its cutting edge technology to assist the pharmaceutical industry with its business strategies. Their current tools, which include their DART (Data Access and Reporting Tool), provide the pharmaceutical industry with solutions for both home office and field management.

About IMS HEALTH

IMS Health is the world's leading provider of information solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

IMS offers leading-edge business intelligence products and services that are integral to clients' day-to-day operations, including marketing effectiveness Marketing Effectiveness is the function of improving how marketers go to market with the goal of optimizing their marketing spend to achieve even better results for both the short-term and long-term. Also related to Marketing ROI and Return on Marketing Investment (ROMI).  solutions for prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products; sales optimization solutions to increase pharmaceutical sales force productivity; and consulting and customized services that turn information into actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action.

An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it.
 insights.
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