Articulent Delivers Storage Management Solution For Open Channel Solutions; Builds Sound Infrastructure for New Software Licensing Service.Business/Technology Editors HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000 Articulent Inc., a leading storage management services See SMS. (storage) Storage Management Services - (SMS) Software that enables network administrators to route backup data from various devices on a network to another device such as a server or a magnetic tape backup unit. provider, today announced that Open Channel Solutions, a provider of electronic software licensing solutions for high tech companies, has deployed a high-availability Storage Area Network (SAN) designed by Articulent. Open Channel Solutions is the first company to offer a hosted solution for integrating electronic procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. , processing, management and distribution of software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. for independent software vendors (ISVs) and channel partners via the Internet. Open Channel Solutions must guarantee the security and integrity of its clients' software applications, licensing transactions and end-customer information. Open Channel Solutions has engaged Articulent's storage management experts to design, develop and deploy a storage management solution that will insure maximum uptime, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and protection of its business-critical data. "Articulent is helping build the infrastructure for our business," said Mathieu Baissac, chief technology officer, Open Channel Solutions. "Electronic volume licensing is the emerging business model in the software market, and being able to manage steady increases of customer and end-user transactions is key to our added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
Once Articulent completed its assessment of the Open Channel Solutions environment, Open Channel Solutions contracted with Articulent to source, build and integrate a High-Availability 2000NT SAN with Web server clustering See clustering. , back up and recovery. Articulent has tested its implementation in partnership with Open Channel Solutions and has provided customized site documentation to enable Open Channel Solutions to continue to manage the SAN within their IT operations environment. "We have worked closely with Open Channel Solutions to understand their business processes, apply the right storage management solution, and provide the know-how to bring them to self-sufficiency," said J. Robert Mejerle, Jr., chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Articulent. "Open Channel Solutions is on a fast track for growth and together, we can enable Open Channel Solutions to utilize corporate information to their competitive advantage." About Open Channel Solutions Open Channel Solutions (http://www.ocs.com/), a division of Modus Media, Inc., provides electronic license distribution support to leading high-tech companies worldwide. With operations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia Pacific, OCS offers a wide array of solutions that make it easy for clients to design and implement complex licensing programs using state-of-the-art technology. OCS enables intellectual property publishers to unlock the power of the Internet using Poetic (TM) License, to manage all facets of their licensing programs. About Articulent Articulent Inc. is a leading provider of storage management services, enabling companies to store, protect and manage business-critical information. Since 1989, Articulent has provided professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , specialized consulting, implementation, and critical infrastructure solutions to fast-growing companies that manage an increasing volume of data. Headquartered in Hopkinton, MA, Articulent has offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Dallas, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Philadelphia. For more information, please visit www.articulent.com or call 800.323.8839. |
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