Aubuchon Hardware Sign-up For SQL-Retail; Quality A Key Factor In Selection.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1999-- Aubuchon Hardware Aubuchon Hardware, founded in 1908, is a hardware store chain in the Northeastern United States. It consists of 140 paint and hardware stores and one lumber yard store throughout Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and upstate New York. , the largest privately owned hardware retailer in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , announced it will implement SQL-Retail(TM) this year. The package will form the core of its new IT strategy. SQL-Retail, with its integral Compaq Proliant 6000 NT Server running the Microsoft(R) SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. (TM) 7.0 database, will replace Aubuchon's existing Unix/Progress based applications. With 147 stores throughout New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. and a seven acre distribution center, Aubuchon will use SQL-Retail to meet all of its merchandising and distribution needs. SQL-Retail's integral data warehouse technology will be used to improve significantly the level of management information available to top decision-makers. "We selected SQL-Retail because it stood out as the best solution on the market compared to products from more established vendors. SQL-Retail provides us with rich functionality in a data warehouse centric solution. We'll use the package to streamline our business and deliver even better value to our customers," suggested Donat C. Aubuchon, Controller, and Grandson of the company's founder, William E. Aubuchon, Sr. "The quality of the overall solution was very important to us. A big factor in the decision was the quality of the vendor. We elected to work with a company that clearly understands our needs and is willing to be open with us. Radius Retail demonstrated a very high level of integrity and we have developed respect for the organization and the people." Aubuchon is working to a very aggressive implementation time frame. The fact that SQL-Retail is a pre-configured, out-of-the-box solution helps to reduce the implementation timeframe. SQL-Retail will be interfaced to Aubuchon's existing financial applications utilizing Microsoft's Message Queue A storage space in memory or on disk that holds incoming transmissions until the computer can process them. See messaging middleware. middleware within Windows(R) NT(TM) Server. Aubuchon will utilize SQL-Retail to manage and control its new POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale systems which are planned to be deployed this year. "By moving to Microsoft SQL-Server and Windows NT, we are greatly simplifying our operating environment and significantly reducing the cost of our hardware investment. In addition the new system is better able to support the growth of the business," commented Eric S. Dahlberg, Systems Manager. "Although we are introducing client server technology to the business for the first time, SQL-Retail greatly simplifies the process for us. We are implementing SQL-Retail with no modifications to the standard package functionality." Aubuchon Hardware is the first hardware retailer in the United States to select SQL-Retail, following closely on the heels of Fads Homestyle in the UK. "We are pleased to welcome Aubuchon Hardware to our expanding USA client base," commented Mike Burge, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Radius Retail, Inc. "Aubuchon Hardware will become a key reference site for us in the hardware and home improvement retail sector." About SQL-Retail SQL-Retail was launched at the NRF NRF National Retail Federation NRF NATO Response Force NRF National Research Foundation (South Africa) NRF Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (urban renewal funding package in the UK) NRF Nouvelle Revue Française Conference in 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 in January as the definitive Merchandising and Supply Chain Management solution designed for Microsoft's SQL-Server 7.0 platform. Derived from it's sister product, OpenRSA, SQL-Retail has been developed specifically for small and mid size retailers wanting exceptional functionality and performance in a value package. SQL-Retail provides retailers with an out-of-the-box solution for merchandising and inventory control, complete with a fully integrated data warehouse and Executive Information System (EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. ). Open, message-based interfaces to financial applications such as Great Plain's Dynamics(TM) package, and to Active Store(TM) POS solutions, provide retailers with a complete enterprise solution, with the flexibility to select the best components for their business. About Radius Retail, Inc. Radius Retail develops and implements high quality software packages for the retail industry. The company has been engineering retail applications for 18 years and proudly boasts one of the best records of satisfied customers in the industry. Radius Retail prides itself on the excellence of its service to clients around the world, with the emphasis on personal service and developing long-term partnerships. The company continues to develop OpenRSA for larger retailers seeking the flexibility of customizing a package architecture to their business requirements, and SQL-Retail for retailers wanting an out-of-the-box solution that can be quickly implemented. Radius Retail is a closely held company Closely held company A company who has a small group of controlling shareholders. In contrast, a widely-held firm has many shareholders. It is difficult or impossible to wage a proxy battle for any closely-held firm. with established relationships with Microsoft, Compaq, NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers , Sun, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Hewlett Packard, MicroStrategy and Computer Associates. Further information about OpenRSA can be found at www.openrsa.com and SQL-Retail at www.sqlretail.com. OpenRSA and SQL-Retail are trademarks of Radius Retail Inc. All other trademarks are recognized as belonging to their respective owners. |
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