Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems chooses Alpharel to eliminate aperture cards.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 1995--Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems Inc. (CTAS CTAS Center-TRACON Automation System CTAS Create Table As Select (Oracle database) CTAS County Technical Assistance Service CTAS Cornell Taiwanese American Society CTAS Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale ), a subsidiary of Chrysler Corp. specializing in retrofitting, modifying and detailing commercial and military aircraft, has chosen Alpharel (NASDAQ/NMS:AREL AREL Acute Reference Exposure Level (EPA) ), a principal supplier of enterprisewide imaging application software and services, to integrate the Alpharel Enabler suite of software with CTAS' existing Metaphase metaphase /meta·phase/ (met´ah-faz) the second stage of cell division (mitosis or meiosis), in which the chromosomes, each consisting of two chromatids, are arranged in the equatorial plane of the spindle prior to separation. Product Data Management (PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and ) application. The goal is to create an electronic "point-of-need" document distribution system that delivers images on demand. The first phase is scheduled to be on-line by the end of the third quarter in a controlled pilot implementation to test the user interface, ease of use, performance and network loading. Future phases will make images available via desktop computers to all CTAS employees. Full implementation is expected to be complete my mid-1996. "We chose Alpharel because we are confident of their ability to add images to our users' desktops without crippling our existing networks," said Eric Heinrich, director of corporate computing and information services See Information Systems. . "The integration with our Metaphase PDM tool will provide a single entry point to electronically view data previously only available as hardcopy and aperture cards. The payoff will be close to immediate availability of released documentation and ready access to search and retrieve legacy data." The Enabler system includes Alpharel's View, Markup and Edit software as well as print and scan subsystems running on a Silicon Graphics (SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. ) server platform. All of these software elements will be linked to current production databases and network installations. By using the existing hardware and network installations, the new imaging system will post positive returns on Chrysler Technologies' investment in less than two years. "Chrysler Technologies is an ideal candidate for our software," said Steve Gardner, president and chief executive officer of Alpharel. "They have a complex and varied set of tools creating electronic files as well as an equal number of files from hardcopy sources like paper and microfilm. "Our system strategy will allow Chrysler Technologies to image- enable a core process and accompanying applications. We excel at Verb 1. excel at - be good at; "She shines at math" shine at excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" designing software and service solutions for exactly this type of enterprise. Furthermore, this latest Metaphase enablement adds another customer to our growing list of image-enabled PDM users." With headquarters in San Diego, Alpharel is a provider of reliable, proven products and services to the Integrated Document Management market, focusing on flexible, pragmatic and effective solutions to enterprisewide document management challenges for business organizations and governmental agencies. The company excels in meeting the challenges of complex environments -- managing access to high volumes of engineering and office documents by many users spread across diverse locations. Committed to open and flexible technology, Alpharel provides its products on a variety of client types (Macintosh, Windows and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). ) and with the industry leading server products (UNIX servers from Sun, Hewlett-Packard, 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) , Silicon Graphics, Data General and others), often integrating its solutions with existing customer mainframe, minicomputer (1) An earlier medium-scale, centralized computer that functioned as a multiuser system for up to several hundred users. The minicomputer industry was launched in 1959 after Digital Equipment Corporation introduced its PDP-1 for $120,000, an unheard-of low price for a computer in and network applications, data and technology. Alpharel products and services are sold throughout the world through both direct and indirect channels. CONTACT: Alpharel Inc., San Diego Stephen P. Gardner/John W. Low, 619/625-3000 |
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