Columbia University Selects UC4:global For Job Scheduling.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2004 UC4 Software, Inc., the technology leader in job scheduling In a large computer, establishing a job queue to run a sequence of programs over any period of time such as a single shift, a full day, etc. and data center automation, today announced that Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. has selected UC4:global for job scheduling in the school's Administrative Information Services See Information Systems. (AIS) computing department. Columbia is deploying UC4:global to automate and manage its payroll and human resources activities, to be run on a PeopleSoft platform. UC4:global offer specific functionality to support PeopleSoft processes, and integrate them with other systems and platforms across the enterprise. Columbia University's AIS Computing department is responsible for the business side of the University's operations, handling employee payroll, human resources, and benefits as well as student registration, billing, and transcripts. Though the majority of jobs run on an IBM mainframe, the department recently purchased a PeopleSoft system to streamline its payroll and human resources processes. According to Anthony Cirillo, Assistant Vice President of Operations and Technology, a job scheduler was key to automate the more than 200 jobs processed by the PeopleSoft platform each day. "PeopleSoft offered a great built-in job scheduling tool, but we needed something a little more robust. ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). was critical - we wanted a product that not only addressed our current needs, but could be easily extended to support any future requirements that may emerge," said Cirillo. "UC4:global offers extensive functionality for PeopleSoft applications, as well as the capability to support other jobs and processes across the enterprise." Cirillo and his team conducted an exhaustive search of job scheduling software, and selected UC4:global because of its functionality, scalability, and ease-of-use. After a test run, the AIS Computing department staff was extremely pleased with the product's look and feel, as well as its performance in both an AIX/UNIX environment and PeopleSoft's DB2 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). database. Columbia is currently installing UC4:global in an initial test phase. It is scheduled to go live with the system in October 2004. About UC4:global UC4:global is a platform-independent solution for the enterprise-wide planning, management, and monitoring of all processes and events in heterogeneous IT environments. The first European SAP-certified job scheduling solution, UC4:global supports all commonly used operating systems, including Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, z/OS, BS 2000, VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. , Tandem, OS/400, MPE MPE abbr. Master of Public Education , UNIX, as well as all leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. applications such as mySAP, SAP Business Intelligence, PeopleSoft, and Oracle Applications. UC4:global can be integrated into frameworks such as HP OpenView, BMC Patrol, and 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) Tivoli Enterprise Console. The system is currently used by more than 500 customers worldwide, running more than 10 million jobs per month. About UC4 Software, Inc. Launched in January 2003, UC4 Software is the fastest growing, privately owned provider of job scheduling solutions worldwide. With more than 150,000 installations around the globe, the company provides a range of products and services to help companies seamlessly integrate job scheduling and event automation across global, multi-platform IT environments. In the US, UC4 Software focuses on sales, marketing, and product development of the UC4:global job scheduler. Key customers include the City of 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 , Moore North America, National Semiconductor, and many more. For more information, visit www.UC4.com. |
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