CompuCom Helps the Journal Sentinel Keep the Presses Running With Strategic Migration Solution.Business Editors & High Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2001 Migration to Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. 2000 Enhances Workflow to Help Meet Deadlines, and Improve Costs in Payroll, Finance, Advertising and Circulation CompuCom Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq: CMPC CMPC Classified Matter Protection and Control CMPC Compañia Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones S.A. CMPC Cisco Multi-Path Channel CMPC Children's Media Policy Coalition CMPC Central Milk Producers Cooperative CMPC Connecticut Minority Purchasing Council ), a leading digital infrastructure solutions provider, today announced the successful design and implementation of an enhanced, proficient pro·fi·cient adj. Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning. n. An expert; an adept. messaging solution for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, the largest newspaper in Wisconsin and is distributed widely throughout the state. , Inc., a subsidiary of Journal Communications Journal Communications, Inc. NYSE: JRN is a a publicly traded media company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It publishes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a daily newspaper, and it also owns television stations, radio stations and weekly newspapers, among other , Inc. In an enterprise where timing is critical, the Journal Sentinel was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a solution that would relieve the pressure of tight deadlines. By migrating the Journal Sentinel's multiple email platforms to a single messaging platform, Microsoft Exchange 2000; and electronic workflow system, IcomXpress(TM); CompuCom helped the subsidiary of Journal Communications, one of the nation's major metropolitan newspapers, enhance productivity by automating many of its formerly paper-based business transactions. Other benefits that the Journal Sentinel expects to gain from CompuCom's Exchange solution are lower end-user training costs and higher system reliability. "Allowing electronic notification and authorization of historic paper transactions will provide the needed return on investment for this project," said Jim Herzfeld, Vice President of Information Technology at Journal Sentinel. "Our new messaging platform improves the way information is organized and increases the speed of doing business transactions. We also expect to see long term cost improvements in the areas of payroll, finance, advertising and circulation." CompuCom recommended the Exchange 2000 platform, in conjunction with IcomXpress(TM), based on a thorough assessment of the company's business goals and technology requirements. Using the IcomXpress(TM) software, CompuCom streamlined and automated the flow of transactions, interactions, decisions, tasks, knowledge assets and mission-critical functions for Journal Sentinel. "The results of the implementation to date have been outstanding," continued Herzfeld. "CompuCom delivered an effective, reliable solution on time and under budget. They went above and beyond the parameters of the project by providing extensive research on product alternatives, which resulted in substantial cost savings." To support the messaging system Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent migration, CompuCom installed a group of enterprise servers to backup email and address book information, ensuring that no vital information was lost during the migration. "CompuCom's Messaging with Exchange Server offering provides clients with a systematic approach to deploying collaborative solutions. All services are viewed from the client's perspective. Our technologists design each solution to strategically align capabilities of available technologies with our clients' overall business objectives," said Hope Griffith, CompuCom's Senior Vice President of Marketing. "For Journal Sentinel, that meant focusing on their workflow before we started, and envisioning an enhanced workflow for the final solution. We are proud of the positive bottom-line effect they have experienced as a result." About CompuCom Systems, Inc. CompuCom Systems, Inc. is a leading digital infrastructure solutions provider. CompuCom's clients include Fortune 1000 enterprises, vertical industry leaders, major technology equipment providers, leading edge systems integrators and wireless technology providers. CompuCom's technology solutions help companies master complex technologies. CompuCom leverages people, process and technology to offer best in class solutions that enable, optimize and operate the digital technology infrastructure. CompuCom is accessible via the Internet at www.compucom.com. Certain statements contained in this release constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements, and as a result could have an adverse impact on CompuCom's business, financial condition and operating results. These factors include, among other things, revenue generation, customer acceptance, management of growth and future acquisitions, attraction and retention of key management and technical personnel, competition, vendor's direct marketing initiatives, dependence on vendors and reliance upon vendor programs potential fluctuations in operating results, working capital financing, and the matters discussed in CompuCom's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and other public filings and disclosures. Readers should refer to those documents and should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. About Journal Sentinel, Inc. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is Wisconsin's largest and most influential newspaper. It was created in April 1995, when two proud and powerful newspapers -- The Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Sentinel -- merged the best of their resources. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Newspaper Association of America's statistics, four out of five people in the metropolitan Milwaukee area read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel either daily or Sunday. Journal Communications the parent company of Journal Sentinel is the oldest employee-owned company in America. Journal Communications is a growing, diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s media and communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. employing more than 7,000 people working at one of seven operating companies operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. and at locations in 24 states and in Europe. |
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