Data General, Baan Company, and SE Technologies Collaborate to Offer a Comprehensive Solution for the Consumer Packaged Goods Market.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1998-- Offers Selected Performance Guarantees for 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. Software Running on Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT and 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. 7.0 SE Technologies Provides Integration and Implementation Services Data General Corporation, Baan Company N.V., and SE Technologies, Inc. today announced a solution for consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (CPG CPG central pattern generators. ) manufacturers that combines implementation, performance, and uptime guarantees to minimize customer enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP) software deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. risk and expedites implementation. The solution, to be available to CPG manufacturers 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. , combines Baan Company's best-in-class suite of business software products, Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 7.0, integration and implementation services from SE Technologies, and Data General's TermServer-in-a-Box(tm) server platform. TermServer-in-a-Box is a packaged system consisting of rackmounted AViiON(R) servers and CLARiiON(R) disk array storage. "Data General delivered the industry's first `in-a-Box' prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. and pre-tested configurations as a way of expediting and minimizing customer risk in the deployment of complex NT clustering and terminal server technology," said David Flawn, vice president of NT marketing at Data General. "We are now taking that concept to the next level with complete prepackaged solutions consisting of applications, integration and implementation services, performance, and uptime guarantees, based on our server and storage technologies." Baan Company "We are pleased to bring to our CPG customers this unprecedented approach to easing the deployment of ERP software -- an initiative that aligns with our mission to reduce the complexity of enterprise applications," said Kevin Calderwood, president of strategic global accounts for Baan Company. "We expect that the strength of Data General, Baan Company, and SE Technologies will provide our customers with faster implementations and, therefore, more rapid return on their ERP investment." Microsoft "Data General, Baan Company, and SE Technologies are delivering the kind of complete solution that the ERP market has been asking for," said Holly Henson, group marketing manager of ERP at Microsoft Corp. "With guarantees for implementation, performance, and uptime, customers can be assured of timely implementation and a satisfactory production environment based on SQL Server 7.0." SE Technologies SE Technologies, one of the largest Baan Company implementation consultation and customization practices in the US, provides both broad technical experience with Baan Company software products and expertise in the CPG vertical market. In addition, SE Technologies provides extensions to Baan Company business software that address the specific requirements of manufacturers in the CPG market. "There is a high level of synergy among the companies bringing this prepackaged solution to market," said Stuart Itkin, vice president of Marketing at SE Technologies. "In particular, Data General's strength lies in its systems' ability to support the large numbers of concurrent users typical of the CPG market. In addition, as Data General demonstrates in their booth at Comdex, the thin-client computing model supported by TermServer-in-a-Box enables customers to lower their total cost of ownership by maintaining investments in their current desktop devices." Itkin continued, "The SE Technologies-developed extensions further enhance the fit and function of these pre-packaged solutions and enables us to substantially reduce the time required for implementation to provide customers rapid realization of return on their investment." AberdeenGroup View "The provision of a total packaged solution targeted at mid-market companies has great promise -- Data General's solid high-availability hardware solutions coupled with Baan Company business software and SE Technologies' implementation services. The risk alleviation for customers through the performance and up-time guarantees further adds value to the package -- value beyond that found elsewhere in the market today," commented Katherine Jones, senior market analyst in Enterprise Business Applications at the AberdeenGroup. Implementation, Performance, and Uptime Guarantees Data General's OMNiiCARE 99.9 percent uptime guarantee is available in North America for selected AViiON servers, in clustered configurations, running the Enterprise Edition of Windows NT Server 4.0 operating system. Data General has extended this uptime guarantee to SQL Server 7.0. The conditions and limitations of the uptime guarantee are described at: http://www.dg.com/services/html/omniicare_service.html. In addition, offerings by Data General and SE Technologies will include (respectively) performance guarantees and implementation guarantees addressing customer-specific needs. Demonstration at COMDEX Data General is displaying this solution at COMDEX with a thin-client computing environment, supported by Data General's high-availability TermServer-in-a-Box, consisting of a rackmounted system with four AV 2700 servers, two AV 3700 servers and a 10-slot CLARiiON full Fibre Channel storage subsystem. Data General's demonstration also features Baan Company business software, running on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft Cluster Server Clustering software from Microsoft for Windows NT/2000. It provides rudimentary load balancing and two-node failover, which allows a second server to take over if the first one fails. Cluster Server was formerly code named Wolfpack. , Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition, and Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, and Citrix Systems Inc. MetaFrame(tm) server-based computing software. About Baan Company Founded in 1978, Baan Company (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on BAANF)(ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. BAAN) is a leading global provider of enterprise business software. Baan Company's comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class, component-based applications for front office, corporate office, and back office automation are in use at over 7,000 customer sites worldwide. Baan Company's products reduce complexity, improve core business processes, are faster to implement and use, more flexible in adapting to business changes and optimize the management of information throughout the entire value chain. Baan Company has dual headquarters in Barneveld, The Netherlands and Reston, Virginia, USA and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.baan.com. About SE Technologies, Inc. SE Technologies, Inc. is a global provider of information technology consulting Information technology consulting (IT consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. and systems integration services specializing in the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Interaction System (CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S ), and Supply Chain Management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ) business application software. SE Technologies' experience and proven methodology enables manufacturing and distribution companies to implement and supplement business applications confidently, rapidly and dependably. With corporate headquarters in Stamford, CT, the company has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. SE Technologies can be reached by calling (203) 357-1772 or through its web site at http://www.se-tech.com. About Data General Data General (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) ), based in Westboro, Massachusetts, is a major supplier of storage and enterprise computing solutions for customers worldwide. The company's products include CLARiiON Fibre Channel storage systems, high-end Windows NT 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). AViiON servers, and related software and services. The company reported fiscal 1998 revenues of $1.5 billion. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com. AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks, and TermServer-in-a-Box is a trademark of Data General Corporation. All other brand names and product names referenced in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. "Baan" is a registered trademark of Baan Company, and any trade, product, or service name referenced in this release using the name "Baan" is a trademark and/or property of Baan Company. All other company, product, and service names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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