Data General Brings AV Image Support to PeopleSoft HRMS 5 Human Resources Management Software.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1996--Data General today announced that it has integrated its AV Image imaging software with PeopleSoft's HRMS HRMS Human Resource Management System HRMS High Resolution Microwave Survey (SETI, Project Phoenix) HRMS High Resolution Mass Spectroscopy HRMS High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy HRMS Human Resources Management Specialist 5 human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. management software on its AViiON server platform. The company is demonstrating image-enabled HRMS 5 in Booth #531 at this week's AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. tradeshow. Data General is at the forefront of a new approach to imaging based on standards-compliant software running on open enterprise systems. The goal of Data General's Imaging Business Unit is to add value for users, VARs, and ISVs by image-enabling applications using its award-winning AV Image software environment. AV Image and PeopleSoft HRMS 5 are supported by Data General's full line of Intel-based AViiON servers running either the DG/UX enterprise operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. or NT Server. "By integrating imaging with the most popular client/server applications provided by vendors such as PeopleSoft, we are essentially adding an electronic paperclip that allows users to include views of images, documents, or folders of multiple document types," said William Zastrow, vice president of Data General's Imaging Business Unit. By deploying image-enabled HRMS 5 human resource management software, Data General users can easily integrate image documents such as employee resumes, relevant government payroll documents, letters of reference, or performance appraisals Performance appraisal, also known as employee appraisal, is a method by which the performance of an employee is evaluated (generally in terms of quality, quantity, cost and time). with human resources, payroll, or benefits application modules. "Data General's imaging solution was developed from the perspective of the user and PeopleSoft," said Frank Strelau, PeopleSoft's vice president of business development. "It is an open imaging framework that was created to incorporate standards-based application software and hardware to provide a total user solution." Data General consultants are available worldwide to build interfaces between any given application and the AV Image system using the Integration Toolkit. The AV Image Viewer See viewer. utilizes a unique compression technology called Auto-Focused Image Extraction which reduces nework traffic by 90% and increases viewing speed 15-fold. Servers and Storage Data General's latest AViiON server systems, based on industry-standard Intel processors, continue to leverage the company's technical strengths in areas required to serve today's enterprise market, including symmetric multiprocessing See SMP. (parallel) symmetric multiprocessing - (SMP) Two or more similar processors connected via a high-bandwidth link and managed by one operating system, where each processor has equal access to I/O devices. , clustering, and high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. . Data General's OpStar family of turnkey optical storage subsystems The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. includes high-density optical discs and jukeboxes bundled with OpStar software, providing a comprehensive solution for on-line and near-on-line high capacity data storage that is transparent to the application. Data General's high capacity CLARiiON storage arrays are also a natural fit with storage-intensive image-enabled applications and can be configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: to provide the level of RAID support desired by the customer. Data General Data General, based in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.2 billion for fiscal 1995. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com. -0- AViiON, CLARiiON, AV Image, OpStar and DG/UX are registered trademarks of Data General Corporation. All other products or brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Jim Dunlap George Goldman Data General Edelman Worldwide 508/898-6546 212/704-4440 |
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