DataSynapse Wins IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Award for E-Business On Demand Innovative Solution; Grid Solution Reduces Costs for Global Human Resources Company.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2004 DataSynapse, Inc., the fastest-growing provider of grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal software for commercial applications has been honored with a 2004 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) PartnerWorld(R) Beacon Award in the e-business on demand Innovative Solution category for its ability to address the growing business need for real-time processing Noun 1. real-time processing - data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process real-time operation data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information solutions that significantly reduce costs. The IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards recognize IBM Business Partners that have excelled in providing quality e-business solutions and services to customers based on IBM technologies. Twenty-eight winners were announced at an IBM Beacon Awards ceremony March 1 at PartnerWorld 2004 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . The e-business on demand Innovative Solution award recognizes the Business Partner solution that leveraged open-standards to achieve end-to-end business process integration. The winning solution provides flexibility in how customers acquire and manage technology and allows customers to respond rapidly to changing market conditions. Working with the IBM Design Center, DataSynapse developed a grid processing system to handle pension benefit requests for Hewitt Associates Some of the information in this article may not be verified by . It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified to cite reliable sources. Hewitt Associates , a global 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. outsourcing and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . The solution consists of 10 IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. (TM) xSeries(TM) and zSeries(TM) blade servers running the GridServer(TM) platform, a DataSynapse application that distributes processing tasks across the grid and Java(TM)-based middleware that connects the grid to calculation software on the IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. . The grid solution has eliminated wasted processing capacity, reduced pension benefit calculation costs by 90 percent and performs the most complicated calculations 10 to 15 seconds faster than the previous solution. Rather than waiting for mainframe batches to run, Hewitt's customers can now run reports themselves and give employees self-service options for accessing information in Hewitt's system over the Web. "Receiving this highly coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. honor illustrates DataSynapse's leadership in the burgeoning application infrastructure space and our ability to closely align our business objectives with IBM's e-business and on demand strategy, providing immediate value to our clients," said Pat Aughavin, vice president, business development for DataSynapse. "Our GridServer technology enables organizations to rapidly build and deploy on demand IT environments, reducing total cost of ownership and improving resource utilization across the enterprise." "Judges selected DataSynapse for the e-business on demand Innovative Solution award for developing a grid computing solution for Hewitt Associates that helps manage fluctuating demand while eliminating the need for extra computing resources," said Mike Borman, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners. "This award serves as a demonstration of the superior e-business on demand solutions DataSynapse provides to customers." For more details about the winning solutions and award finalists, please visit http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/pw2004_beacon.html About IBM With 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate, IBM is the world's largest information technology company. IBM is a leading provider of e-business solutions and is dedicated to helping companies, Business Partners and developers leverage the potential of the Internet and network computing across a wide range of businesses and industries. The company offers a host of cross-industry and industry specific solutions designed to meet the needs of companies of all sizes. For more information on partnering with IBM, please visit: www.ibm.com/partnerworld. About DataSynapse DataSynapse, Inc. is the fastest-growing provider of grid computing software for commercial applications today. Its award-winning, production-proven on-demand application infrastructure software, GridServer(TM), provides a real-time application operating environment to manage a complex, diverse IT landscape. Using standards-based grid technology, DataSynapse delivers quantifiable, hard-dollar benefits and unparallel levels of application scalability, performance and reliability, while optimizing computing resources and measurably increasing revenues. DataSynapse works with leading organizations in the financial services, energy, industrial and public sectors. The company boasts more than 40 worldwide installations including Wall Street heavyweights Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Wachovia Securities, Bank One and UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System . DataSynapse is headquartered in 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 , with offices in London, Paris, Houston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and San Jose, Calif. and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.datasynapse.com. IBM, eServer, PartnerWorld, xSeries and zSeries are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries or both. Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion