Digital Impact Selects AppWorx Job Scheduler as its Enterprise Batch Scheduling Solution.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001 Appworx Corporation today announced that Digital Impact, the premier provider of online direct marketing solutions for enterprises, has selected the Appworx Job Scheduler A job scheduler is an enterprise software application that is in charge of unattended background executions, commonly known for historical reasons as batch processing. They may also be known as Distributed Resource Management Systems (DRMS) or to centrally manage thousands of jobs in a heterogeneous technical environment. Digital Impact was outgrowing its predominantly Unix based Refers to a Unix operating system. The operating system may comply with the UNIX specifications governed by The Open Group, such as Sun's Solaris, or it may be an operating system based on the architecture and principles of Unix, such as Linux. scheduling tools while adding new Microsoft based technology and hence needed to implement a scalable multi-platform scheduling solution. The company selected Appworx, which will initially be used to automate all customer data transfers on a 24x7 basis, from a large Oracle database to many smaller 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. databases where e-mail campaign data is analyzed and provided to Digital Impact's customers. "Our existing job schedulers didn't provide the functionality needed in terms of an automated solution that can scale to meet the growing demands of our business and technology," said Dave Escobar, operations project manager for Digital Impact. "With AppWorx we can securely integrate data, manage multiple dependencies, balance workflow and monitor all activities from a central location." "For Digital Impact, the bottom line is providing customers with mission critical information needed to execute successful online direct marketing campaigns," said Bill Wrenn, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. for AppWorx Corporation. "AppWorx provides leading-edge technology and a robust and scalable scheduling solution to companies such as Digital Impact to achieve aggressive growth goals within an ever changing IT environment." About Digital Impact Digital Impact is the premier provider of online direct marketing solutions for enterprises, including market leaders such as Citibank, Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. , MasterCard, and Hewlett-Packard. Digital Impact's solutions -- Strategy, Customer Acquisition and Customer Marketing -- enable corporations to create and deliver highly successful email marketing programs that drive revenue, influence behavior and deepen customer relationships. Digital Impact solutions provide deep customer insight and powerful execution through a combination of hosted web applications, messaging technology infrastructure and professional services. Digital Impact is a member of the TRUSTe Privacy Program and works only with companies that are advocates of strict consumer privacy guidelines. Digital Impact was founded in October 1997 and currently has more than 300 employees in its Silicon Valley, Santa Monica, Dallas, Chicago, 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 and London offices. The company is publicly traded on the 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 stock exchange under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors DIGI DIGI Digital DIGI Digital Input . About AppWorx Corporation AppWorx Corporation is a leading provider of innovative enterprise scheduling products that have automated application business processes, improved efficiency, and significantly reduced IT operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. for over 400 corporations worldwide. AppWorx's revolutionary technology and expertise in optimizing software application processing allow organizations worldwide to automate their application business processes across applications and platforms encompassing the entire enterprise. For more information visit our website at www.appworx.com or call toll free at 1.877.APPWORX or +44 (0) 1293 897128 in the U.K. AppWorx is a registered trademark of AppWorx Corporation. All other products named are trademarks of their manufacturer. |
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