Getronics and Stratus Team Up to Deliver Continuously Available E-Banking Solutions.Business/Technology Editors BILLERICA & MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000 Getronics (AMSTERDAM:GTN GTN gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. ), a leading international services and solutions company, and Stratus Computer, maker of the world's most reliable servers, announced today an agreement targeted at delivering continuously available third-generation e-banking solutions to the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry. Under the agreement, Getronics and Stratus will collaborate on future engagements that will benefit from using Stratus(R) ftServer(TM) Windows 2000-based servers as the fault-tolerant hardware platform for Getronics' Globalfs(TM) financial services solution. Globalfs provides financial institutions with a unified framework for a multi-channel, multi-application system capable of delivering banking services to customers whenever, wherever, and by whatever means they choose to access them. "Globalfs unifies the people, processes, and information necessary for exceptional customer service across all retail banking delivery channels, while the Stratus ftServer hardware platform helps ensure uninterrupted customer access to accounts, bank products and services," said Karen Roche, president of Getronics' business solutions and consulting. "Low cost, fault-tolerant computing is a new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. for the banking industry. It offers our clients new options for designing network-centric computing environments, including placement of ftServers in branch offices for rock-solid protection against system downtime." Globalfs utilizes an open architecture and is based on Microsoft's n-tier architecture See n-tier. . Stratus' ftServer system is the industry's only fault-tolerant multi-processor server supporting the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server operating systems See network operating system. . Getronics' solutions facilitate the reuse of business processes and components across multiple channels--call center, Internet, branch channels--to optimize unified enterprise-wide delivery of products and services. This is critical to the success of customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) programs that financial institutions employ to deliver greater value to their customers. "Transparent, continuous access to account information and assets is among the most critical success determinants in creating and retaining a loyal customer base," said Bill Hartnett, global director of Financial Services at Microsoft. "Providing retail banking clients with a Stratus fault-tolerant platform in their Globalfs infrastructure is a powerful feature, and one that couldn't be more timely in the financial services industry. Windows 2000 gives businesses, like Stratus Computers and Getronics, the agility, speed and enterprise level reliability needed to compete and win." 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. Philip Izzo, Stratus' director of business development, Financial Services, "In their respective areas, both Getronics and Stratus are highly regarded in the banking industry for their unique capabilities. By combining these capabilities, we can offer a solution that is ideally suited to the current and evolving demands of seamless, electronic banking." About Getronics Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of Solutions and Services to the professional users of Information & Communication Technology (ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. ). With 30,000 employees and a direct presence in more than 40 countries, Getronics works with many of the world's largest companies to help them maximise the value of their technology investment. Getronics is headquartered in Amsterdam, with regional head offices in Boston, London, Singapore and Washington DC. Getronics shares are traded on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the former name for the stock exchange based in Amsterdam. ('GTN'). Further information about Getronics and its Solutions and Services can be found at www.getronics.com. About Stratus Computer Stratus Computer offers the world's most proven range of continuously available computer platforms, application solutions, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , and technologies for mission-critical business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . Stratus serves customers worldwide, focusing primarily on financial services, retail, travel, electronic commerce, healthcare, public safety and gaming industries. Many of Stratus' customers are highly visible industry leaders such as prominent U.S. securities firms, major credit card companies, the largest stock exchange in Asia, the largest options exchange in the world, and 15 out of the world's 20 largest banks. Stratus Computer Systems, S.a.r.l. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . |
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