Unisys and Computer Resolutions Inc. Help Update Westchester Community College Infrastructure; Two Unisys 16-way ES7000 Servers Allow WCC to Bring Educational and Business Processes into the 21St Century.BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Unisys Corporation (company) Unisys Corporation - The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : UIS (graphics, programming) UIS - A VMS graphics programming interface package for VAXstations. ) and Computer Resolutions Inc. (CRI CRI constant-rate infusion. ) today announced that Westchester Community College Westchester Community College is a public, two-year college sponsored by Westchester County, New York and SUNY. The 364-acre main campus is built on the former estate of John A. (WCC WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → COE m (Conseil œcuménique des Églises) WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → Weltkirchenrat m ) has chosen the Unisys ES7000 technology to simplify and upgrade its datacenter. The power of the two ES7000 540 servers will consolidate the workload of legacy proprietary systems, provided by the county, to create a scalable, more streamlined environment. After undergoing an audit by the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association (CSS-MSA), WCC's higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. accreditation body, the school was advised to bring all of either IT system in house. As part of that ongoing initiative, WCC turned to master Unisys VAR Computer Resolutions Inc. (CRI), a privately owned supplier of computer hardware products and services, to help them select a service provider. With limited physical space available, WCC chose the Unisys ES7000 server to scale up rather than scale out, resulting in easier manageability for the local college and its small IT staff. In addition to consolidation, the ES7000 will also allow the school to manage a variety of applications from a single source including PeopleSoft 8.8 Financial and 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. applications. Through the implementation of PeopleSoft, WCC is able to oversee and regulate many of the school's daily functions such as finance, human resources, student administration, student registration and student transcripts. In 2005, the college plans to migrate its student administration and financial aid systems to PeopleSoft 8.9 and consolidate all major business applications onto the ES7000. In selecting a service provider for WCC, CRI compared the products offered by Oracle and Unisys. Ultimately, Unisys became the clear choice with its advantages lying in the flexibility and expandability of the ES7000 architecture. In addition, WCC's existing familiarity with SQL/Windows offered ease of transition and minimized the necessity for training if they had chosen a Unix/Risc-based environment instead. The ES7000s will operate in a clustered environment with components of different applications running on each other. One 8-way partition will be used as a development environment. WCC will also implement Unisys Server Sentinel management software to exercise increased control over its infrastructure and monitor network activity. "We needed a server that could deliver the highest levels of performance for our complex technical infrastructure and grow over time with our expanding student body," said Anthony Scordino, manager, Network Services for WCC. "The ES7000 was our one-stop shopping - it contains the performance, availability and scalability required to meet the needs of our students, faculty and staff. By scaling up and standardizing on Windows, we're able to reduce our administration costs, and provide the school and its students with quick, efficient access to resources and tools on a daily basis." "The IT costs of higher education continue to soar, and as in the business world, colleges are seeking ways to cut costs and achieve optimal efficiency through consolidation and standardization," says John Keller John Frederick Keller (born November 10, 1928) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played three matches. External links
"Westchester Community College is one of a growing number of organizations that are realizing that scale up technology has the lowest total cost of ownership than a large number of disparate servers," says John Palmieri, CRI president. "The Unisys technology allows us to promote capacity for growth with ease of management which is rare in an Intel-based solution." About Unisys Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. Our people combine expertise in systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, server technology and consulting with precision thinking and relentless execution to help clients, in more than 100 countries, quickly and efficiently achieve competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.unisys.com. About Computer Resolutions Inc.(SM) (CRI) (SM) Computer Resolutions Inc. (CRI) is a privately owned, independent supplier of business-to-business computer consulting and services. With an emphasis on service and reliability, CRI provides companies with technology solutions from server consolidation to business continuity and disaster recovery. CRI is a VMware Authorized Consultant, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Partner, Unisys Master VAR, 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) Exact Partner, HP Premier Partner and Premium Microsoft Solution Provider. CRI services clients in all fifty states and in eighty-eight countries. CRI headquarters, located in Bridgeport, CT can be reached at (800) 848-7185 or visit our Web site at www.cri1.com. About Westchester Community College With over 12,000 full-and part-time college credit students, Westchester Community College is the largest educational institution in Westchester County, New York '' Westchester County is a primarily suburban county located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. It was named after Chester, in England, and the county seat is White Plains. . The college offers three types of associate degrees in 40 subject areas, and certificate programs in approximately 20 career fields. WCC's faculty and professional staff have received more SUNY SUNY - State University of New York Chancellors Awards for Excellence than any other community college in the system. The school was founded in 1946 as the 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 State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in White Plains. Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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