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Brazilian Pipeline Operator Enhances IT Security With Software Upgrade | 2008-05-08 | Microsoft |
| Brazil's leading natural gas distributor, Comgas had an outdated IT desktop infrastructure. The company decided to upgrade its environment to the Windows Vista operating system and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to provide company professionals with enhanced security and productivity features, and its IT team with simplified management. The company has deployed the new software to approximately 900 of its 1,000 computers.
Tags: Upgrades and Migration, Windows Vista |
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Momentum Webcast: The Connected Business (Level 100) | 2008-05-06 | Microsoft Tips |
| In a continually evolving environment, organizations need to adapt to demands of changing business requirements. The presenter of this webcast explains how Microsoft Dynamics AX can help to connect the business vision with the company ecosystem, in addition to the people and processes. This connected business strategy empowers to take advantage of the existing investments (for example, Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint Products and Technologies, and Office) to realize efficiency; enable better communication throughout the organization (those in the office and outside the office); and provide cross collaboration of information for increased visibility and productivity in the organization.
Tags: Business Management, Collaboration Tools |
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Beaumont Hospitals Reduces IT Costs and Improves System Performance | 2008-05-01 | Oracle |
| Beaumont Hospitals is a regional health provider with three community hospitals: a 1,061-bed hospital and academic center in Royal Oak, a 346-bed hospital in Troy, and a 289-bed hospital in Grosse Pointe. Beaumont Hospitals wanted to reduce IT administration costs throughout the hospital system and simplify management of more than 60 databases. The challenge was to migrate to Linux environment to support highly available systems. Beaumont Hospitals implemented Oracle Database and Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Enterprise Linux, benefiting from the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program, which reduces administrative costs as well as enabled a phased conversion of applications to Linux.
Tags: Database Management, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt. |
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Gilbarco Implements a Single Data Source for Managing All Company Processes | 2008-05-01 | Oracle |
| Gilbarco wanted to replace the existing legacy system with a flexible, stable, and secure integrated system and support sales of the "Turnkey" services of strategic importance to the company. The challenge was to guarantee structured post-sales service management and implement a project-oriented management control system. Gilbarco worked with Proxima to implement Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications for financial, manufacturing, and supply chain management, meeting the company's growing need for technology that supports business goals and worked with Proxima to support Gilbarco throughout the implementation project and in the subsequent phase of evolutionary management.
Tags: Supply Chain Management, Finance |
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Polaris World Supports Rapid Business Growth and Centralizes Operations With Integrated, Scalable Solution | 2008-05-01 | Oracle |
| Polaris World wanted to create an IT infrastructure that can support the company's rapid growth, geographical expansion, and diverse business activities and manage a high volume of complex operations with minimal errors and within tight deadlines. The challenge was to optimize efficiency and effectiveness of the management of 63 companies in a vertical, decentralized organization and adopt a robust, scalable, high-quality IT infrastructure that is, easy to implement within a short timeframe. Polaris World worked with Oracle Partner Abast Group to implement Oracle E-Business Suite applications to control the company's purchases, inventories, accounting records, and reporting and deployed Oracle E-Business Suite applications to 80% of Polaris World's management, which includes 1,200 users. | |||
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Farwest Steel Corporation Streamlines Order Management and Manufacturing With Real-Time Data | 2008-05-01 | Oracle |
| Farwest Steel Corporation wanted to replace a legacy manufacturing and order management system to support steady growth and increase visibility into real-time transactions to improve operational efficiency. The challenge was to standardize on a industry-neutral solution to benefit from other industry best practices. Farwest Steel implemented Oracle Process Manufacturing, Oracle Order Management, and Oracle Financials to streamline order, warehouse, and financial processes and better facilitate the company's custom ready-made or made-to-order parts business as well as provided increased transparency into real-time, granular data such as production activity and inventory quantities.
Tags: Finance |
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Roxtec International Eliminates Expensive Downtimes | 2008-05-01 | Oracle |
| Roxtec International wanted to ensure the future stability of the ERP system, 24 hours a day during the company's continued global expansion and minimize the risk of downtime in order to reduce costs and business risks from production loss, production faults and disruption of the administration and distribution processes. The challenge was to protect all business-critical information in the ERP system with a security solution at the database level. Roxtec International implemented Oracle Data Guard in order to safeguard the system's information and stability throughout the whole group 24 hours a day and upgraded Oracle Database and changed from Standard Edition user licenses to Enterprise Edition processor licenses, as part of upgrading the ERP system.
Tags: Database Management, Data Recovery - Security |
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Technip KTI S.p.A. Integrates Industrial Design With Accounting and Cuts Monthly Closing Time by 50% | 2008-05-01 | Oracle |
| Technip KTI S.p.A. wanted to implement an integrated Web-based management system to create a unified view of the business - enabling the company to quickly gain independence from its parent company and deploy a stable, robust multilingual and multi-currency system that Technip can quickly deploy to international branches. The challenge was to enable the company to calculate the progress on project management from the statutory and management perspectives to reveal differences linked to legislation or accounting practices and improve reporting processes. Technip KTI S.p.A. worked with Oracle Partner eXstone to implement Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications to centralize, standardize, and improve data quality.
Tags: Accounting Applications, Finance |
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GENBAND Combines Two Business Units With Scalable ERP Implementation Approach | 2008-05-01 | Oracle |
| GENBAND is a leading supplier of next generation IP gateway and application solutions. GENBAND wanted to implement a single, scalable system for the company's backend processes, including finance, accounting, order management, and manufacturing and deploy a single Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application suite to integrate a large acquisition while revitalizing the existing company. GENBAND worked with DAZ Systems to leverage Oracle Business Accelerators to implement Oracle E-Business Suite applications for financials, order management, procurement, and expenses in just four months as well as used Oracle Business Accelerators to reduce implementation discovery, setup, and testing project phases - allowing GENBAND to get up and running on its applications quickly.
Tags: Procurement - Purchasing, Finance |
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LG Electronics India Meets the Needs of 6 Million Consumers Annually Across Three Web Channels | 2008-05-01 | Oracle |
| LG Electronics wanted to localize portals to ensure they meet quality of service requirements and consumer expectation management and maintain high availability for www.lgdealernet.com and www.lgcsnet.com, which are critical to LG India's Sales and Service Business Units. The challenge was to ensure scalability and 100% application availability and improve reporting accuracy. LG Electronics engaged Oracle Certified Partner Path Infotech Ltd. to develop, implement, maintain, and continually improve portals, ensuring consumer and infrastructure parameters are addressed as well as ensured smooth implementation and watertight integration with Oracle E-Business Suite, due to Path's skills in bespoke development and extensive experience with the software.
Tags: Database Management |