Hardware and Software from One Place for the City of Waldshut-Tiengen
To keep the burden on staff low and to be able to convert more quickly to new modern software, the City of Waldshut-Tiengen, at the very south of the Black Forest, chose soft conversion to the new municipal accounting system.
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Beru AG
Ready for Takeoff with Virtualised IT Infrastructure
Recognising trends early, developing high-performance products and producing them cost-effectively – with these strengths BERU AG in Ludwigsburg has established itself as a technology leader in the automotive supply industry.
The specialist for ignition technology, diesel cold-start technology and electronics and sensor systems counts almost every vehicle and engine manufacturer in the world amongst its customers.
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Biotest AG
SAP Landscape on System p with POWER
Technology
In 2006, the ERP solution that has grown over around 20 years based on IBM System i at Biotest AG was tested for current and future, but particularly international, business process requirements.
With 1,200 staff in eleven countries, Biotest AG from Dreieich had reached a point where there was only one possible goal: introduction of a universal system and rollout of processes with new requirements and an option of worldwide use.
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Cenit AG
Consolidating Market Position by Cooperating in
Infrastructure
For strategic reasons CENIT AG, Stuttgart, has retreated from classic hardware business and has agreed on an exclusive cooperation with FRITZ & MACZIOL for infrastructure solutions.
Since 2008, FRITZ & MACZIOL has been offering CENIT customers in the German-speaking region all hardware solutions as a skilled infrastructure partner and, in addition, a software and service portfolio.
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Compass Group
High-Performance Connection to System p and
IBM Storage via Internet
The Compass Group Deutschland in Eschborn has made the realisation of particular customer requirements with individual and innovative solutions a priority.
The German subsidiary of the British Compass Group PLC, one of the world’s leading companies in the catering and foodservice sector, achieves an annual turnover of around 650 million euros a year, predominantly in commercial, sports and leisure catering, in the health and social care sector and in supplying vending machines.
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Healy Hudson GmbH
Community Concept Enables Concentration on
Core Business
As a software and service provider covering all areas of electronic procurement, and as one of the leading eprocurement suppliers in Europe, Healy Hudson GmbH has developed software to process tenders and awards in EU procedure and to optimise procurement processes.
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MS / Metalle
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Prepares Company
Process Data Reliably
ms | metalle from Weißenhorn in Bavaria-Schwabia has specialised in the valuation, preparation and disposal of precious metals and waste and materials with precious-metal content.
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Saalfrank
Saalfrank Qualitäts-Werbeartikel GmbH, Sennfeld
Orange-coloured warning vests, wellness kits or tick kits – the list of most requested promotional items has changed again and again over the course of the company's 30-year history.
However, the demand for creative ideas, with which companies can effectively appeal to their customers, has been a constant.
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SAF Holland
Extended SAP Infrastructure Supports Planned
Production Increase
At SAF-HOLLAND there are strong signs for growth.
The international supplier of systems and components for commercial vehicles is expanding its capacity for axle production by more than 20 % a year.
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Sto AG
IBM WebSphere Portal as Central Company
Platform
The IBM WebSphere Portal is a strategic IT platform at Sto AG.
Within the intranet StoInside started on 1/7/2008,it offers a sales application for the sales team to create and manage offers and conditions and the budgeted promotional shop media basket.
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VALIAL Solution
Successful Partnership for Enterprise Portals and
Web Solutions
In 2007, VALIAL Solution GmbH encountered FRITZ & MACZIOL when looking for an experienced sales and implementation partner who was established on the market.
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Zapf Creation
Universal Storage Environment for all Platforms
Using Unified Storage with IBM N Series
BABY Born®, Baby Annabell® and Chou Chou are the bestsellers at Zapf Creation AG, which are all characterised by a high level of quality, safety, design and play value.
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Berker GmbH & Co KG, Schalksmühle
Using TCO Analysis to Choose an SAP Environment on System p with High Availability
For various reasons, Berker GmbH & Co KG had to perform a Unicode migration in preparation for the release change from SAP 4.
7 to ERP ECC 6.
0.
As part of international orientation, the system environment also needed to have high availability.
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Rudolf Wöhrl AG, Nürnberg
VMware as platform for migration of the WebSphere Portal
Rudolf Wöhrl AG places the highest demands on its internal processes.
It was only last year that FRITZ & MACZIOL tailored an efficient process portal solution using IBM WebSphere for this Bavarian fashion and sports article retailer.
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Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co KG, Villingen-Schwenningen
Illuminating high availability concept with i550 for new ERP system
The basic principles laid down in the corporate motto of Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co KG make it very clear why this company is one of the leading manufacturers of lamps.
They are completely market-oriented as well as to the requirements of their customers and, in this way, have transformed the company, which was founded in 1928, into a global player.
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Schwenk Zement KG, Ulm, Germany
SAP release change requires extension onto System z9
Availability is a term that is considered a top priority at Schwenk Zement KG.
For this long-established Ulm-based company, this applies first and foremost to its customer relations as well as to the smoothly-run operations of the company’s own IT system.
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Marquardt GmbH, Rietheim – Weilheim, Germany
Changeover to SAP ECC 6.0 with System p
Switches are involved whenever man meets machine.
Many times, the bridging element between user and device originates from Rietheim-Weilheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
That’s where the headquarters of the Marquardt group, long-standing developers and producers of the most innovative switches and switching systems, are located.
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Maas Group of Companies, construction operations
High availability concept with IBM BladeCenter and VMware
Explicitly anchored in the Maas Group of Companies philosophy is the no.
1 commandment of availability to customers at all times.
The subject also has priority in the AKM Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH business area which is responsible for the central commercial administration.
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iii-investments, Munich
IBM concept from FRITZ & MACZIOL as precursor for a top performing SAP environment
Pioneers distinguish themselves by their active, innovative and anticipatory action.
Values to which iii-investments has always been committed.
The company is founder of the open real estate investment fund in Germany and partner of the HVB group.
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The Heidenheim newspaper
Archival storage of emails
The new German Telemedia Act presented the Heidenheimer Zeitung (Heidenheim newspaper) with a challenge in the area of email communication.
Accordingly, the introduction of an email storage facility is imperative.
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Hanseatic Bank GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg, Germany
Redundant storage concept facilitates high availability
That which is considered to be an important success factor in the range of services offered by the Hanseatic Bank GmbH & Co KG, turned out to be something of a disadvantage: the bank’s internal IT structure.
It is a reference to the diversity.
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Hagebau Datendienst IT-Service GmbH, Soltau
VMware solution provides high availability
The headquarters of the trading company for construction materials in Soltau (Zentrale der Handelsgesellschaft für Baustoffe mbH & Co.
KG) - also known as hagebau - looks after more than 250 partners who work independently in such areas as construction materials, wood and tiles as well as DIY markets.
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Gold Ochsen Brewery GmbH
FRITZ & MACZIOL: INFOMA® developed an integrated trade solution
For many years, Gold Ochsen GmbH has been a hardware and system integration customer of FRITZ & MACZIOL.
In 2005, the partnership was extended to include INFOMA®, the reason being a business solution based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV that FRITZ & MACZIOL:INFOMA® developed jointly with the brewery.
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The FlexiTel TelefonService GmbH (FlexiTel), a subsidiary of Karstadt Quelle Versicherungen, is a specialist in insurance marketing.
The teleagents handle about 8,000 phone calls per day at more than 200 workplaces and they offer first-class service and expert consulting.
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Bankhaus August Lenz & Co AG, Munich
IBM ensures availability to customers in cases of emergency
Bomb threats, a gas leak – these types of potential catastrophes result in immediate clearance of the buildings concerned.
This may lead to a situation in which companies have no contact with their customers for some time.
Bankhaus August Lenz sought a solution that, with system support, guarantees staff availability for end consumers within a set period of time.
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REMONDIS AG & Co. KG, Lünen
eANVportal® supports electronic waste management system at all sites
Paperless processing in the future for the expected 625,000 supply notes per year - and thus a substantial proportion of the total amount in Germany - within the REMONDIS Group, as part of the legally required electronic waste management system, eANV, which was introduced in February 2007.
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MAPAL Dr. Kress KG, Aalen
New AIX and Storage Platform Creates User Satisfaction
A try&buy test version tipped the scales.
MAPAL Dr, Kress KG from Aalen in Swabia were freely convinced, according to the motto “Trying is better than studying”, that the performance problems in the SAP environment would be a thing of the past with a new AIX and storage platform.
The proposal for this solution came from FRITZ & MACZIOL.
The Ulm company had developed a concept according to the requirements of the manufacturer of precision tools for metal processing, whose implementation promised clearly improved performance, higher availability and better service support in addition to greater user satisfaction.
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Sixt AG, Pullach
Start of High Availability with System p and Blade Center
The international vehicle rental company Sixt AG has developed itself into no.
1 in the industry.
Previously, the Pullach company operated its reservation system for worldwide bookings centrally in Munich on a Unix system with a self-developed application based on Cobol and an Informix database.
To be able to meet the continually growing demands, in future a high availability system should ensure greater security, improve scalability and performance and run the system in two computer centres, because of the relevance for the company.
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Zurich Canton’s Directorate of Justice and the Interior
Swiss IBM Reference Project as a Model for Server Consolidation with Linux Partitions and Oracle Database
Confidence from past joint projects was the most important reason for going to FRITZ & MACZIOL Rosenheim AG for the necessary expansion of the IT landscape for the Zurich Canton’s Directorate of Justice and the Interior – responsible for prosecution of adults and youths, sentences and detention and the municipal system.
The existing IBM iSeries server environment no longer fulfils the Directorate’s requirements in terms of performance and scalability.
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Hanseatic Bank GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg
IBM p570 Passes Performance Test for Credit Accounting System
The Hanseatic Bank of Hamburg is a modern private bank close to the market with 30 regional branches across Germany.
An important concern for the financial services provider in the context of its corporate strategy is trustworthy cooperation with business partners.
FRITZ & MACZIOL also scored on the so-called “weak” factors for the upcoming conversion of the IT landscape.
The Hanseatic Bank’s portfolio with regard to credit agreements has increased substantially since integration into the French financial group Société Générale in 2005.
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Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt
With Virtual Desktop Infrastructure in Five Minutes to the Developer Desktop
One task of the IT organisation and Software Development Department of Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) is to develop internal applications.
This requires complex development workstations.
The very rapid provision of developer workstations whilst meeting the internal security requirements, but with more flexible and open use of the development environment for the employees, was therefore the most important challenge for FRITZ & MACZIOL as the problem solver.
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INTERSPORT Deutschland eG, Heilbronn
Sporting Start for Updated NT 4.0 Environment
Once INTERSPORT Deutschland eG had successfully realised the expansion of their IT landscape in the SAP field in spring of last year with support from FRITZ & MACZIOL (we reported in NEWSWARE issue 9-2006), the Heilbronn company wanted to move on to updating the NT 4.
0 environment to current software products, such as Windows Server 2003 and Exchange 2003, and to introducing Active Directory Services.
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GARDENA AG, Ulm
Roll-Out for WebSphere Portal Version 6
Version 6 of WebSphere Portal rolled out last summer.
One of the first installations in Germany was at GARDENA AG in Ulm.
FRITZ & MACZIOL took on the roll-out as the basis of the new intra and extranet.
Part of the task was to integrate the content management system of the leading European manufacturer of garden equipment.
“GARDENA deliberately chose WebSphere Portal 6 to make consistent use of the available service-oriented approaches towards the proposed IT strategy at GARDENA”: Johannes Stephany, CIO of GARDENA AG explains this innovative product decision.
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GAVI mbH, Mannheim
SAN Volume Controller Provides More Flexible Storage Infrastructures
GaVI mbH is the central contact in the IT sector for public law insurers.
As a skilled partner it understands the insurers’ special requirements and offers efficient, technical solutions.
GaVI has been receiving support from FRITZ & MACZIOL for a long time in the optimisation of IT strategies and technical system maintenance – also as concerns the conversion of the IT infrastructure at the two independent locations, Münster and Munich, because of increased requirements.
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Bacardi GmbH, Hamburg
New Feeling for System Management through Virtualisation
Bacardi GmbH with headquarters in Hamburg – subsidiary of Bacardi Ltd.
, Bermuda – is one of the leading suppliers of international premium spirits in Germany.
The positive corporate development resulted in corresponding growth in the IT landscape.
With the result that part of the total of 29 servers were not used to full capacity.
To improve this rate, simplify the system management and, at the same time, to reduce costs, Bacardi GmbH planned to centralise hardware resources.
The Hanseatic company chose cooperation with FRITZ & MACZIOL for this purpose.
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ekom 21 GmbH, Giessen
IBM Storage Virtualisation Solution as a Strong Platform for Municipal Customers
As a full service provider in the field of information and communication technology for the public sector, ekom21 GmbH from Hesse has long been a member of the INFOMA® partner group.
However, ekom21 has also impressed FRITZ & MACZIOL again and again in the past with its expertise in all IBM fields.
The latest challenge for the INFOMA® sister company has been to develop a flexible high availability solution for the financial procedures in the framework of the working model “server-based computing”.
The increased requirements on the IT infrastructure in connection with the reform of local government accounting were one reason for the measure.
The IT service provider had decided to use newsystem® communal early on.
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ENTEGA Service GmbH, Mainz
IBM Lotus Workflow Creates More Energy in Business Processes
Aproximity to customers is an essential part of the corporate strategy at ENTEGA Service GmbH, as it is at FRITZ & MACZIOL.
The independent service provider is responsible for date processing, energy data management and the accounting service within the corporate association of HEAG Südhessische Energie AG and Stadtwerke Mainz AG.
No wonder then that local expertise from FRITZ & MACZIOL was a criteria in the cooperation decision for the Mainz company.
However, it was the advice from the staff at the FRITZ & MACZIOL Frankfurt office and their target-oriented, pragmatic approach that tipped the scales - with the result of successful introduction of an IBM Lotus Workflow and a commercially attractive three-year model for IBM software licences.
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Karl Augustin Spedition Logistik & Transport GmbH, Straßwalchen, Austria
Free Ride for High Availability Solution with BladeCenter
Karl Augustin Spedition Logistik & Transport GmbH, located in Straßwalchen, Austria and active internationally, has developed into one of the largest service providers thanks to a consistent campaign of expansion since its foundation in 1974.
Almost 1,400 staff now provide an annual turnover of 310 million euros.
The motto “everything for the customer” is a challenge for the company that is readdressed daily.
The IT department also saw the growing performance problems of the internal IT infrastructure – due to increasing data volumes and additional applications, such as archiving, electronic speed etc.
– as a challenge, which they wanted to tackle with external support.
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ALIS Informationsmanagement GmbH, Düsseldorf
xSeries Concept with Linux Supports Integration Measures
ALIS Informationsmanagement GmbH was founded in 1997 and is a 100 % subsidiary of AIR LIQUIDE Deutschland GmbH.
ALIS is active across Europe as an IT service provider within the Air Liquide group, the world leader for technical and medical gases.
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Heidenheimer Zeitung
New Economic Investment in iSeries
Up-to-date, comprehensive, critical – the Heidenheimer Zeitung offers its readers up-to-date information under this heading with a total of five titles on seven days of the week.
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Lapp Group
FuM CRM Suite Integrates External Team across Europe
When Oskar Lapp developed the first industrially produced control line in the world more than 40 years ago, the time of laborious collection of single conductors and flexible equipment wire was finally over – and the foundation stone for an internationally successful company had been laid.
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Amadeus Data Processing GmbH
Sustainable Storage Solution using Existing Resources
Solution rather than product-oriented! Using this approach, FRITZ & MACZIOL convinced the Erding Amadeus Data Processing GmbH, when the global leading supplier of IT solutions for the travel and tourism industry was looking for a high performance solution for data back-up.
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Bürger GmbH
Future-Oriented Messaging and Collaboration Solution Optimises Corporate Communication
For lovers of Swabian cuisine Maultaschen from Ditzinger Bürger GmbH has been a familiar term for more than six decades.
Around 1.
5 million of these delicious genuine articles are produced daily of the highest quality.
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Capgemini Systems GmbH
Quantifiable Added Value in the Invoicing Centre Using pSeries
Collaborative Business Experience – Capgemini, one of the leading global service providers for management and IT consultation, technology and outsourcing, offers a completely new form of cooperation with this motto.
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Lüchow- Dannenberg District
Faster Change to Double-Entry Accounting Using Powerful Hardware Structure
Situated in the eastern part of Lower Saxony, the 52,000 inhabitants of Lüchow- Dannenberg district are among the forerunners for reform in the northern German state.
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Ernst Dello GmbH & Co. KG
zSeries Brings IT Structure to Tours
The balance sheet speaks for itself.
A million purchased vehicles, 50,000 original parts in storage, 140,000 customers annually in the service stations - with these parameters Ernst Dello GmbH & Co.
KG from Hamburg does not just occupy pole position as the world’s largest Opel dealer, but has a place in the overall standings in the leading field of European garages.
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HighQ IT GmbH
Virtualising Increases Efficiency of the System Landscape
The Bavarian company HighQ I T GmbH has specialised in the production industry - especially car and machine construction - and offers strategic IT advice, software advice and development, implementation, training and application outsourcing.
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Hödlmayr International AG
Perfect Generation Change to iSeries
The Austrian company Hödlmayr International AG has developed into a globally active company with its core competence in the field of vehicle logistics.
From production to delivery, the vehicle dealer has a guaranteed, perfect cycle of acceptance, complete preparation and final distribution of the finished vehicles.
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InterCard AG
Server Virtualisation with VMware Pays
Since 1992, InterCard AG from Taufkirchen has provided convenient and secure completion of card-supported payment traffic.
Until last year, the company used separate Intel servers for payment processing of its customers.
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INTERSPORT Deutschland eG
Expanding in the SAP Environment with iSeries
What was founded 50 years ago as the amalgamation of a few independent specialised sports dealers, today is a group with 1,200 members, 20,000 employees and a turnover of around 2.
2 billion euros.
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