Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) has announced that Barnes & Noble, Inc. has selected CA`s Unicenter TNG to streamline the business operations it depends on to run its bookselling business, at corporate headquarters and within hundreds of retail stores.
Barnes & Noble (http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/) is the world`s largest bookseller, with more than 900 physical bookstores. Of these stores, 559 operate under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Bookstop and Bookstar trade names and 378 operate under the B.Dalton Bookseller, Doubleday Book Shops and Scribner`s Bookstore trade names. Barnes and Noble has 40 percent ownership of Barnes & Noble.com, the largest bookseller on the Web.
According to Tom Giancaspro, Barnes & Noble director, technical services, the company sought a comprehensive systems management solution to monitor the computers that host business-critical applications. "Unicenter TNG constantly watches our computer servers and business processes to maintain outstanding performance and availability within our production environment, freeing our system administrators for more important tasks," said Giancaspro.
"We considered solutions from several vendors before selecting CA`s Unicenter TNG," said Anthony Cappiello, Barnes & Noble manager, operating systems. "We chose Unicenter TNG for its outstanding network monitoring, operations management and Help Desk facilities. We also wanted to build cohesion with our retail stores, which are also in the process of rolling out Unicenter TNG components."
With the help of one part-time IT resource, Unicenter TNG was implemented to manage a network of servers from IBM, Hewlett Packard and Sun Microsystems. The servers coordinate sales and distribution activities throughout the Barnes & Noble network. Unicenter TNG ensures ongoing availability of these production systems by continually monitoring network, system, database and application performance and automatically taking corrective action if potential problems arise.
The Unicenter TNG deployment is part of a major integration initiative that will provide new levels of service and convenience to the tens of millions of customers who shop in Barnes & Noble stores and at BarnesandNoble.com.
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Computer Associates
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the world`s leading business software company, delivers the end-to-end infrastructure to enable eBusiness through innovative technology, services and education. CA has 19,000 employees worldwide and had revenue in excess of $6 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. For more information, visit http://ca.com.
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) operates 559 Barnes & Noble and 378 B. Dalton bookstores, and, with its acquisition of Babbage ` s Etc. and Funco, Inc., is the nation ` s largest operator of video game and entertainment software stores. Barnes & Noble stores stock an authoritative selection of book titles and provide access to more than one million titles. They offer books from more than 50,000 publisher imprints with an emphasis on small, independent publishers and university presses. Barnes & Noble is one of the world ` s largest booksellers on the World Wide Web (http://www.bn.com), and the exclusive bookseller on America Online (Keyword: bn). Barnes & Noble.com has the largest standing inventory of any online bookseller. Barnes & Noble also publishes books under its own imprint for exclusive sale through its retail stores and Web site.