ICL, the e-business company, and Sentech, the broadband services supplier, have signed an agreement valued at R2.1 million for an integrated Sun solution to run their SAP/Informix ERP environment.
The solution, involving Sun`s latest quad-processor based 420R servers, attached to a Fibre Channel T3 Storage array was designed run Sentech`s mission critical ERP environment at lightning speed. The entire solution included a centralised backup server and Sun`s L9 Autoloader for peace of mind Disaster Recovery Procedures.
ICL was involved in the design, implementation and maintenance of the solution for Sentech.
Jasper Visser, IT Manager at Sentech, says: "We needed best of breed platforms for a customer care and billing solution in a turnkey project. Time was of the essence and after considering three top Unix vendors, we decided to partner with ICL."
An independent, fully commercial enterprise, Sentech is Africa`s largest broadcasting signal distribution network operator. It owns and operates some 500 television transmitters, as well as FM, medium and short-wave transmitters and satellite services. The company also provides turnkey network design and establishment.
The latest technology and Sun`s scalable architecture allows for quick future growth - a strategic benefit crucial to Sentech`s increasing involvement in multi-media applications.
Alkis Flemetakis, Sun Telco Account Manager at ICL, says: "The agreement provides service and support to Sentech - a first step to what we believe will result in further hugely beneficial hi-tech developments between the two companies. This success signifies ICL`s commitment to the Sun Technology and allows us to integrate with best of breed products to offer the customer cutting-edge technology."
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ICL is one of Europe`s leading e-business services companies and employs more than 20 000 people in 40 countries. It designs, builds and operates innovative solutions for customers in the financial services, telecoms, retail, government, utilities and travel markets. ICL helps its customers to transform their businesses and make them more efficient and productive, by providing the IT services needed today together with the end-to-end e-Business services to be successful in the new economy.
These services include new media design, consultancy and systems integration through to managed infrastructure services that underpin the mission-critical requirements of businesses. For the year ended 31 March 2000, the company`s revenues were lb2,774.6 million. Headquartered in London, ICL is wholly owned by Fujitsu Limited, a lb31 billion leader in Internet-based IT solutions for the global marketplace. ICL is the European-centred arm of Fujitsu`s global IT services strategy.
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