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NEW DELHI
JULY 11, 2006
IBM today
announced a new, specially priced solution uniquely configured for small and
medium business (SMB) customers adopting Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
applications.
The solution,
designed specifically for customers with 100 users or less, is based on IBM's
“all-in-one” System-i business computing platform and delivers a comparable
acquisition cost to analogous Windows-based solutions.
The IBM System-i
520 Solution Edition for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne provides customers a
solution that is similarly priced to a comparable configuration on Windows-based
systems like Dell PowerEdge.
The System-i
platform delivers an ideal combination of integration and open standards with
built-in security, virus-resistance, database and storage as well as the easy
systems management for which the platform is known.
This helps SMBs
run programs to manage their accounting, supply chain, email, and disaster
recovery -- all on one system that automatically backs-up and helps manage the
data.
“SMB customers
typically operate in lean environments with little or no IT personnel and
limited resources. Some of these customers have previously selected
Windows-based environments to support their JD Edwards applications –
believing it was the most economical choice – then found themselves acting as
the systems integrators for their business as they managed multiple servers and
added the operating system and storage they needed to make the solution actually
run,” said Rahul Bindal, Country Manager of IBM System-i. “Today's
announcement removes price from the equation, giving SMBs a simpler ERP solution
that requires minimal technical expertise.”
The System-i
Solution Edition is an integrated hardware and software solution sized
specifically with the additional disk storage necessary to provide 100 users
access to this robust application suite.
The new Solution
Edition will also give SMB customers a simpler, low-priced option to comply with
radio frequency identification (RFID) mandates-- allowing them to focus on
businesses innovation and compete on a larger scale.
Additionally,
recent performance testing of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on the IBM System-i
portfolio with POWER 5+ processors demonstrated strong price/performance for
companies with up to 1,200 users, making clear that SMB customers of varying
sizes can continue to expect powerful performance from their JD Edwards, IBM
System-i solutions as business needs grow.
The IBM System i
520 Solution Edition for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications will be
available from IBM and IBM Business Partners on August 11, with hardware
configurations starting at $21,921.
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