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Stromasys, Geneva, Switzerland
received an order from ABB's Printing Division
in Baden, Switzerland to provide the software
migration for ABB's "MPS Production"
system from OpenVMS/Alpha to Microsoft Windows
2000.
"MPS Production"
is a press production management application
in the family of ABB's Master Printing Systems
(MPS). It controls the product planning,
production preparation and press presetting
for printing presses, and typically runs
on a configuration of 2 - 6 Alpha/OpenVMS
systems. The contract is awarded based on
a 4-week feasibility study by Stromasys, which analyzed the various
migration solutions and resulted in a migration
proposal with guaranteed delivery and cost
estimates. With two weeks after submitting
the proposal the 3 man-year project was
awarded and started, with a scheduled delivery
in June 2001.
Dr. Georg Maier, development
manager in the Printing business unit of
ABB Industry AG said: "We contacted
Stromasys on recommendation
from one of our departments to whom they
supply products and services, and we were
impressed by their ability to quickly analyze
and propose a comprehensive solution. Our
customers are demanding this product on
a Windows 2000 platform with a tight delivery
schedule. The fact that Stromasys is specialized in complex
platform migrations, started the on-site
feasibility study within one week and allocated
a competent team within days gives us full
confidence that we will meet our schedule".
Dr. Robert Boers, the CEO
of Stromasys commented:
"Customer demands and technology changes
frequently require the migration of software
to a new platform, an area we specialize
in. We understand that such change requirements
can impact budgets and in-house planning
in a significant way. It is our goal to
reduce that impact by proposing a two step
process that minimizes disruption of the
in-house staff, and offering these services
on a turn-key, fixed price basis.
"ABB serves manufacturing,
process and consumer industries, utilities,
the oil and gas sector and infrastructure
markets, with 160,000 employees in more
than 100 countries. The Business Unit Printing,
www.abb.com/printing, is a member of the
Business Area Paper, Printing, Metal &
Minerals within the Process Industries Segement
of the ABB group and resides in Baden, Switzerland.
Stromasys
specializes in helping companies to preserve
their legacy software investments by providing
re-engineering and porting services as well
as emulation products. Its expertise also
covers process control systems and tools
to execute PDP-11 and VAX binary code in
software on modern hardware. The company
purchased in December 1998 the assets and
customer base of a former Digital European
software migration center from Compaq Computer
Corporation. Stromasys
is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland,
and has sales offices in the Benelux, France,
Germany, Sweden, and North America.
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