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News Release Discount Tire Co. Selects ON iCommand for Rapid Automated Roll-Out and Centralized Administration of Dell Retail POS Device Largest Independent
Tire Retailer Chooses ON iCommand Suite to Solution “Pays
for Itself” in Less Than Two Months, While Enhancing WALTHAM, MA (Feb 4, 2004) – ON Technology (NASDAQ: ONTC), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure management solutions, today announced that Discount Tire Company, America’s largest independent tire company, has recently selected and successfully begun its implementation of ON iCommand to manage 3,300 Point-of-Sale (POS) devices and PCs across its entire retail and corporate infrastructure. Based in Scottsdale, Ariz., Discount Tire has 528 retail stores in 18 states with plans to aggressively expand its retail locations over the next year. Discount Tire is currently using ON iCommand to automate and accelerate the roll-out of new Dell OptiPlex POS systems in all of its stores, as well as provide ongoing security patch management and one-click disaster recovery. ON iCommand will also be used to provide centralized management for all desktops and laptops in the company’s five regional distribution centers, 19 warehouses, 19 regional offices, as well as in its customer call center and corporate headquarters. The retailer is now rolling-out an unprecedented 500 new POS devices per week using iCommand’s unique auto-provisioning capability. With this automated feature, Discount Tire can now upgrade its entire POS infrastructure in less than two months without tying up valuable corporate IT resources. This is a remarkable improvement compared to the estimated 12 months and five full-time corporate IT people it would take to complete this type of project using traditional manual “sneakernet.” In addition, ON’s auto-provisioning capability also allows Discount Tire to cost-effectively manage rapid growth as the company adds new store locations because it allows non-technical, store employees to easily and rapidly provision new POS systems. Discount Tire joins a fast-growing number of leading retailers – including The Home Depot, Staples, PETCO and OfficeMax – who have implemented ON’s advanced solution to dramatically lower the cost of managing their mission-critical retail infrastructures while simultaneously improving customer service and corporate security. ON iCommand minimizes downtime for Discount Tire’s POS systems by ensuring they always have the latest application updates and security patches – delivered “over-the-wire,” even over low-bandwidth frame-relay communication links – while ON’s one-click disaster recovery capability allows administrators to rapidly restore corrupted or misconfigured systems without incurring the considerable time delay and expense of sending technicians to remote store locations. “By fully automating our roll-out of new Dell POS systems, ON’s solution paid for itself in less than two months,” said Beverly West, manager of PC technology for Discount Tire Co. “ON’s unique combination of rapid implementation time with proven technology for the retail sector yielded an ROI that surpassed our expectations. In addition, ON was the only company that could deliver the flexibility and reliability of parameter-based native installations, allowing us to provide the best possible service to our customers.” Full
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“We’re thrilled to be helping innovative retailers like Discount Tire with major technology initiatives that further enhance their efficiency and competitiveness,” said Phil Neray, vice president of marketing, ON Technology. “We look forward to enabling their continued growth and success over time.” About Discount Tire Co. About ON Technology Corporation ###
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