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News Release
ON Technology Software Selected
by Staples Inc.
Highly Scalable Solution Allow
Staples to Manage Networked Assets Efficiently While
Providing Fast and Reliable Delivery of Business-Critical
Applicationst
Waltham, MA, September
6, 2001– ON Technology (NNM: ONTC), a leading
provider of remote software and content management solutions,
announced today that Staples Inc. (NNM: SPLS) has selected
ON Command® CCM™, ON Command Remote™
and Centennial Discovery™, to provide a single
centralized management solution to support both its
store and corporate desktop environments. The solution
will be used to manage a 20,000+ device retail system,
including Internet kiosks, PCs, and point-of-sale (POS)
systems, as well as all corporate desktops.
“ON’s solutions provide
rapid and reliable delivery of mission-critical retail
applications and content,” said Scott Floeck,
Senior Vice President of Information Systems Application
Development at Staples. “This technology allows
us to slash the cost and hassle of running our business
so we can spend more time focusing on the needs of our
small business customers. We selected ON Command CCM
after a very comprehensive competitive evaluation because
it offered a highly flexible and scalable architecture
that works, with superb return on investment.”
ON Command CCM was chosen by Staples
over previously installed solutions because it allows
Staples to:
- Manage both WAN-connected store
devices and LAN-connected corporate PCs from a single
centralized management console. This approach significantly
reduces IT complexity as well as administrative and
support costs for Staples. ON Command CCM will manage
POS terminals and servers, back-office PCs, and Internet-enabled
customer access PCs at remote retail stores, along
with PCs and laptops at Staple’s corporate headquarters.
- Deploy operating systems as
well as applications and content to remote devices.
Staples will use ON Command CCM for future deployment
of Windows NT and 2000 as well as software updates
for POS, Internet Explorer, Java run-time software
and Internet kiosk applications.
- Deliver higher quality service
levels to customers and employees at retail locations.
ON Command CCM minimizes downtime with its one-click
disaster recovery, which allows remote devices to
be completely rebuilt from the ground up with the
touch of a button, in case of accidental corruption
or misconfiguration. With Wake-on-LAN and its unique
ability to provide Pre-OS load capabilities, ON Command
CCM is perfectly positioned to provide the highest
levels of remote support.
- Rapidly and easily scale
its management system to efficiently manage tens of
thousands of remote devices over low-bandwidth network
connections. ON Command CCM advanced features, including
bandwidth throttling, fan-in/fan-out, and checkpoint
restart, minimize the bandwidth required to deploy
major software updates to remote sites, thus preserving
bandwidth for other mission-critical network applications
such as credit card authorization and customer-focused
applications.
“We are extremely pleased to be working with Staples
on this major strategic deployment,” said Robert
L. Doretti, Chairman, Chairman, President and CEO of
ON Technology. “We now have several large successes
in the retail sector, which is proving to be an important
vertical market that leverages the full capabilities
of our innovative technology for delivering unattended
management across both low- and high-speed corporate
networks. We worked closely with Staples’ IT organizations
to demonstrate the unique capabilities and compelling
value of our solutions, and will continue our relationship
with ongoing support and service.”
About
Staples Inc
Staples Inc is an $11 billion retailer of office supplies,
business services, furniture and technology to consumers
and businesses from home-based businesses to Fortune
500 companies in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal. Headquartered
outside Boston, Staples invented the office superstore
concept and today is the largest operator of office
superstores in the world. The company has over 50,000
employees serving customers through more than 1,300
office superstores, mail order catalogs, e-commerce
and a contract business. More information about the
company is available at www.staples.com.
About ON Technology Corporation
ON Technology empowers IT organizations and service providers to manage the full lifecycle of their computing systems over large-scale corporate networks. Our solutions are used to rapidly and reliably deploy critical applications, operating systems, and content to desktops, mobile PCs, handhelds, servers, retail point-of-sale (POS) terminals and banking workstations. Our customers leverage our solutions to significantly reduce IT costs, improve availability and reliability of business-critical applications, and enhance both IT and end-user productivity. ON’s management solution has been chosen by more than 1,000 enterprises worldwide to manage in excess of 1.2 million networked computer systems. For more information visit ON Technology’s Web site at www.on.com or call 800-767-6638.
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