IBM Partners With German Construction Company to Simplify IT Infrastructure7 December 2005
IBM today announced that Schwenk Zement KG, a
leading German manufacturer of cement and construction goods, has achieved
a dramatic reduction in the time to support business-critical processes,
including ordering and delivery, financial accounting, controlling,
warehousing and staff management following the implementation of its new
IBM TotalStorage DS8100, increasing production transactions by six times.
Schwenk Zement KG provides cement for houses, public buildings, blast
furnaces, chimneys and nuclear power station cooling tower and currently
processes more than 15 million transactions per day.
Aiming to create a more powerful and single source of information for its
internal processes and touchpoints, one of the leading cement company
worked with IBM Business Partner Fritz & Macziol (FUM) to integrate a new
information on demand solution. The client integrated its processes by
creating a configuration that includes business process handling on the IBM
eServer z890 system running an SAP R3 applications and an IBM DB2 Universal
database. The server is connected to the IBM TotalStorage DS8100, which
houses about 11 terabytes of data.
"We valued the ability for one company to provide a solution that could
help us deliver our information more efficiently," said Gerhard Kaminski at
Schwenk Zement KG. "The combination of IBM's servers, storage and software
helped us create a system that will allow us to respond to rapid business
changes and prepare us for future growth."
IBM Business Partner FRITZ & MACZIOL developed a conception for the
configuration of the new IT infrastructure. "As the customer's demands on
their systems increased, we needed to find a solution that would perform
with speed and scalability," said FRITZ & MACZIOL Account Manager, Michael
Dürr.
Information on Demand
The desire by businesses to access, manage and deliver information more
efficiently is driving rapid change in the IT marketplace. Traditional
low-tech, hardware-only approaches by proprietary vendors are meeting with
resistance as companies grappling with new government mandates and business
demands strive to capture and integrate information in a more seamless,
real-time fashion across the enterprise. IBM's information on demand
approach combines deep business insight with open standards, advanced
storage systems, sophisticated systems management software and leading
information management software to create efficient, cost effective and
flexible information infrastructures. Regardless of the industry, IBM helps
companies transform data into insight to enable information on demand.
About FRITZ & MACZIOL
FRITZ & MACZIOL is one of the leading providers of software, systems and
related services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Together with its
sister company, INFOMA®, FRITZ & MACZIOL develops and sells software and
system solutions for local authorities (newsystem® communal) and medium
and large sized companies (VAS® dispatch automation and LAP for the bulk
goods industry, Microsoft Navision ERP/PPS solution, F&M Groupware &
Application Suite based on Lotus Notes and IBM WebSphere). In addition, as
an IBM Premier Partner -- winner of the IBM Partner World Distinguished
Blue Diamond Beacon Award 2005 and the IBM Bestseller Award 2004 -- the
company provides its clients with the complete product portfolio for IBM,
CITRIX, VMware (VMware Premier Enterprise Solutions Partner) Novell,
Symantec and Microsoft (Microsoft Sales Power Award) as well as a
comprehensive service package in the areas of consulting and system
integration. Founded in 1987, FRITZ & MACZIOL:INFOMA currently have over
1,800 clients spread throughout local authorities, industry and commerce,
the service industry as well as banks and insurance companies (around 280
employees operating from fifteen locations in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland). www.fum.de
About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of
leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across
IBM and key IBM Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services,
solutions and technologies that help enable customers, large and small, to
take full advantage of the new era of e-business on demand. For more
information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com. For more information on
IBM's on demand strategy, visit http://www.ibm.com/ondemand.
About Schwenk Zement KG
Schwenk Zement, a member of the Schwenk Group, has been owned and managed
by the Schwenk family for 150 years. One of Germany's largest cement
producers, it provides cement for houses, public buildings, blast furnaces,
chimneys and power station cooling towers. Schwenk Zement utilizes
environmentally friendly production techniques, including high-tech filter
facilities that operate quietly.
Contacts:
Anette Hucker
FUM
Phone: +49 731 1551 634
E-Mail: ahucker@fum.de
Hans-Juergen Rehm
IBM Deutschland GmbH/IBM Germany
Phone: +49-711-785-4148
E-Mail: hansrehm@de.ibm.com
SOURCE: IBM
Source: marketwire
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