Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
HONG KONG -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/28/06 -- AXS-One (AMEX: AXO), a leading provider of high
performance records compliance management solutions, has been selected by
cosmetics giant, L'Oreal, to provide a company-wide archiving solution.
L'Oreal's first Asian implementation of AXS-Link for SAP, AXS-One's premier
SAP archiving solution, has now been completed at the company's Taiwan
branch.
AXS-Link for SAP is an integral part of the AXS-One Compliance
Platform(TM). Certified by SAP, the cross-application solution provides SAP
applications with archive and records management functionality, increasing
system performance, optimizing IT consolidation and minimizing risk.
AXS-Link for SAP seamlessly integrates with SAP using SAP ArchiveLink as
well as SAP workflow and existing SAP security settings, ensuring that
access to archived documents and data is transparent to the end users.
Recently ranked by BusinessWeek as one of the world's most innovative
companies, L'Oreal views IT as providing significant enterprise value.
According to Arthur Cheng, IT Manager of L'Oreal Taiwan, "The more our
business grew, the more apparent it became that system capacity would soon
reach storage space limitations and, more importantly, put our IT systems
under pressure, preventing the organization from operating at optimum
efficiency and productivity."
L'Oreal Taiwan implemented SAP as a strategic corporate application in 2001
and selected AXS-Link for SAP to securely manage all historical SAP
content, including documents, data and images, before further pressure was
put on their IT system. Understanding that performance levels and
efficiency optimization in all core systems contribute significantly to
their competitive advantages in the market, L'Oreal realized that an
archiving solution was needed to combat database growth of 15 gigabytes per
month resulting from 45% business growth in just one year.
Cheng continued, "We needed a solution that would allow us to continue
using the SAP platform with maximum performance, and we found that AXS-Link
for SAP could meet both our business and technical requirements. Its open
systems architecture and platform independence also mean that our
investment is protected, should we decide to change operating platforms in
the future."
Kathleen Phillips, Regional Director, North Asia of AXS-One added, "Timely
and efficient access to aged static data and print lists, in a manner which
was transparent to the end users, was critical to L'Oreal Taiwan. Equally
important was the need to keep software, hardware and operating costs at an
absolute minimum, thereby reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) within the
L'Oreal IT group. We are glad to have helped L'Oreal make the strategic
investment needed to solve a tactical problem."
Cheng concluded: "AXS-Link for SAP's ease of use means that in less than
three months, we have become self-sufficient. Going forward, we can manage
our own SAP archiving requirements, with little, if any, consulting
services required from AXS-One, all of which contributes to reducing our
TCO. The positive experience of the Taiwan office paves the way for our
teams in other markets to leverage AXS-Link for SAP and our relationship
with AXS-One."
About AXS-One Inc.
AXS-One (AMEX: AXO) is a leading provider of high performance Records
Compliance Management solutions. The AXS-One Compliance Platform enables
organisations to implement secure, scalable and enforceable policies that
address records management for corporate governance, legal discovery and
industry regulations such as SEC17a-4, NASD 3010, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA,
The Patriot Act and Gramm-Leach Bliley. AXS-One's award-winning technology
has been critically acclaimed as best of class and delivers digital
archiving, business process management, electronic document delivery and
integrated records disposition and discovery for email, instant messaging,
images, SAP and other corporate records. Founded in 1979, and headquartered
in Rutherford, NJ, AXS-One has regional offices worldwide including in the
United States, Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom and South Africa. For
further information, visit the AXS-One website at http://www.axsone.com.
AXS-One, the AXS-One logo, "Access Tomorrow Today," AXSPoint, and TransAXS
are registered trademarks of, and AXS-One Compliance Platform, AXS-One
Retention Manager, AXS-One Rapid-AXS, AXS-Link for Desktop, AXS-Link for
SAP, AXS-Link for Lotus Notes, AXS-Link for Microsoft Exchange, "The
Records Compliance Management Company," e-Cellerator, AXS Desk, "AXS-One
Collaboration FrameWorks," SMART, AXS-Link and Tivity are trademarks of,
AXS-One Inc., in the U.S. All other company and product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Company Contact:
Marie-Charlotte Patterson
AXS-One Inc.
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