Lägler completely migrates to Debian GNU/Linux
Nov 15th, 19:02 UTC
Linux is becoming more and more popular in the business world and in the public sector. Companies are under increasing pressure to cut back costs and Linux is the cost-effective alternative to Microsoft products. What the city of Munich is presently implementing has already been achieved at the long-established company Eugen Längler GmbH & Co., located in the Swabian town of Güglingen. The entire company IT, including the ERP system they used, was changed over to Debian GNU/Linux.
The migration at Längler was started in November 2003. Until September 2004, 60 work stations were equipped with a Linux desktop. Moreover, the already implemented ERP system was switched to Linux on the client-side.
abas Business Software (ERP, PPC, MRP, eBusiness), which is used at Längler, has been optionally available on the front-end under the operating system Linux. Since 1995 the business software has also been running successfully on Linux servers. For the client migration project Längler chose the natural.DESKTOP made by natural computing, who also support a central administration of Linux PCs and Linux terminal servers. In the context of the project, the natural.DESKTOP was enhanced by the administration capability of the KDE interface.
Susanne Längler, CEO, summarizes the migration project: "As an internationally operating company we have to rely on a steady and secure IT environment. Our requirements were consequently implemented with the migration of the workstations to Linux. abas ERP already had the Linux client and with the natural.DESKTOP the appropriate product for the Linux migration was available. The migration was carried out fast, since the ERP client only had to be installed and distributed."
Information about natural computing GmbH
natural computing GmbH is a specialist for using Linux at the work place. Experiences of many years from different IT system areas and services are merged in order to offer integrable solutions that are based on Debian GNU/Linux to the customer. A product, the natural.DESKTOP, is a concept developed for businesses and organizations in order to use Linux at full-value at the work place. It can be used for ThinClients as well as FatClients. In connection with SDK and ID Mouse, which were developed by Siemens, natural computing has been able to realize biometric authentication in Linux networks. The solution was also presented as a terminal concept on an IBM eServer iSeries at CeBIT 2003 and 2004. Thus, highly integrated solutions for the iSeries environment are possible. In natural computing, customers with medium-sized businesses and from the Civil Service, will find a competent partner for consulting, developing and implementing Linux workstations. The partners becom informationssysteme GmbH, TAROX AG, Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH (Global Alliance Partner), Siemens AG, unilab Computersysteme AG, Quelltext AG, and others, provide natural computing GmbH with manifold and competent support in many areas. natural computing is a member of the LIVE Linuxverband e.V
Contact :
natural computing GmbH
Thomas Sprickmann Kerkerinck
Martener Str. 535
44379 Dortmund
Telephone: +49-231-61048-51
Telefax: +49-231-231-61048-40
E-mail: thomas.sprickmann@natural-computing.de
Internet: http://www.natural-computing.de
ABAS Software AG - Company Profile
More than 1500 customers have opted to use ABAS as their IT specialist and for the integrated abas Business Software, which has become one of the most successful ERP programs on the international market during the past few years. ABAS has as their customers top companies (with 10 to 1000 employees) from various business sectors. The list of references includes well-known companies such as Würth Elektronik, Dortmunder Westfalenhallen, Mafell, Robbe, Lufthansa LEOS and HOMA Pumpenfabrik. The ABAS Software AG has established a qualified partner network of over 400 IT organizational and application consultants for their customer support. The abas software partners provide on-site support and a range of services including implementation, hardware and network support, customization and a helpdesk. Around 40 abas software partners ensure quick reaction times and a high quality service. International partners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Romania, the Czech Republic, Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Latin America, Canada and the USA represent ABAS Software AG throughout the world. The partner network is continuously expanded.
abas Business Software - Product Portrait
abas Business Software is a flexible, adaptable and future-proof complete business solution (ERP, PPC, MRP, eBusiness) for medium-sized businesses. The flexible ERP standard software optimizes the business processes in the company. Manifold optional web and eBusiness applications can be implemented.
The clear structure and well thought-out implementation strategy of abas Business Software enables a short implementation period, as well as a trouble-free integration into the company structure. Specific requirements can be integrated into abas ERP at a minimal cost. New functions and technologies are constantly added to the standard software. As a result, abas users are always using the most up-to-date product. abas Business Software can run using Linux, Unix and Windows. ABAS has supported the open source operating system Linux on the server-side since 1995. Approximately 80% of over 1500 abas installations are based on Linux. abas Business Software is offered in the front end range of Linux from version 2003. Linux has proven to be a cost effective, stable and high performance system on both the server and the client side.
The service spectrum includes: sales/sales order processing/shipping, purchasing/purchase orders, warehouse management, scheduling, logistics, material management/MRP, production/PPC, financial accounting, fixed asset accounting, cost accounting, controlling, eBusiness, etc.
(Submitted by Team Marketing & Press of ABAS Software AG)
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