For Immediate Release
Contacts:
Tracy Staniland | Peter Cauley | Stephen Greene |
Director of Marketing | Chief Financial Officer | Brodeur Worldwide |
DataMirror | DataMirror | 617-587-2872 |
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DataMirror Customers and Partners Share Real-time ROI at
Successful Global Event Series
Boehringer Ingelheim, Campbell Soup, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Vodafone
and Over 150 Other Customers and Partners Participated
MARKHAM, CANADA – (October 14, 2003) – DataMirror (Nasdaq: DMCX; TSX: DMC), a leading provider of enterprise application integration and resiliency solutions, today announced the success of its Global Customer Event Series. In its first year, the seven-city event series offered a unique opportunity for customers and partners worldwide to hear first-hand how other organizations are cost-effectively managing, monitoring and protecting corporate data throughout the enterprise. Meetings were held in Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Toronto.
Each regional event featured presentations from DataMirror customers and partners, offering attendees a glimpse into real-world end-user implementations. In addition, a full agenda of technical and business solution focused presentations from DataMirror executives and developers examined topics such as real-time data synchronization, business intelligence, enterprise-wide audit trails, high availability, and disaster recovery planning. Participants also received timely updates on DataMirror’s latest product developments and future roadmap.
“This event provided me with valuable face time with DataMirror executives, developers, partners and fellow customers,” said Gabriel Sanchez, Data Center Manager, First American Bank. “I was able to gain tremendous insight from other customers on how they are using DataMirror solutions for their diverse business needs, as well as learn about DataMirror’s strategic approach to product development. Furthermore, I was able to share my experience in building a comprehensive disaster recovery plan with DataMirror iCluster™ software, and discuss the benefits that we have gained from the implementation.”
Roman Wandl of Boehringer Ingelheim Austria commented, “This meeting was truly a rewarding experience. I was particularly interested in learning about the business challenges that companies in other industries are facing, given our own challenge of meeting the FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11 audit trail requirements. I was also pleased to share insight with attendees on how we use DataMirror LiveAudit™and High Availability Suite™solutions to support our regulatory compliance needs and maintain a highly resilient IT infrastructure.”
Customers also shared the significant business benefits and ROI attributed to their DataMirror software implementations, underscoring the importance of real-time data integration and resiliency solutions in today’s competitive business environment.
* A telecommunications company estimates saving £197,625 an hour in downtime costs;
* A financial services organization integrates 15 million transactions each day;
* A mutual funds company reduces system recovery time from 12-48 hours to 30 minutes;
* A food and beverages company saves 38-person days of development work on its data warehousing project;
* An insurance company brings to market a new web initiative in 50% less time.
“Each day, customers face the challenge of turning top-of-mind issues like regulatory compliance, business continuity and data synchronization into opportunities to build competitive real-time, 24/7 operations,” explained Nigel Stokes, CEO, DataMirror. “The regional meetings provided practical insights on how our customers can leverage their DataMirror software implementations to reduce total cost of ownership, achieve significant ROI, and gain decisive competitive advantage.”
About DataMirror
DataMirror (Nasdaq: DMCX; TSX: DMC), a leading provider of enterprise application integration and resiliency solutions, gives companies the power to manage, monitor and protect their corporate data in real-time. DataMirror’s comprehensive family of LiveBusiness™solutions enables customers to easily and cost-effectively capture, transform and flow data throughout the enterprise. DataMirror unlocks the experience of now ™by providing the instant data access, integration and availability companies require today across all computers in their business.
Over 1,700 companies have gone live with DataMirror software including Debenhams, GMAC Commercial Mortgage, the London Stock Exchange, OshKosh B’Gosh, Priority Health, Tiffany & Co., and Union Pacific Railroad. DataMirror is headquartered in Markham, Canada, and has offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.datamirror.com.
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