DELTA pulls the plug from its mainframe

tijmen.weddepohl — Thu, 24 May 2007 08:03:00 GMT

Delta NV (www.delta.nl), headquartered in Middelburg, The Netherlands, is a multi-utility company. It offers a broad range of services and quality products including gas, water, electricity and internet with annual sales of EUR 1.040 million. The company serves customers in The Netherlands and abroad.

Until 2004, the mainframe played an important role in the processing of administrative information. However, due to the liberalization of the energy market, another way to manage the organization, including IT, was needed. A project to migrate the applications and large amounts of historic and complex data from the mainframe was started. DELTA selected the METASUITE product and carried out the migration project in-house with the help of IKAN consultants. Read the attached case study for more details.

Buma/Stemra increases efficiency by consolidation

tijmen.weddepohl — Mon, 21 May 2007 14:33:00 GMT

Buma/Stemra (www.bumastemra.nl), headquarted in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, protects the interests of composers, lyricists and music publishers in the Netherlands, serving more than 13.000. Music authors and publishers set up Buma one year after the 1912 Dutch Copyright Act was passed. Stemra was founded over twenty years later. Both are private organizations, of which Buma holds special authorities in the field of copyrights.

Until the spring of 2005, the IDMS on BS2000 mainframe played a crucial role in the administrative process at Buma/Stemra. In light of new developments in digital rights management and artists’ copyright, improved international cooperation and the forseeable exploitation of the mechanical right, in the summer of 2004 the Board of Buma/Stemra decided to implement a new automation system based on Microsoft Axapta. Buma/Stemra chose IKAN, its METASUITE product and the joint data migration services of Accenture and IKAN for its migration project. Read the attached case study for more details.

Ikan Software NV

DELTA pulls the plug from its mainframe

Buma/Stemra increases efficiency by consolidation