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JFE Systems, Inc. (President and CEO: Makoto Iwahashi, Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as 'JFE Systems'), in cooperation with 10art-ni Corporation (President and CEO: Nobuo Kita, Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as '10art-ni') and Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. (President and CEO: Shingo Oda, Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as 'HP Japan'), has developed a system to support HA clustering software. When a machine installed with HA cluster software stops in a dual module system, the other machine can detect the status and automatically restore service to minimize system downtime.
JFE Systems releases FiBridge II Linux version, a dual-module electronic form system, in December 2005.
FiBridge II Linux version runs with 10art-ni's SteelEye LifeKeeper for medium-sized enterprises and HP Japan's HP Serviceguard for Linux for large-sized enterprises, allowing choices based on system scale and purpose.
In recent years, more and more customers are looking to introduce company-wide electronic forms after the establishment of the personal information protection law. The current version reduces downtime to maintain work and enables all-day, year-round operation for work involving searches*1 for wanted data in a form that has existed for several years in an electronic form system, or mission-critical work terminating digitizing*2 documents produced daily.
1. Background and service
Companies, such as financial institutions whose customer data is a resource, have been considering the introduction of an electronic form system to strengthen the protection of personal information, prevent information leakage, and reduce paper usage for environmental conservation. It has been thus required to balance between low cost and stable operation by, for example, employing cost-effective Linux or adopting "downtime minimization" as specific requests.
To respond to requests, JFE Systems developed FiBridge II Linux version combined with two major HA clustering software, SteelEye LifeKeeper and HP Serviceguard for Linux, which have demonstrated a solid performance on Linux OS. For many customers of medium to large sized enterprises, the combination provides the basis of a reasonable, stable electronic form system that can be used securely on a company-wide scale and is applicable to mission-critical environments.
2.Price and sales target
Sales price is principally determined by individual cases. As a rough estimate, the sales model software of a HA cluster set of FiBridge II Linux version costs about 7 million yen. The sales target is 30 sets in two years.
3. Advantages of introducing the system
The system minimizes system downtime and establishes the basis of a high-availability electronic form system that allows customers to use the system comfortably at any time. To be more specific, the system has the following advantages:
(1) Reduced printing and shipping costs due to paperless operation, and enhanced efficiency in various areas, from individual departments to the company as a whole.
(2) Minimized downtime and a reduced system management load due to integrated form management.
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#Combined solution with HA clustering software (JFE Systems)
#HA clustering solution, SteelEye LifeKeeper (10art-ni)
This HA cluster software attains an enterprise level of high reliability, achieving 99.99% availability and only 53-minutes downtime over a 12-month period. Equipped with GUI management tools, more than 4,000 licenses of the highly reliable software have already been introduced all over the world, and have won the customer's confidence.
#HP Serviceguard for Linux is a readily available solution created by HP Japan's broad experience in this business field. It maximizes service operation time, ensures data consistency, and minimizes expected downtime to provide important applications with high availability required for customer's all-day, year-round access.
Endorsement by our Business Partners
#10art-ni Corporation
Nobuo Kita, President and CEO
10art-ni Corporation welcomes the release of FiBridge II for the HA cluster software SteelEye LifeKeeper. FiBridge II has been introduced mostly to commercial UNIX systems; its Linux version will be promoted by being combined with an HA cluster solution and providing high-reliability systems. LifeKeeper is an easy-to-introduce HA cluster solution realizing 99.99% availability. 10art-ni Corporation expects the combination will promote the expansion of the Linux market and the introduction of LifeKeeper to core systems.
#Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.
Yoshitake Matsumoto, Operating Officer and Chief Director of Enterprise Storage Server Division
Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. welcomes FiBridge II Linux version released from JFE Systems.
HP Serviceguard for Linux is a Linux version of HP-UX cluster software. The cluster software for HP-UX has been highly regarded for its high availability performance and, since its release, more than 150,000 licenses have been sold around the world. HP Serviceguard for Linux demonstrates high availability, as does the HP-UX version if combined with the redundancy function of HP ProLiant Family hardware, the industry standard high-end x86 server. HP Japan can provide IT infrastructure for secure operation on Linux in the form environment of a customer's core system, irrespective of the customer's choice of SteelEye LifeKeeper or HP Serviceguard for Linux.
JFE Systems, Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section/Code No.4832)
URL: http://www.jfe-systems.com/eng/index.html
JFE Systems, Inc. (name changed from Kawatetsu Information Systems Ltd. on December 1, 2004) was formed as an independent company in 1983, from the former information systems division of Kawasaki Steel Co., Ltd. (the present "JFE Steel Corporation"). In March 2001, it became the first user systems integrator born out of the manufacturing sector to be listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
FiBridgeⅡ
FiBridge II is an eletronic form system designed to run on network environments and also has a strong track record as a large-scale Linux-compatible system. It allows instant access and the centralized management of forms on a center server, as well as meeting the requirements of the Law Concerning Preservation of National Tax Records in Electronic Form. FiBridge II is used in a wide range of sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, distribution, services, and public services.
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