Union
Investment Utilizes MODCOMP Integration Solution To Streamline
Data Operations
Multinational
Investment Group Provides Local Data Access While Maintaining
Compliance with Strict Data Security Regulations
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., and COLOGNE, Germany, October
8, 2002 --
MODCOMP®, Inc. (www.modcomp.com), a leading architect
of legacy extension solutions and a subsidiary of CSP
Inc. (NASDAQ: CSPI), ), announced today that its German
subsidiary Modular Computer Systems, GMBH has installed
a new centralized data management application for Union
Investment Group. Utilizing a customized ViewMax®
integration solution, the fund management group will realize
dramatic long term cost reductions while maintaining data
security and a consistent interface for its data specialists
throughout Europe.
Strict
international financial data security regulations prohibit
the use of non-anonymous customer data outside national
boundaries, and these regulations previously required
Union Investment to maintain separate regional data centers
in each of its seven European offices. By utilizing the
ViewMax legacy integration engine, TN3270 emulators, and
advanced dynamic data filtering techniques to ensure the
data is anonymous when being transported across borders,
MODCOMP developed a centralized data center solution that
enables Union Investment to streamline operations, reduce
costs and standardize its IT systems and inventory - while
staying in accordance with local and international regulations.
Utilizing
PC-based TN3270 emulators, Union Investment operators
gain access to data through an interface that is virtually
identically to the terminals with which they are accustomed.
Behind the scenes, the ViewMax legacy integration engine
manages each session with the centralized data repository,
limiting access for each data specialist to local records
only.
This UNIX server -based solution has eliminated the need
for complex regional databases and affords Union Investment
all the benefits of centralized data management including:
cost reduction, system and data standardization, streamlined
operations, and improved management reporting. The use
of TN3270 emulators as the interface eliminates any need
for new training the company's data operators throughout
Europe.
"No
one else could provide a solution that met all our requirements,"
said Markus Weller, Union Investment project leader. "
MODCOMP's cooperation was excellent, especially during
critical phases of development, problems were met head-on
with constructive solutions quickly implement by MODCOMP's
skilled engineers."
"Every
company has a unique set of challenges," said Alexander
R. Lupinetti, president and CEO of MODCOMP, Inc. "MODCOMP
thrives on creating practical solutions that leverage
the re-use of our customers' existing technology to produce
a rapid return on investment. We believe that this approach
is applicable to Financial Services firms throughout Europe."
About
Union Investment
Founded
in 1956, today the Union Investment Group is Germany's
third largest investment group, with asset funds of about
100 billion Euro at end of June 2002. Union Investment
manages mutual funds and restricted funds. The mutual
fund palette contains share-, pension-, finance market-
and mixed bonds and real estate investment trusts as well
as open real estate investment trusts. Investors get these
products in Germany at all Volksbanks, Raiffeisenbanks,
Sparda-Banks and PSD-Banks.
Besides
investment funds the Union Investment Group also offers
depot services that are used by over three and a half
million investors throughout Europe. There are subsidiaries
or branch offices in Hamburg as well as outside Germany
in Luxembourg, Zurich, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Warsaw and
Budapest.
About
MODCOMP, Inc.
MODCOMP,
Inc., is an international leader in eCommerce integration
software and services. For over 30 years, MODCOMP has
consistently helped its customers utilize emerging technologies
to further mission critical business objectives. The company’s
eCommerce division is committed to helping its customers
take full advantage of rapidly emerging eBusiness and
mBusiness opportunities. MODCOMP combines its ViewMax®
integration software with its consulting and support services
to help clients leverage and extend their existing information
technology investments to the Web and beyond. A subsidiary
of CSP, Inc., MODCOMP, Inc. is headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale,
FL and has offices in the U.S., U.K., and Germany. For
more information about the company and its products and
services, phone MODCOMP headquarters at (800) 322-3287,
email info@modcomp.com,
or visit MODCOMP on the Web at www.modcomp.com.
About
CSP Inc.
Based in Billerica, Mass., CSP Inc. (CSPI) and its subsidiaries
develop and market software for eCommerce solutions and
image processing, network management and storage system
integration services and high performance computer systems.
For more information about CSP Inc., call (800) 325-3110
or visit http://www.cspi.com.
CSP Inc. wishes to take advantage of the 'safe harbor'
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 with respect to statements that may be deemed
to be forward-looking statements under the Act. Such forward-looking
statements may include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding the success of the Company and its subsidiaries'
products and services. The Company cautions that numerous
factors could cause actual results to differ materially
from any forward-looking statements made by the Company.
Please refer to the section on forward-looking statements
included in the Company's Form 10-K dated November 27,
2001, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Note to Editors: MODCOMP and ViewMax are registered trademarks
of MODCOMP, Inc. All product and company names mentioned
herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of their respective companies.
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MODCOMP,
Inc. contact: Robert Crigler, (678) 417-1731, crigler@modcomp.com
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