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Multinational
Investment Group Provides Local Data Access While Maintaining Compliance
with Strict Data Security Regulations
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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
Press
contact: Michelle Peloquin Riess, (408) 230-2268, michelle.riess@attbi.com
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