Amstelveen, 7 november 2005 - Mercury, leverancier op het gebied van Business Technology Optimization (BTO), kondigt aan dat verzekeraar Munich Re, een van ’s werelds grootste verzekeraars, de Mercury BTO-software gebruikt om een centraal testplatform te ontwikkelen voor een grootschalige roll-out van SAP-oplossingen. Het project helpt bij de standaardisatie van processen en data om zo de efficiëntie en transparantie te verhogen. Munich RE gebruikt de Mercury BTO software bij meer dan 50 projecten.
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Over BTO
Business Technology Optimization werd in 2002 als concept geïntroduceerd door Mercury. Door de inzet van BTO-oplossingen wordt de bedrijfswaarde van IT geoptimaliseerd en in lijn gebracht met de bedrijfsdoelstellingen. Hierdoor kan door IT een echte bijdrage geleverd worden aan de business.
Over Mercury
Mercury Interactive (NASDAQ: MERQE), een van de belangrijkste leveranciers op het gebied van Business Technology Optimization (BTO), heeft als doel klanten te ondersteunen om de bedrijfswaarde van informatietechnologie te optimaliseren.
Mercury is opgericht in 1989, opereert wereldwijd en is één van de snelst groeiende ondernemingen op het gebied van enterprise software. Mercury biedt software en services om prioriteiten, mensen en IT-processen aan te sturen, om applicaties te leveren en te beheren en de IT-strategie en -uitvoering te integreren.
Klanten in de hele wereld vertrouwen op de producten en diensten van Mercury om de kwaliteit en performance van applicaties te verbeteren en de IT-kosten, risico’s en compliance te managen. BTO-producten worden aangevuld met technologieën en diensten van global business partners.
Meer informatie over Mercury is te vinden op www.mercury.com
Voor meer informatie:
Mercury
Nynke Barenholz
Tel: 020 545 20 00
nbarenholz(at)mercury.com
Whizpr
Marieke Adama
Tel: 0317 410 483
mercury(at)whizpr.nl
Mercury optimizes global SAP® project at Munich Re
Global leading reinsurer uses BTO software from Mercury
Unterhaching/Munich, November 7, 2005 – Mercury Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: MERQE), the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software today announced that Munich Re, one of the world's largest reinsurance groups, is using Mercury BTO software to create a central testing platform for a large-scale SAP® solutions rollout. Today, Munich Re has more than 50 projects involving Mercury BTO software such as Mercury TestDirector™.
In collaboration with SAP, Munich Re initiated an international project, code named “GLORIA” to establish a central, global IT platform to manage their reinsurance business. Prior to this project, the group used a variety of IT systems to handle its core business. The project helps standardize processes and data across these different systems in order to maximize efficiency and transparency.
"This strategic project will help consolidate our market position and make us more competitive internationally," remarked Dr. Rainer Janßen, CIO at Munich Re. "We were singularly impressed by the business technology optimization software from Mercury."
Alois Strobl, service manager corporate Information Systems at Munich Re said, "When evaluating our testing approach, we focused primarily on crafting a homogeneous IT environment. The Mercury products were thus used to create a central test solution spanning every platform and projects of all sizes, all on the basis of standardized methods and tools.”
"We are very proud that Munich Re selected Mercury to help them optimize the business outcome of this very important IT initiative,” said Peter Prestele, managing director central Europe at Mercury. "Mercury is committed to help our customers successfully deliver and manage their SAP applications and ensure these initiatives meet the needs of the business.”
ABOUT MUNICH RE
Munich Re Group's business is to cover risks of all kinds in the primary insurance and reinsurance segments. It is one of the world's largest reinsurers and the second-largest primary insurer in Germany. Consolidated sales totaled around 38 billion euros in 2004. A professional reinsurer with a 125-year history, Munich Re Group today provides a full complement of reinsurance products to some 5000 client companies around the globe. Visit www.munichre.com for more information.
MERCURY AND SAP
Mercury and SAP have worked together since the mid-1990s. As an SAP Software Partner, Mercury has developed a set of BTO software offerings specifically designed to help optimize the quality, performance and scalability of SAP solutions. Many Mercury products have been integration certified by SAP, which helps assure customers that the interfaces between Mercury products and SAP solutions are reliable and seamless. In February 2005, Mercury announced a multi-year commitment with SAP AG to offer Mercury LoadRunner, the industry’s leading performance optimization product, as part of the SAP Go Live Check Service for customers of SAP NetWeaver™. In April, 2005 Mercury was recognized by SAP with an SAP® Pinnacle Award in recognition for Special Achievement in Development and Innovation for the SAP NetWeaver™ open integration and application platform.