Link
selects looksoftware’s eazi suite for enterprise
application modernization!
Background
Link
Computer Corporation was founded
as a "Services" company over 27 years ago
by President & CEO, Tim Link. Operating under the
banner, “Better
People Creating Better Solutions”, Link is one
of Western Pennsylvania’s leading providers
of technology products and services. Headquartered
in Bellwood PA, and with over 100 professional staff
in
its offices (also at Pittsburgh and Harrisburg),
Link strives to serve its clients with the high quality
service and
experience that ensures delivery of value.
Link’s professionals specialize in web development,
e-commerce, security and wide-area network solutions.
They have an array of important business partnerships including
Premier IBM Business Partner, Premier Cisco Systems Partner,
Microsoft Gold Certified Solutions Provider, Intermec
Honours
Parner, Citrix Silver Reseller and Dell Authorized Reseller.
Their
service expertise and experience has grown consistently
over many years.
Their
roots are in systems analysis and programming and
the service portfolio has matured to a comprehensive
set of capabilities
that enable them to assist their clients across the
enterprise. Regardless of systems or requirements,
Link can design
a solution. They can provide a single vendor solution
and eliminate the need to coordinate multiple vendors.
Link's
partnerships with the leading infrastructure vendors
like Cisco and Intermec also provide the support and
staff education
needed to make their clients’ staff proficient
with ever-changing technology. Their approach is, "Plan
the work and work the plan!" Whether it be infrastructure,
servers, peripherals, software, workstations or specialized
products – Link
has a solution at hand!
Challenge
By running multiple applications on a single iSeries server,
today's small and medium businesses can help better utilize
the full capacity of their IT infrastructures, thereby
helping to increase return on investment (ROI).
Link's
application expertise spans the critical systems that
most businesses require. Among the primary software offerings
in Link's portfolio are:
- Financial and Accounting
- Manufacturing
and Distribution
- Point-of-Sale
- Bar
Coding
- Payroll
- Ecommerce
- Customer
Relationship Management
- Email
and messaging
- Workflow
and collaboration
With
this expert background in services and application
development
and integration, Link had identified the growing
need
for a toolset to easily enable its clients to modernize,
integrate
and upgrade their existing IT assets.
After
a wide search for the right solution, Link Computer
Corporation announced a partnership to deliver
System
i modernization
solutions with Link’s System i software development
team using looksoftware's ‘Dynamic Environment’.
Solution
Tim
Link, President & CEO said, "Link Computer
Corporation has been successfully delivering customized
System i solutions for over 27 years. In recent months
we have undertaken a new initiative called EAM (Enterprise
Application Modernization) to offer modernization technologies
and services to our customers. Many of our 400 customers
are heavily invested in their current System i implementations
and now wish to modernize and enhance those applications
without having to replace or redevelop them. We've trialed
all the key alternatives in a practical evaluation and
implementation process. We concluded that looksoftware's
products offer the fastest and easiest way to develop
and implement real modernization results through reuse,
instead
of writing more code."
"Some
of our customers want front-end modernization
like rich clients, portals, PDA support and desktop
integration.
Others are ready to explore web service back-end
modernization.
Now we can offer a very broad set of modernization
options
with a single integrated toolset that’s the best
by far," said Tim.
Pete Isaksson from looksoftware, and based in Atlanta
said, "After meeting with Link's customers at
their recent ‘Link Up and Learn’ customer conference
and seeing first-hand how satisfied they are with Link
Computer Corporation, we are very excited about this opportunity
to develop a long-term relationship. Link's large team
of consultants are not only System i specialists, but also
have strong expertise in multi-platform integration, Notes
and SharePoint which are all important for enterprise application
modernization."
Tim Link continued, "The evolutionary change
in
business is starting to resemble the rapid pace of change
that has been status quo in the technology industry.
Add
these two together and you have quite the moving target.
That's okay. It has become a way of life for us here
at
Link. Entering our 28th year of business, we continue
to adapt, evolve, and improve as a premier IT provider
on a
daily basis, never relinquishing our drive to be better."
Benefits
Such
has
been
Link’s initial success with looksoftware
that it was awarded the Fast Start Award at this years
looksoftware Partner event in Nashville TN. Link has already
utilized looksoftware’s products across a wide spectrum
of client organizations including Cambria County Association
for the Blind and Handicapped, Diocese of Youngstown, Jefferson
Wholsesale Grocery, Millenium Rail, Precision Laser Instruments,
Stockdale Mine Supplies, TW Philips Oil & Gas Co and
Westmoreland County.
Steve Fochler, responsible for business development for
Power solutions attributes much of this rapid success
to looksoftware’s partner program.
"looksoftware
has been very easy to deal with. Any time I need assistance
its freely available and the products have delivered exactly
what was promised. In addition to the license fees and
maintenance annuities we’re receiving from sales,
we’re also offering our customers consulting services
to help ensure their success and a rapid implementation."
Jack Collins, Senior VP is also enthused about Link’s
new modernization business unit, saying "The
fact
that IBM has approved looksoftware’s products as
an authorised Value Added Enhancement is formal recognition
that IBM understands how looksoftware’s modernization
solutions can really grow IBM customers success with
Power Systems ."
With such early success and having quickly mastered looksoftware’s
eazi suite, it can truly be said that in the modernization
arena, they have found the missing link!
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