MICROS Systems Chooses Applimation to Archive Oracle® E-Business Suite

Chicago, IL – June 10, 2008 - Applimation, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise data management solutions for packaged and custom applications, today announced that it signed an agreement with MICROS Systems, to provide an enterprise archiving solution for its Oracle® E-Business Suite. 

MICROS Systems, as one of the world's leading developers of enterprise solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, understands an organization’s need to continually maximize the investment in its enterprise applications. Using Applimation Informiaâ„¢ Archive to reduce large data volumes in such areas as accounts receivable, general ledger, and workflow will enable MICROS to quickly improve the performance of its own internal ERP system, the Oracle® E-Business Suite.

“We selected the Informia Archive solution from Applimation as it offers the best architectural solution for MICROS Systems”, said Shawn Zudal, Vice President of MIS for MICROS Systems.  “Additionally, Applimation demonstrated deep technical and domain expertise in the Oracle E-Business Suite.”

Informia Archive is an industry leading enterprise archiving solution for database applications. By proactively managing data growth, Informia Archive enables organizations to meet service level agreements, and reduce administrative overhead and costs by implementing tiered storage strategies. Informia Archive also provides a comprehensive set of compliance capabilities to ensure that archived data is discoverable and retained for the period specified by data retention regulations.

“Oracle E-Business Suite application customers need to continuously improve their production environment operational efficiency,” said Bob Markese, CEO Applimation.  “The Informia Archive solution will reduce transaction volume for MICROS Systems’ most heavily used modules, thereby ensuring that inactive data does not interfere with the day to day use of its active data.”

About Applimation

Applimation is a leading provider of enterprise application data management solutions for Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel and custom applications across multiple database platforms. The Applimation Informiaâ„¢ solution enables organizations to manage the growth of structured and unstructured data to achieve Information Lifecycle Management objectives, improve operational efficiency, reduce total cost of ownership and meet compliance requirements. The company’s InfoShuttle® solutions deliver a flexible and efficient environment to provision, manage and secure data in development, test and training environments. For more information, visit www.applimation.com.

About MICROS Systems, Inc.

MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 310,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 20,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-of-sale and loss prevention products through its subsidiary Datavantage for more than 50,000 specialty retail stores worldwide.

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