Tag: Software

USPS delivers Northrop Grumman technical support services contract

Posted by | Sep 26, 2007 | |

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Postal Service to provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) services for Postal Service delivery and retail systems.

The five-year task order has a potential value of USD 21 million and was awarded under the U.S. Postal Service Information Business Systems Support contract.

Under the terms of the contract, Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology (IT) sector will design software test plans and procedures, perform software certification and testing, and submit test results for delivery, retail and customer service systems developed by the Postal Service and its technology providers. In addition, Northrop Grumman will conduct analyses and assessments of technical specifications that will help determine a system’s ability to meet Postal Service needs and requirements.

“Northrop Grumman will draw on its years of experience as a technical provider and product supplier to the Postal Service, as well as its IV&V experience, to help its Retail and Delivery organization increase productivity and develop innovative ways to deliver the best service to its customers,” said Linda Mills, president of Northrop Grumman IT’s Civilian Agencies group.

The company expects to hire an additional 32 employees to support this task order. Work on the contract will be done in Merrifield, Va.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a USD 30 billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide.

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IBM unveils new RFID software

Posted by | Dec 18, 2006 | |

IBM has announced new technology that more easily allows organisations securely share and analyse real-time data generated by radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

The new WebSphere RFID Information Center technology is based on a recently completed EPCglobal RFID standard called EPCIS, which provides a standard way to securely communicate the data created by sensors and RFID tags.

Using the IBM platform, the data can also be integrated with existing business information and shared with trading partners.

The IBM WebSphere RFID Information Center platform has already been successfully deployed by Unilever, the e-customs project ITAIDE in Europe, and pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen.

Shay Reid, AmerisourceBergen vice-president for integrated solutions, said, “AmerisourceBergen sees tremendous potential in the IBM WebSphere RFID Information Center, which will be a key component to meeting track and trace regulatory requirements in California.”

Reid said the platform would become the data backbone in a pilot programme that will enable AmerisourceBergen to improve its service by quickly authenticating products and transactions through direct data exchange with pharmaceutical manufacturers.”

RFID Information Center receives data from RFID middleware, which aggregates, filters and interprets data directly from the readers.

RFID Information Center then stores, manages and enables sharing of all or portions of the data with various business applications across the enterprise, and with trading partners.

More information on the platform is available here: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/masterdata/rfid/

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Four Soft tool for DHL Global Mail

Posted by | Aug 24, 2006 | |

DHL Global Mail, a business unit of Deutsche Post World Net, has selected Four Soft’s 4S iLogistics product suite that would serve as a platform to manage their day-to-day logistical operations.

iLogistics has been designed as a fully multinational system, having all the features required to be capable of being implemented in global enterprises with multi-company, multi-currency and multi-language features.

The 4S iLogistics suite will help DHL Global Mail to streamline its operational systems by helping their business to define data to be analysed for advanced planning and improved enterprise visibility for efficient operations and enhanced analysis.

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USPS-OIG implements WinBill for IT Expense Management

Posted by | Aug 16, 2006 | |

TeleManagement Technologies, Inc. (TTI) today announced that the United States Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General has begun to implement their WinBill IT expense management software system at their Arlington, VA. Headquarters. The USPS-OIG serves to prevent and detect fraud, waste and employee misconduct, and promote efficiency in the operations of the Postal Service.

Previously, USPS-OIG had been trying to manage their IT expenses in numerous spreadsheets. “I felt like I was constantly trying to figure out what spreadsheet had what information that I needed. It was a spreadsheet nightmare before we implemented WinBill,” said their Telecom Analyst.

After reviewing the many features and functionality of TTI’s WinBill system the IT group realized that they could eliminate their spreadsheets and import all of their inventory of services, billing information, contracts, vendors and budget information directly into WinBill.

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Experian takes on Royal Mail with UK movers data file

Posted by | Oct 26, 2005 | |

Experian is challenging Royal Mail in the movers data market by launching its own change of address file, Absolute Contacts. Royal Mail operates the market leading NCOA (National Change of Address) file, based on consumers who have moved home and have paid Royal Mail to register their new address. Absolute Contacts uses Experian’s Absolute Movers file to identify goneaways. It estimated that about half the 3.25 million Britons who move house each year do not register their new details on Royal Mail’s file and it is this gap that Experian is hoping to exploit.

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