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There is no doubt that Cloud Computing has fundamentally changed IT like no other
development in the last decade. It represents the new standard for all future
technologies. The idea is to avoid the costs of maintaining software and hardware
on your own and instead rent it from the "Cloud".
An example of a huge success in Cloud Computing is Google Mail, where you no
longer need your own mail server or software licenses, as required with a service
like Microsoft Exchange Server. Google Mail offers mail services from the Cloud
and is accessible from every computer on the internet.
Thousands of corporate clients have already jumped on the Cloud Computing
bandwagon including companies like Amazon, IBM, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
and the New York Times.
HIFLEX is the first to offer an MIS Cloud Computing solution for the
graphic industry.
HIFLEX Enterprise Cloud Computing means:
| Fast Implementation Times! |
With the new HIFLEX Cloud Computing Release, users are able to prepare and launch estimating and order
processing in a few days!
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| Minimal Initial Investment! |
By using the Enterprise Cloud Computing solution from HIFLEX, companies lower their operational costs
by eliminating investments in IT infrastructure. Users can concentrate on their core business, reduce
the costs of IT administration and eliminate costs of obsolescence as hardware and software are
outsourced.
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| Accessible Anywhere at Anytime! |
Greatest possible freedom, allows all employees to access the system from everywhere and at any time!
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| More Scalable, Secure and Reliable! |
Professional data centers offer the highest possible security with constantly updated system protection
and redundant data storage. The system is as fast as required because Cloud Computing offers the most
scalable processing speeds available. And service quality is clearly improved, because Cloud Computing
goes along with the 'Quality-as-a-Service' concepts of HIFLEX.
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Architectural overview of the HIFLEX Cloud Computing solution: next
to HIFLEX MIS and HIFLEX Webshop, the newly introduced HIFLEX Config
system for browser-based system configuration is displayed. System
usage is independent of operating system and connects to any internal
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Private Cloud, Public Cloud or HIFLEX Cloud – your choice
Even with Cloud Computing every HIFLEX MIS system remains a separate
installation and of course can absolutely still be adapted individually
and to the requirements and needs of each customer. Significant to
HIFLEX’s Cloud Computing solution is the fact that the system does not
have to be installed in an external data center. Users have their
choice of a ‘Public Cloud’ a ‘HIFLEX Cloud’ or installing it in-house
and locally as a ‘Private Cloud’. For small to mid-sized companies the
choice of a professional data center is very attractive because users
can benefit from an infrastructure that includes security and failover
protection usually only affordable to larger companies.
Cloud computing lowers ‘Total Cost of Ownership’ or TCO
‘Total Cost of Ownership’ or ‘TCO’ represents the complete costs and
operating expenses of a solution. Cloud Computing dramatically decreases
the TCO. An external installation can be a very compelling choice from
an economical point of view. There are no costs for the server hardware,
no racks, no cost for backup solutions as well as the significantly
diminished costs for expenditure for IT administration. There is also
no need to build and maintain expensive climate controlled environments.
Optimized system configuration for cheaper and faster implementation
The HIFLEX MIS offers a central, browser-based configuration interface.
To enhance setup times, HIFLEX provides its ‘MIS Resources’ functionality.
Users can access from a complete library of the most popular presses
and finishing equipment and other set-up criteria to add or remove total
machine characteristics via drag and drop. Based on the significant
HIFLEX ‘knowledge database’ a new customer installation can be configured
in a fifth of the time of legacy MIS Systems. |
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The list of the predefined presses and bindery machines is
comprehensive and a new machine can be added simply by drag-and-drop
to the ‘machine park’. |
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Additionally, the creation and output of all documents was changed to
OpenOffice.org and by switching to this royalty free and and open-source
application, investments in Microsoft software are reduced or even eliminated.
Platform Autonomy, Independence and Open Source
The HIFLEX Cloud Computing MIS system can be used on Windows, Macintosh
or Linux computers making HIFLEX platform independent. Expenses for
both software and hardware are much lower and the higher system stability
of open-source technologies is another major benefit. Design and
adaptation of all documents is substantially simplified and accelerated
by a WYSIWYG solution – reducing costs of the implementation even further.
Improved flexibility, lower maintenance costs and faster processing
times are only three of the qualities of the HIFLEX Cloud Computing release.
The system setup and go-live times are significantly faster and result
with immediate system payback and ROI.
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