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Paxonix Awards OpSource IT Managed Services Contract
OpSource Real-time Data Base and Application Performance Monitoring Was Key to Selection
SANTA CLARA, Calif., -- October 8, 2003 OpSource, Inc., an IT infrastructure services company, today announced that Paxonix, Inc., a MeadWestvaco company and a pioneer and leader in packaging development information technology, has selected OpSource to provide it with managed services. Paxonix develops online tools and services that apply the concepts of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to package design and development for customers-leaders in the consumer packaged goods industry across food-and-beverage, health-and-beauty, and other consumable products. OpSource provides Paxonix with SigmaServices™ for 24x7 real-time database and application performance monitoring and database administration.
"Because we know product packaging is a critical differentiator for our customers, our industry leading PaxPro Toolset has to be both readily available and a high performance PLM environment for packaging creation," said Bailey Caldwell, Paxonix Vice President of Technology. "OpSource provides the 24x7 systems and technical talent necessary to insure that our systems and databases are available and their performance optimized so that our customers derive maximum benefit from PaxPro."
"We are particularly pleased that Paxonix has selected OpSource as their managed services provider," said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. "Innovative companies like Paxonix allow OpSource to do what it does best, provide reliable, high-performance IT infrastructure solutions that effectively and efficiently scale as our customer's grow." SigmaServices at Work for Paxonix OpSource SigmaServices are component foundation and advanced structural support services designed to meet the specific needs of customers with varying infrastructure requirements. Their performance is guaranteed by an industry leading 100% uptime SLA commitment.
These comprehensive services are available individually or bundled together on a fee per-device basis. OpSource was selected by Paxonix to provide SigmaServices for 24x7 monitoring and escalation procedures for their collocated production systems. In addition, OpSource is providing Oracle database optimization and administration services. OpSource's flexible operations and per-device pricing make it an ideal partner for new companies looking to build a solid IT infrastructure process and procedures base from which they can scale their services rapidly and reliably.
About Paxonix
Paxonix, a MeadWestvaco company, headquartered in Parsippany, NJ, is a pioneer and leader in packaging design and development information technology. Paxonix's mission is to help consumer product companies develop packaging solutions, shorten package-development cycles and increase the speed of product launches and re-launches. Paxonix develops automated workflow, collaboration and project management tools for customers in the consumer packaged goods industry across food-and-beverage, health-and-beauty, and other consumable products. Paxonix supplies the first integrated toolset that increases speed to market, fosters innovation, increases efficiency and reduces cost. Visit the company's web site at www.paxonix.com.
About OpSource
OpSource is a provider of direct and private-label IT infrastructure services to global 2000 companies. It combines innovative technology, best practices and experienced personnel to deliver services of higher quality and at lower cost than enterprises, government agencies and infrastructure providers can do themselves. OpSource SigmaCenter services range from complete technical staffing solutions for independent and corporate data centers to complex managed hosting solutions for the enterprise. The company's SigmaSystem services include the IT Infrastructure technology and services necessary for operating and managing every layer of a company's application infrastructure - from provisioning and deploying the physical networks and servers in the data center up to, and including, security, maintenance and performance optimization of customized applications.
The company is funded by Artiman Ventures and ComVentures. It is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA with additional operations in Southern California, New York City, Piscataway, NJ, and Chantilly, VA. For more information about OpSource, visit the company's web site at opsource.net.
