New EXE to MSI Installation Repackager from EMCO Simplifies Migration to Windows 8

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 26, 2012

EMCO Software, a leading provider of remote software deployment and distribution solutions, has released a new version of EMCO MSI Package Builder application aiming to help companies and organizations to simplify their software environment migration to Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. The new version of EMCO MSI Package Builder allows companies and organization to cut software migration costs by 80% by converting interactive setups into silent MSI packages compatible with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 that can be deployed automatically on multiple remote PCs in a silent mode.

“Software deployment is the most time-consuming operation of OS migration because network administrators need to install all applications that were installed on a previous platform, configure them and make sure they work properly. Manual software deployment on multiple PCs can take weeks of software installation and configuration. Using EMCO MSI Package Builder, software deployment tasks can be automated, so that OS platform migration can be completed much faster and with less effort”, Thorarinn Oskarsson, CEO at EMCO Software, says.

Network administrators can use EMCO MSI Package Builder as an easy setup EXE to MSI converter. The generated MSI packages can be deployed remotely in a silent mode using Group Policy of Microsoft Active Directory or other remote deployment tools for Windows. Installation format conversion can be performed in a semi-automatic mode using the unique Live Monitoring technology. This technology can capture file system and registry changes performed by an original installation. The captured changes are used by the application to generate an MSI package, so, as a result, an MSI installation is identical to the installation of the captured EXE setup.

Using EMCO MSI Package Builder, network administrators can create MSI packages with preconfigured installation settings, which are ready for silent deployment. In order to generate a preconfigured silent MSI from an original non-silent EXE installation, network administrators only need to install the original EXE setup to allow EMCO MSI Package Builder to capture the changes made in the process. All options selected during the installation are reflected in file system and registry changes, which are captured, so the generated MSI package includes an already preconfigured installation.

Companies and organizations can use EMCO MSI Package Builder not only to convert EXE setups to MSI packages but also to apply custom settings and configure system parameters. Using the Live Monitoring technology, it’s possible to record any actions that result in file system or registry changes and create an MSI that can reproduce and apply those changes. Network administrators can capture desktop shortcuts creation, system settings customization or other actions that should be applied during migration to Windows 8, and generate an MSI package applying those changes with just a few mouse clicks. The generated MSI can be deployed remotely to apply the necessary system configuration changes. It can save a lot of time that would otherwise be required for manual system configuration on all PCs.

Availability and Pricing

EMCO MSI Package Builder is available for evaluation as a free trial version that can be downloaded at http://emcosoftware.com/msi-package-builder. It can run on a Windows platform starting from Windows XP and support all the latest Windows x86 and x64 versions. The application is available in three editions with different sets of features at prices starting from $ 199.00. Detailed information on the installation repackaging features is available at http://emcosoftware.com/msi-package-builder/convert-exe-to-msi.

About EMCO Software

EMCO Software is a provider of integrated software solutions that help organizations to reinvent approaches to their computer networks management. EMCO Software award-winning products enable organizations to manage their IT environments remotely and automate their network administration procedures, including network inventory, software deployment, power management, and network & security control. Founded in 2001, EMCO Software is headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland, with operations around the globe. Today, more than 20,000 organizations in 85 countries, including Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, trust EMCO Software products. For more information, visit http://emcosoftware.com.

New EXE to MSI Installation Repackager from EMCO Simplifies Migration to Windows 8

Wharfedale Announces Successful Migration and Consolidation of a Globally Recognized Apparel Manufacturer"s SAP landscape, leading to higher Efficiency and Cost Savings

Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) August 28, 2012

Wharfedale Technologies Inc. is a leading SAP infrastructure consulting services and SAP Cloud Computing firm. Wharfedale has been providing SAP infrastructure solutions to a vast number of customers and vertical industries for over a decade which include, Architecting and Implementing SAP Disaster Recovery for 65 of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as delivering 62% of all SAP onto VBlock Migrations for SAP customers based in the US. Wharfedales highly focused SAP infrastructure expertise additionally extends into High Availability, Virtualization, Backup+Recovery, Landscape Optimizations and Managed Services. Wharfedales innovative solutions portfolio – ensured that the following apparel manufacturing | retail customer – was delivered optimal systems performance, minimal downtime – while maximizing their capital investment.

The customers landscapes consisted of SAP ERP 6.0 and BI 7.0 components running on HP-UX 11i and OS/400 DB2 5.4.5. The customer was exploring the viability of migrating and consolidating their new SAP landscape to Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) utilizing VBlock solution based on EMC, CISCO and VMware technologies in a Windows 2008/SQL 2008 environment.

Wharfedale performed Advanced SAP Landscape sizing for the customers VBlock environment based on the SAP application performance requirements. A virtual environment was then built using this design with Windows 2008 operating system, and SQL 2008 as database in a VMWare ESX 4.1 hypervisor environment on a VBlock. Wharfedale executed mock migrations from AS/400 DB2 platform to Windows 2008/SQL 2008 platform using SAP heterogeneous system copy procedures and industry best practices for migration. The actual production cutover was performed over the course of a weekend onto the new virtual platform for the ERP and BI components. The customer fully expect their VBlock to deliver robust performance needed for their business critical applications.

Apart from creating the SAP infrastructure and optimizing it for the SAP application, migration of server and storage platforms, tuning the SAP database, and improving their backup and recovery methodologies were some of the other services offered by Wharfedale Technologies to its apparel manufacturing customer.

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Wharfedale Announces Successful Migration and Consolidation of a Globally Recognized Apparel Manufacturer"s SAP landscape, leading to higher Efficiency and Cost Savings

Wharfedale Announces Successful SAP Landscape Migration for a Major Pharmaceutical Company to Gain Greater Flexibility and Efficiency in Managing Business Operations

Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) October 02, 2012

Wharfedale Technologies Inc. is a leading SAP infrastructure consulting services and SAP Cloud Computing firm. For over a decade, Wharfedale has been providing SAP infrastructure solutions, which includes the SAP Disaster Recovery, to a wide array of customers and vertical industries for 65 of the Fortune 100 companies. Wharfedales highly focused SAP infrastructure expertise extends into High Availability, Virtualization, Backup & Recovery, Landscape Optimizations and Managed Services. Wharfedales portfolio of innovative solutions delivered optimal systems performance, minimal downtime for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing customer while maximizing their capital investment.

The customers landscapes consisted of SAP ERP 6.0, BI 7.0 and SCM Livecache components running on IBM AIX. The customer was exploring the viability of migrating and consolidating their new SAP landscape to Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) utilizing VBlock solution based on EMC, CISCO and VMware technologies in a Linux/Oracle 11G RAC Grid environment.

Wharfedale performed Advanced SAP Landscape sizing for the customers VBlock environment based on the SAP application performance requirements. A virtual environment was then built using this design with Linux operating system, and Oracle 11G as database in a VMWare ESX 5.0 hypervisor environment on a VBlock. Wharfedale executed mock migrations from IBM AIX platform to Linux platform using SAP heterogeneous system copy procedures and industry best practices for migration. The actual production cutover was performed over the course of a weekend onto the new virtual platform for the ERP, BI and SCM Livecache components. The customer fully expects their VBlock to deliver robust performance needed for their business critical applications. Wharfedale was also involved in the Unicode conversion for ERP 6.0 and BI 7.0 components.

Apart from creating the SAP infrastructure and optimizing it for the SAP application, migration of server and storage platforms, tuning the SAP database, and improving their backup and recovery methodologies were some of the other services offered by Wharfedale Technologies to its pharmaceutical manufacturing customer. The project brought about an overall cost savings of around 35% and performance improvement by almost 60%.

About Wharfedale Technologies Inc.

Wharfedale Technologies Inc. (WFT Cloud) is a leading technology consulting firm specializing in SAP infrastructure integrations and services, as well as Private | Public | Hybrid Cloud solutions. As an SAP Certified provider of cloud services, Wharfedale offers SAP solutions around – high availability, disaster recovery, advanced sizing for virtualization, Basis administration & operations, backup & recovery Integration, systems refresh automation and landscape optimization.

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Wharfedale Announces Successful SAP Landscape Migration for a Major Pharmaceutical Company to Gain Greater Flexibility and Efficiency in Managing Business Operations

Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) December 18, 2012 Wharfedale Technologies customer is a transportation company based in Canada, which owns approximately 14,000 (22,500 km) route miles of rail-tracks all across Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also serves major cities in the United States, such as Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York City. The client has utilized SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for nearly a decade to manage its Financial and Enterprise resource operations. Over the years, the client has deployed major SAP components such as SAP ERP, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI), CRM, SRM, PI, EM, TM and Enterprise Portal systems. There are multiple production instances deployed across the corporation, all of these SAP instances were installed on Microsoft Windows based technologies with SQL Server as the database. The SAP landscape is hosted at a vendor data center and managed by the vendor. Increasing demand for a dynamic IT environment to support growing business needs had led the client to undertake a complex and intensive SAP data migration from the vendor hosting facilities on the legacy IT infrastructure practices to a robust high-performing environment using Vblock Wharfedale Technologies Announces the Successful SAP Production Landscape Data Migration to Private Cloud, in Record Time, for a Canadian Transportation Giant

Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) December 18, 2012

Wharfedale Technologies customer is a transportation company based in Canada, which owns approximately 14,000 (22,500 km) route miles of rail-tracks all across Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also serves major cities in the United States, such as Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York City.

The client has utilized SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for nearly a decade to manage its Financial and Enterprise resource operations. Over the years, the client has deployed major SAP components such as SAP ERP, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI), CRM, SRM, PI, EM, TM and Enterprise Portal systems. There are multiple production instances deployed across the corporation, all of these SAP instances were installed on Microsoft Windows based technologies with SQL Server as the database. The SAP landscape is hosted at a vendor data center and managed by the vendor. Increasing demand for a dynamic IT environment to support growing business needs had led the client to undertake a complex and intensive SAP data migration from the vendor hosting facilities on the legacy IT infrastructure practices to a robust high-performing environment using Vblock

Wharfedale Technologies Announces the Successful SAP Production Landscape Data Migration to Private Cloud, in Record Time, for a Canadian Transportation Giant