MVP Systems Newsletter
12 January 2010
Experts in Batch Job Scheduling &
Workload Automation
 
In This Issue:
JAMS 4.9 Released
New Customers
Ecometry and JAMS

JAMS 4.9 Released

MVP Systems announced the general availability of JAMS 4.9 today.  With this release, JAMS makes it even easier to control automated tasks across the entire enterprise.  Some of the highlights of JAMS 4.9 include: 
 
Ø  Customizable GUI - The GUI has been enhanced to allow for multiple views from the same window.  For example, a user can now create his/her own view into JAMS to see critical elements such as the schedule, the details of a particular job, and the forecast - all from one screen.  This streamlined GUI allows customers to move throughout the various components of JAMS with relative ease..
 
Ø  Windows Agent Updates - JAMS 4.9 introduces a push installation for the Windows Agents in JAMS, making it even easier to deploy JAMS Agents across the enterprise.
 
Ø  Automatic Updates to the Schedule - If a change is made to a Job or Setup, the schedule is immediately extended without waiting until the next scheduled update, providing instantaneous updates to the Monitor view.
 
Ø  Ability to Trigger Setups - In previous releases of JAMS, you could only trigger a particular job based upon a related event.  In JAMS 4.9, users can now trigger job chains based upon event triggers. 
 
"All of the new features and enhancements in JAMS 4.9 are the direct result of customer feedback," states Jay Sullivan of MVP.  "We added 22 new customers in December 2009, a testament to the capabilities of JAMS and the fact that the licensing structure is ideal for both small and large organizations."
 
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22 New JAMS Customers in December 2009 
MVP Systems announced that 22 new customers signed on in December 2009.  As a testament to the scalability of JAMS, customers ranged in sized from small, regional organizations to Fortune 500 companies.   
 
New customers include 2020 Companies, BNSF Railway, Celera Corporation, Direct Mail of Maine, EdFinancial, ETSA Utilities, Goldentree Asset Management, IAG New Zealand, Levy Home Entertainment, Ohio National Life, QuickSilver Resources, and the State of Ohio DoDD.
 
"It was a tremendous ending to a very successful year," states Zach Bussey of MVP. "With the release of JAMS 4.9 this week and JAMS 5.0 right around the corner, we start off 2010 in fantastic shape."
 
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JAMS Makes Splash with Ecometry Users

Escalate RetailRunning a successful multichannel commerce company requires a relentless focus on products, marketing and operations. Escalate Retail's Ecometry Commerce Suite has been powering many of the top multichannel commerce companies for over 20 years with a comprehensive platform spanning the business from order capture through pick-pack-ship.
 
Due to the amount of back-end processing involved, Ecometry Commerce Suite requires a robust batch job scheduling engine.  Ecometry users have turned to JAMS to handle their back-end processing and reporting requirements. 
 
One such customer, Shar Music, had such great success with JAMS that Shar Music showcased JAMS to a number of other Ecometry users.  As a result, in just the past month, JAMS was purchased by leading retailers Benchmark Brands, J. Peterman Company, and Title Boxing. 
 
If you are using an ERP solution like Ecometry and need a powerful workload automation solution, look no further than JAMS.  You can download a fully functioning demo now.