(openPR) - Availability of Blue System Copy for Microsoft Windows Server operating system allows to address additional prospects

Munich, January 20 2009 - Galileo Tools GmbH, one of the leading suppliers of software solutions for SAP® Change-, Release and Transport Management and sales partner of Empirius GmbH announces today, that Blue System Copy is immediately also available for Microsoft Windows Server 2003. For many SAP customers the creation of a SAP system copy is a frequently executed task, being cost intense and error-prone as many steps and checks still needs to be done manually. The combination of the both products Blue System Copy and Conigma™ QCOPY enable the user to setup a nearly full automatic process, which is much faster than the manual process, delivering higher quality, leading to significant cost savings regarding the operation of SAP.

„In particular many Tier2 companies are using Microsoft Windows as server operating system. Now, we are able to provide also these companies with a solution to automate the process of creating a SAP system copy. The complexity of this manual process results in many cases in faulty QA systems, causing expensive and time consuming work of specialists to cure the problem,“ said Josef Huber, General Manager of Galileo Tools GmbH.

„Blue System Copy is since a decent period of time in productive use at our customers running Unix or Linux as operating system. This year, we will significantly enlarge the technology base of Blue System Copy, where support of Windows Server 2003 is only the first step,” said Hans Haselbeck, Managing Director of Empirius GmbH. „In the course of 2009, we will also release new versions for additional database systems, i.e. IBM DB2 as well as Microsoft SQLserver,“ added Hans Haselbeck.

Blue System Copy
Blue System Copy optimizes and automates SAP’s standard process for system copies and enhances this process significantly with additional functionality. Blue System Copy allows copying SAP systems with an ABAP stack as well as SAP systems with a double stack. User Exits and R/3 User Exits allow creating and integrating customized automation steps, i.e. stopping and restarting the SAP system or third-party components, start the restore from tape or using customized preparation and post-processing jobs, as well as sending email notifications or to start the BDLS transaction. Preparation, cleanup and post-processing are large extents carried out automatically (settings which need to be kept on the target system are backed up prior to the copy job and automatically restored afterwards, e. g. within ALE scenarios).

Conigma™ QCOPY
Conigma™ QCOPY, part of the Conigma™ Suite, ensures after an SAP system copy and restoring that all required customizing and software components are installed automatically to achieve a consistent new configuration. Conigma QCOPY allows the user via a simple, intuitive graphical user interface to rebuild an SAP system into a consistent status after a system copy, and it also facilitates copying between different SAP clients. While it is not possible with the SAP interface to control technical modes how a software component needs to be installed, such modes are recognized by Conigma QCOPY and automatically implemented correctly. Additionally, independent from automating the process of a system copy or a restore from a backup, Conigma QCOPY allows many other operations on SAP queues, which are also controlled via the graphical user interface.

About Galileo Tools GmbH
Galileo Tools GmbH, a subsidiary of the Galileo Group AG, is one of the leading providers of Change-, Release- and Transport-Management solutions for SAP®. The Conigma™ suite integrates administration and processes for adapting and customizing SAP software seamlessly with existing IT support infrastructure, such as SAP procedures for allocating software (ABAP TMS and Java CMS). These results in significant rationalization potential based on the more efficient, automated development and change processes; in addition, IT compliance initiatives are given optimal support by means of wide-ranging workflow functionalities and the detailed recording of all procedural steps.
The clients of Galileo Tools include LSV (Landwirtschaftliche Sozialversicherung), Postbank, Siemens AG and Züricher Kantonalbank. Galileo Group AG may be found in the Internet under www.galileo-group.de.

About Empirius GmbH
Empirius GmbH, based in Munich/Germany focuses on products and services to improve the work of SAP basis and database administrators. Customers for Blue System Copy for automating SAP system copies include INFO AG, Informatik Zentrum München-Frankfurt and Voith IT GmbH.

Conigma is a trademark of Galileo Tools GmbH and the Galileo Group AG.
SAP, SAP logo, R/2, RIVA, R/3, SAP ArchiveLink, SAP Netweaver, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Business Workflow, WebFlow, SAP EarlyWatch, BAPI, SAPPHIRE, management Cockpit, mySAP.com Logo and mySAP.com are trade marks or registered trade marks of SAP AG in Germany and many other countries around the world. All other product names and brand names cited here are trade marks or registered trade marks which are the property of the relevant company or holder of the trade mark.

Contacts:

Galileo Tools GmbH
Josef Huber
Perchtinger Strasse 6
D-81379 München
Germany
Tel : +49 (0)89 710463-66
Fax : +49 (0)89 710463-88
josef.huber@galileo-group.de
www.galileo-group.de

Empirius GmbH
Hans Haselbeck
Klausenburger Strasse 9
D-81676 München
Germany
Tel : +49 (0)89 93 933-656
Fax : +49 (0)89 93 933 648
haselbeck@empirius.de
www.empirius.de