Datavantage Upgrades Data Center for Gift Card Processing To Linux Architecture CLEVELAND, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Datavantage, a subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc, announced today that it recently completed the upgrade of its gift card processing data center. Located in Columbia, MD, the data center supports clients utilizing the Datavantage branded, ASP-based gift card solution, and uses a Linux infrastructure to facilitate processing gift card transactions. The new data center offers clients distinct advantages in performance, uptime, reliability, redundancy on all layers, and disaster recovery. It was brought on line along with a secondary backup site (located in Cleveland, OH) with full data mirroring. Technology solutions from leading vendors like Red Hat for Linux operating system software, HP for hardware, Oracle for database, EMC for storage area network, Cisco for networking, and PolyServe for storage clustering demonstrate the thoroughness and stability of the data center design. "Our data center performance has increased threefold," said Chaz Napoli, President of Datavantage. "We have been processing gift card transactions for more than one year. As we looked to upgrade our data center, we chose an architecture that reduced server costs and yielded a highly available and scaleable platform. The net result is improved reliability and redundancy for our clients' transactions." About Datavantage Datavantage Corporation is a retail technology management company that helps retailers gain a better competitive advantage in multi-channel marketing, streamlined operations, reduced shrink and increased productivity. Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, the wholly-owned subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc. serves retail chains of all types, nationwide and worldwide. Further information on the company, products, and services may be found at http://www.datavantagecorp.com/. DATASOURCE: Datavantage Corporation CONTACT: Tom Rittman, VP of Marketing, of Datavantage, +1-440-498-4419, ext. 379 Web site: http://www.datavantagecorp.com/

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