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The Jean Coutu Group
Selects APG for proactive IT network infrastructure management
MONTREAL, Quebec., February 15, 2007 -- Watch4Net Solutions, Inc. today announced that The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. (TSX: PJC.A) has chosen and deployed APG’s performance management suite in conjunction with the EMC SMARTS software platform to provide a comprehensive historical and real-time view into the network infrastructure.
With the strategic goal of maximizing The Jean Coutu Group’s IT investments, the company conducted a rigorous evaluation of available performance management solutions and selected the APG Suite to manage its expansive network. APG provides detailed historical data for accurate IT capacity forecasting, over across 2200 subsidiary divisions in North America. The product helps The Jean Coutu Group to monitor performance and identifies trends, providing the intelligence that reports when network behavior deviates from normal patterns.
According to Martin Bérubé, network engineer at The Jean Coutu Group, the synergies between the APG and EMC SMARTS solutions provide an ideal way to deliver end-to-end view of the entire network. “On one hand, the APG Suite is able to provide historical analysis so we can predict future needs and get out in front of problems. On the other hand, the EMC SMARTS suite analyses data from multiple sources to pinpoint root cause problems automatically and in real time”.
The Jean Coutu Group had deployed the APG core module to provide personalized actionable information to the appropriate audience within the organization, covering performance trending, capacity planning, SLA reporting and assets inventory reports. “Based on our success at The Jean Coutu Group we’re confident the APG deployment will continue to grow and consistently deliver value.” said Michel Foix, President & CEO at Watch4Net.
About The Jean Coutu Group
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. is the fourth largest drugstore chain in North America and the second largest in both the eastern United States and Canada. The Company and its combined network of 2,186 corporate and franchised drugstores (under the banners of Brooks and Eckerd Pharmacy, PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Clinique and PJC Santé Beauté) employ more than 61,000 people.
The Jean Coutu Group’s United States operations employ 46,000 people and comprise 1,859 corporate owned stores located in 18 states of the Northeastern, mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. The Jean Coutu Group’s Canadian operations and franchised drugstores in its network employ over 15,000 people and comprise 327 PJC Jean Coutu franchised stores in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario.
About Watch4Net APG
Founded in 2000, Watch4Net is a privately held software and consulting company based in Montreal, Canada. Watch4Net's flagship product, APG, is a carrier-class performance reporting application that provides real-time, historical and projected visibility into the performance of the overall business. Corporations rely on the APG solution to ensure consistent delivery of business services, detect and troubleshoot problems quickly, and gain full visibility on the infrastructure performance and health. For more information, visit Watch4Net APG' Web site at http://www.watch4net.com/