Accelerated Computer Technologies (ACT)

ACT Profile
SCO OpenServer for Maintenence-Free Business Computing

ACT Profile

Accelerated Computer Technologies, Inc. (ACT) is a business solutions company dedicated to manufacturing, importing, logistics and financial industries. As a reseller of SCO OpenServer, ACT provides project management, consulting, custom programming, installation and training with ongoing technical support.

SCO OpenServer for Maintenence-Free Business Computing

In the constantly evolving and changing world of technology, customers are given a wide range of IT choices. Rarely does one find a reseller that has maintained a solid relationship with a software vendor over an extended time period. At Accelerated Computer Technologies (ACT), Executive Vice President Brian Javeline credits portability and longevity as deciding factors in his 15-year relationship with The SCO Group-dating all the way back to its first rollout of SCO Xenix running on the IBM PS2.

"We saw that UNIX was becoming a more accepted business application outside of just the education arena back then," said Javeline. "We wanted to provide a solution to our customers at the mid-level. With DOS at the low level, UNIX at the mid-level, and system 3X at the top level, we had a vision to get bigger, but always kept the 'small guy' in mind, operating with the same environment."

ACT resells SCO OpenServer to its apparel manufacturing customers, many whom have migrated across the full line of SCO products as they were introduced- from SCO Xenix, to SCO UNIX, to SCO OpenServer, a UNIX-based operating system platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. ACT's end users consist of "mom and pop" operations with 5-35 employees using the business applications that produce weather gear, school uniforms and other types of apparel.

ACT's apparel manufacturing customers operate on SCO OpenServer for business-critical applications, including order processing, purchasing and production, inventory control and warehousing. Javeline sees SCO OpenServer as robust, workable, and maintenance-free, noting that customers make the initial investment in the product and are then able to operate in an almost "maintenance-free" mode.

"Many of our clients never know what they're installing from a hardware perspective- only from a software perspective. And why should they? SCO OpenServer works-from install, to configuration, to security. Our customers appreciate it when 99.5 percent of the time they can say with confidence that they are up and running in a non-maintenance mode."

Javeline sees the "little guy" as the next generation of growth - the business that brings in $2-5 million in annual revenues. He insists that SCO OpenServer is the clear choice because it is so well-designed for the small-to-midsized business. "With SCO OpenServer, our clients can migrate slowly with us over time and shift gears to bigger applications when ready."