Article: HP Delivers $1.4 Million Client/Server Computing Solution to United Grain Growers; New System Cuts Costs, Boosts Efficiency and Customer Service for Leading Canadian Agricultural Company.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 1995-- Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that it has implemented a $1.4 million client/server computing solution at United Grain Growers Limited (UGG), Winnipeg, Manitoba. The new system, which replaces an IBM ES 9000 mainframe-based corporate computing system, is saving UGG close to $750,000 per year, thanks to enhanced system functionality and flexibility.

The corporate-computing installation complements an earlier project in which HP updated UGG's grain-elevator computing system from DEC PDP 11 platforms to HP Business Servers. The resulting multiuser client/server solution has doubled administrative ...

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