Released on: October 28, 2008, 2:17 am

Press Release Author: Steffen Graber

Industry: Retail

Press Release Summary: Europe's Largest Commercial IT Group Reduces IT
Administration with Accellion

Press Release Body: Accellion, Inc. (www.accellion.com), the leading provider of
managed secure file transfer solutions for enterprises, today announced that MGI
METRO Group Information Technology, has selected the Accellion Secure File Transfer
solution - Virtual Edition to enable easy-to-use secure file transfer with greatly
reduced IT support compared with FTP. The Accellion Secure File Transfer Solution
was chosen as an FTP alternative for its security, reliability, ease of use, and
VMWare-certified design to support large file transfer between company sites in 32
countries.
The Accellion secure file transfer solution - Virtual Edition is delivered in a
VMware-certified virtual appliance format which enables rapid installation and
deployment and takes advantage of virtual infrastructure benefits including reducing
the cost and complexity of MGI's IT infrastructure. The Accellion Virtual Appliance
has been easily integrated into the MGI virtualization initiative to increase
business agility.
"Previously we used FTP for file transfer, because of our 5MB email size
limitations, but this method for large file transfers was increasing IT
administration and support," said MGI METRO Group Information Technology IT manager.
"Until Accellion, we were bogged down dealing with file management issues. The
Accellion solution has not only eliminated our FTP support issues but also
significantly reduced the practice and expense of shipping large files on CDs via
overnight courier. With Accellion, our users easily send files around the world
with absolutely no trouble!"
"We are delighted to have METRO Group as a customer and to easily integrate with
their virtual infrastructure through the Accellion Virtual Appliance. We are
committed to helping corporations streamline business operations by providing end
users the file transfer functionality they need, and the simplicity they want,
without creating additional work for IT departments," said Paul Steiner, Accellion
SVP Europe. "Accellion enables global business processes, with the required
record-keeping to document conformance with security and compliance requirements."

About MGI
MGI METRO Group Information Technology with subsidiaries in Poland, Romania, Russia,
Turkey and Ukraine is the national and international IT service provider for the
companies of METRO Group. Its tasks include systems development and consulting
(merchandise management, logistics, SAP, data warehousing, store automation,
management information and archiving systems), the operation of computer centers,
the provision of network services, optimization of IT purchases and the group-wide
coordination of IT strategy.
MGI provides all companies of METRO Group with corporate infrastructures as a basis
for communication and data transfer. For this purpose, MGI operates one of the
largest European in-company networks that 80,000 mail users connect to in more than
2,000 corporate locations.

About Accellion
Founded in 1999, Accellion, Inc., the premier provider of enterprise managed secure
file transfer solutions, is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in
North America, Asia and Europe. Accellion Secure File Transfer Solutions are
available in hardware and VMware-certified appliances. For more information please
visit http://www.accellion.com or call +1 (650) 739-0095.

For more information:
Dr. Paul Steiner
Managing Director, EMEA
Accellion, Inc.
Tel +43-676-906-0875 (Europe)
Fax +1-650-429-2009
E-Mail: paul.steiner@accellion.com




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Contact Details: Steffen Graber
TEMA Technologie Marketing AG
Theaterstr. 74
52062 Aachen
Germany
Tel: +49-241-8897051
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E-Mail: graber@tema.de