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PRNewswire: Hill House Hammond… Pick Systems… World’s Largest… Financial… Linux Deployment

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 10, 1999

“Pick Systems(R), Inc., a leading developer of multi-user,
multi-value database management system (DBMS) software, today
announced that Hill House Hammond, one of the largest insurance
intermediaries in the United Kingdom — is deploying Pick Systems’
D3(R) Linux DBMS server for Red Hat to their 250 branches. Hill
House Hammond has become the first large corporation in the
financial services world with a live Linux installation.”

“The rollout has already started, with close to two dozen
branches already installed. Staging at the head office in Bristol,
England for servers and related software has been completed.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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