PBS Software Positioned as Niche Player in Gartners Magic Quadrant for Structured Data Archiving and Application Retirement

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Bensheim, Germany and Morgan Hill, California August 7, 2014 PBS Software GmbH today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Niche Players quadrant of The 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Structured Data Archiving and Application Retirement. Dolphin Enterprise Solutions Corporation, PBS largest reseller and implementation partner in North America and a leader in Data Volume Management solutions for SAP applications is cited in the recently released report.

According to Gartner "By 2017, structured data archiving will represent one-fifth of the information governance efforts in enterprises" "Magic Quadrant for Structured Data Archiving and Application Retirement". G Landers, et. al., June 11, 2014, Gartner Inc. Increasingly, IT leaders are retiring applications as they respond to demands to move to the cloud, consolidate data centers and improve agility. Structured data archiving, from vendors such as PBS, address the management of aging data, application consolidation and retirement.

PBS Software GmbH is a leading provider of supplementary software solutions for Information Lifecycle Management with SAP in the areas of data archiving, extraction, and storage. Dolphin is the largest reseller and solution implementer for PBS structured data archiving solutions for SAP systems in North America. The PBS and Dolphin partnership, has helped customers running SAP systems retrieve archived data easily, so they have quick and complete access to archived information, while effectively reducing database growth and operating costs.

We are thrilled to be recognized by Gartner as a niche player in structured data archiving and application retirement, said Guenther Reichling, Founder and Managing Director of PBS Software. With 25 percent of our customer base comprised of North American organizations, our partnership with Dolphin plays an important role in our overall business strategy as it supports a large number of our joint corporate clients.

As the largest reseller of PBS in North America, Dolphin was honored to be mentioned as a VAR in the Gartner Magic Quadrant report on structured archiving, said Dr. Werner Hopf, CEO, Dolphin. We implement PBS data archiving software solutions for customers across all industries because the solutions provide our customers with transparent access to archived data and superior performance of their SAP systems. We plan to continue our successful partnership with PBS by expanding on our offerings as PBS looks to enhance its Nearline Analytic Infrastructure solution in 2014.

The Magic Quadrant for Structured Data Archiving and Application Retirement is available for download at https://www.gartner.com/doc/2765017/magic-quadrant-structured-data-archiving

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About PBS Software GmbH PBS Software GmbH is a leading provider of SAP add-on software in the field of data archiving, extraction and storage as well as system decommissioning, and has over 20 years experience and know-how on complex, integrated data access for archived SAP data. PBS specializes in software development and its partners deliver consulting and sales support worldwide.

About Dolphin Dolphin leads the way in business performance improvement for companies running SAP solutions and is the one partner that manages both data and processes. From data and information lifecycle management to end-to-end solutions for procure-to-pay and order-to-cash processes based on SAP software, Dolphin delivers a competitive advantage that drives cost savings, optimizes cash flows and fosters a lower total cost of ownership. Leveraging SAP technology, Dolphins data lifecycle and business process management solutions and add-on applications with SAP-certified integration have built-in flexibility and are designed to be tailored to each customers specific business processes and IT environments.

The company was founded in 1995 and has offices in San Jose, CA, Philadelphia, PA and Toronto, Canada. To learn more, contact us at contact@dolphin-corp.com or visit www.dolphin-corp.com.

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For more information, please contact: Michalina Malinowski PBS Software GmbH O: +49 (0)6251 - 174 238 michalina.malinowski@pbs-software.com

Christiane Hoeninger Dolphin Enterprise Solutions Corporation O: +1 (813) 977-1512 christiane.hoeninger@dolphin-corp.com