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Welcome to real-life examples of the benefits of an optimised infrastructure, from Australia and around the world. Read about organisation of all kinds who've put Microsoft Core Infrastructure solutions into action, and the dramatic impacts not just for the IT environment, but for the business as a whole.
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Identity and access management case studiesBrembo consolidates resources with new architecture
Achieves increased productivity and security with reduced maintenance costs.
Leading Brake System Manufacturer Brembo needed an IT infrastructure that would let them increase collaboration, knowledge sharing, and process fluidity. So they deployed a range of solutions and processes based on the Microsoft Infrastructure Optimisation model. The new architecture ensures a consolidated, automated infrastructure where geographical and technical barriers are removed, and employees have immediate access to company-wide information. In addition, Brembo has experienced increased productivity and security with reduced maintenance costs.
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Coffey International integrates disparate systems with comprehensive server solution
Builds centralised IT environment for the whole business.
An aggressive growth strategy and acquisition program left engineering and development consultancy, Coffey International, with a multitude of disparate systems and a workforce that found it difficult to communicate efficiently across business units. Without a central operating platform, the acquired businesses remained in disconnected IT silos, meaning Coffey could not benefit from economies of scale. As the company continued to grow, Coffey recognized the importance of providing common systems to support its expansion. It hired a CIO who set about building a central IT department and creating a centralised technology environment for the whole business. Based on a range of Microsoft server products, Coffey's new IT infrastructure is boosting staff and client collaboration, improving knowledge and document sharing, and providing mobile data access to staff on the move.
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Food manufacturer migrates to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with no downtime
Builds central point of admin for IT staff.
It took only six hours for Nancy's Specialty Foods to set the stage for future directory-enabled applications when it upgraded its computing platform to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory. Find out how its new directory service provides a central point of administration for IT staff, reducing desktop visits required and improving desktop management.
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Siemens manages 417,000 users with windows server system
Saves Millions of Dollars Annually.
Learn how Siemens has deployed an Active Directory architecture that simplifies and facilitates management, saves tens of millions of dollars annually, and helps Siemens to add new business value that it couldn't otherwise consider.
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GameWorks cuts support calls by 50%
And TCO by 25%.
Learn how GameWorks improved the manageability and supportability of its IT infrastructure by deploying Microsoft Windows Server System integrated server software with the Active Directory directory service.
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Kimball Hill Homes reduces time spent on network management
Can grow without increasing IT headcount.
Kimball Hill Homes is using Active Directory to dramatically reduce the time that IT professionals spend on routine network management and allow Kimball Hill Homes to continue its rapid growth without frequent increases in IT head count.
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AGL Hydro achieves 99.994% server uptime
IT team now focus on making technology work for the business.
Without the economies of scale achieved by larger coal-reliant electricity generators, renewable energy producer AGL Hydro needed to do more for less with its technology dollar. The company was using Microsoft Windows NT as its operating system and Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 for e-mail. Running outdated systems considerably degraded system performance and reduced productivity. Unable to cope with growing database sizes and increasing data traffic, AGL Hydro's technology environment had become unreliable and unstable. To fix this, AGL Hydro worked with Commander Australia Limited to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. The upgrade has transformed the company's IT systems, improving performance and increasing server uptime to 99.994%. The IT team can now focus on making technology work for the business.
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Food manufacturer updates infrastructure, reduces operating costs
IT staff freed-up to support business goals.
Ubiquity Brands is a successful food manufacturing holding company, but its outdated IT infrastructure could not keep pace with its rapid growth. Ubiquity Brands had no effective to way communicate or share data with its subsidiaries, and the IT staff was so busy reacting to end-user complaints that they had little time to support the company's business goals. To address these problems and position the company for future growth, Ubiquity Brands designed a new corporate IT infrastructure that includes Microsoft
Windows Server™ 2003 operating system, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft SQL Server™2000 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Workgroup Edition. This new IT solution gives Ubiquity Brands dependable communication, improved manageability, increased scalability and security, the ability to improve customer service while reducing annual operating costs and recover IT staff time by 30%.
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Life skills firm frees up 30% of it staff time
Anticipates cuts in operations costs of up to U.S.$100,000 annually.
Realityworks, based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, provides life skills curricula and products to help people avoid problems, such as addiction and teen pregnancy. Over time, the company outgrew its corporate IT network and allowed its hardware and software to become outdated. As the business grew, the lack of adequate technology became a bigger problem. The company experienced a 20% productivity loss daily, which adversely affected sales and customer relations and threatened to undermine the business. Working with Inacom, Realityworks installed a new IT system based on Microsoft Windows Server System™ integrated server software. The result is a 25% increase in efficiency, recovery of 30 hours per week of lost productivity, anticipated cuts in operations costs of up to U.S.$100,000 annually, and increased manageability and security that will free up 30% of IT staff time.
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Manufacturer halves help desk calls and it travel costs
Reduces complexity of IT systems.
Arrow Group Industries, a manufacturer of storage buildings, needed to reduce the complexity of its IT systems. The company was using outdated hardware running Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. The three-member IT staff spent most of its time reacting to problems and had difficulty supporting the company's four remote offices. With help from Quality Technology Solutions, Arrow Group centralised and simplified IT administration by implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and by deploying Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server from Citrix Systems. The company also upgraded to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Arrow Group has reduced the number of help-desk calls from remote users by 50% and cut IT travel costs in half. The solution has also improved worker productivity, eliminated server downtime, and enhanced system security.
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Secure online trading enabled with Windows Server System
Mercado a Trmino de Rosario S.A. (ROFEX) wanted to expand its agricultural commodities-based trading portfolio into the financial sector. The company's Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system 4.0 did not have the security capabilities, scalability, or messaging platform to support this objective. ROFEX became the first company in Argentina to trade financial derivatives after upgrading to Microsoft Windows Server System, including Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, and deploying Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003. The solution's integrated collaboration and communication tools increase managers' productivity as they travel to Buenos Aires to meet financial clients. Central network management tools and remote desktop administration are saving ROFEX U.S.$30,000 a year in network management costs.
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Hospital reduces help desk calls by 50%
Cuts user support costs by thousands and improves productivity.
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, Iowa, is facing new challenges resulting from recent federal legislation that requires health care institutions to strengthen data security and standardize data collection and reporting to protect patient information and reduce costs. In response, the hospital deployed Terminal Server, part of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, to support its task-based and remote users and IT staff. The hospital also automated operating system updates and security patches with Microsoft Software Update Services and deployed Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server to secure its VPN connections and control Internet traffic. These changes have saved U.S. $2,700 per month in user support costs, reduced help-desk calls for operating system problems by 50%, and increased productivity in some areas by up to 25%, while supporting compliance with federal requirements.
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Solutions developer slashes TCO by 25%
Saves U.S.$650,000 - and get product to market faster.
As Computer Builders Warehouse (CBW) grew, it deployed RedHat and Mandrake versions of Linux to support its corporate, retail, and e-commerce applications. But problems with availability, scalability, and security produced intolerable costs in IT maintenance. In response, CBW migrated to Microsoft Windows Server System integrated server software. CBW consolidated its Linux server population by 50% and boosted developer productivity 200% as the servers migrated to Microsoft Windows Server 2003, slashing total cost of ownership by 25% and maintenance time by 50%. Those benefits-totaling U.S.$650,000 in savings-are dwarfed by the millions of dollars in new revenue that CBW expects as a result of bringing a key product to market two years faster than it could have done on Linux.
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Network IT provider provisions users easily, securely with integrated identity system
Saves 1.5 days per new user, and U.S.$76,000 annually.
Enterasys Networks provides high-security computer networking technology and solutions to large enterprises around the world. With the ebb and flow of business in the past few years, Enterasys was spending increasingly more time provisioning and de-provisioning users, and management was concerned about risks to the company's data. Working with Microsoft partner Internosis, Enterasys deployed Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, along with the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, to help the Human Resources department provision accounts from its SAP HR enterprise system into Active Directory service. Enterasys now easily manages user accounts, saving about 1.5 days for each new user-a savings of about U.S.$76,000 annually. The solution also helps prevent unauthorized access to corporate data.
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