WISEITECH, one of the representative enterprises in the domestic enterprise solution industry, is now concentrating on the cloud-based solutions, moving away from the business strategy focused on the package solutions. WISEITECH launched its BI solutions in time with the release of Windows Azure in 2011. WISEITECH's WISE Cloud BI features a data mart architecture based on relational databases (RDB) with Hadoop applied for the big data analysis and an in-memory data storage for quick analysis in real time. That is, WISEITECH designed a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment consisting of Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and Hadoop on Windows Azure, and then built a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on this platform with functions for social analysis, On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP), Executive Information System (EIS), and visualization. B

As a leading provider of value-added network services in Korea, Smartro processes millions of invoice, settlement, credit card, and purchase transactions a day for Korean retailers. To speed up manual data extraction and analysis processes, Smartro implemented a data warehouse using the HP Enterprise Data Warehouse Appliance Optimized for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse. Smartro now has a technology foundation for expanding its business and processing more transaction data. Because business users can easily produce their own reports, report requests have decreased by 62 percent, and data extraction time has been slashed by 80 percent. Additionally, Smartro can adapt its data warehouse to accommodate constantly changing regulatory policies.

Airfreight container management company Jettainer is winning new business and needs faster data processing to keep up with growing volumes of data. The company also wants to reduce the complexity of its IT environment, which has separate platforms for inventory control and business intelligence (BI). Jettainer is implementing a solution based on Microsoft technology, which will improve system performance and data quality.

In testing semiconductor wafers, AMD uses a data warehouse to process and analyze one terabyte of data each week. When its data warehouse began foundering under the load, AMD switched to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse powered by AMD Opteron™ processors. With the new system, AMD has increased performance and enabled a sustainable and scalable solution.

The Smith Family believes education transforms lives, not just minds. Since its inception in 1922, the Australian not-for-profit organisation has evolved to respond to the changing needs of disadvantaged children and families. In November 2010, The Smith Family upgraded to Microsoft Dynamics AX to manage its financials and in October 2011, deployed Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 to manage its donors, sponsors, volunteers and the disadvantaged students and their families it supports. The integrated CRM system gives the organisation a single view of supporter and student data. This will help staff maintain and strengthen relationships with its key stakeholders and ensure funding is allocated effectively. The new systems will greatly improve staff productivity and will support the organisation to achieve its goals for the next five years and beyond.

To provide efficient, financially flexible desktop management services for customers, New Signature added Windows Intune, a cloud-based PC management solution from Microsoft, to its portfolio of solutions. Freed from maintaining physical infrastructure to provide PC management, New Signature increased its profit margins by 25 percent and its revenue by 50 percent. With more satisfied customers, the firm has solidified its reputation for creative IT solutions.

Colonial Williamsburg, the restored eighteenth-century capital of the British Empire’s largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost, is the world’s largest living history museum. Historians and costumed interpreters tell the story of Williamsburg, Virginia, and the pre-revolutionary challenges it faced. About 1.5 million people visit the attraction annually, so employees require messaging, communications, and collaboration solutions to help ensure that visitors have the best possible experience. Colonial Williamsburg decided to subscribe to Microsoft Office 365, a services offering that combines the familiar functionality of the Office desktop suite with cloud-based versions of next-generation communications and collaboration services. By using Office 365, the museum found it could do a better job of marketing to and providing services for customers, reducing costs by $27,000 annually.

Sentry Insurance, a mutual insurance company in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, wanted to consolidate three mainframe life insurance policy administration systems on a single solution running on up-to-date technologies. Sentry deployed EXL LifePRO from EXL Service, an administration platform that is built on the Microsoft .NET Framework software and runs on Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The solution enabled Sentry to retire the three mainframe systems and save approximately U.S.$450,000 in IT costs annually. Now that business users and actuaries use EXL LifePRO to build new offerings without IT involvement, Sentry improved speed-to-market by 60 percent and saved an average of $60,000 in development costs per product, helping the company meet market demands.