Server Infrastructure Optimization: Microsoft Education Solutions

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Manteca Unified School District Standardizes IT Environment, Saves More Than $100,000 In Costs
Operating System Upgrade Helps Lake Washington School District Streamline IT, Strengthen Security

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Server infrastructure optimization

The IT infrastructure you build today must be able to support and respond to tomorrow’s needs. Because it isn’t clear what devices and applications may be brought into your infrastructure five years from now or what the university’s needs might be, it’s crucial to create a system that is both optimized for today’s known demands and allows for quick modifications that respond to new requirements or opportunities.

With integrated IT infrastructure optimization (IO) solutions from Microsoft, you can manage servers and applications more cost effectively, enhance security and compliance, and gain the flexibility and agility you need to drive performance.

Solving real-world challenges

Complex networks with servers and clustered standard systems—often spread across several locations—lead to a server infrastructure that:

Is costly to acquire and maintain.
Can be difficult to manage and secure.
Prevents effective execution of compliance policies.
Uses significant energy resources.
Processes information too slowly.

Server infrastructure optimization can help you realize the value of your IT investments and help make your infrastructure a strategic asset that drives agility within your institution.

Key benefits

Server infrastructure optimization can help you:

Control costs. Consolidating, automating, and centralizing server usage and management can help you use your resources wisely, eliminate repetitive IT tasks, and reduce energy consumption.
Enhance security and compliance. Integrated management and security—along with a comprehensive identity and access strategy—can help you enhance compliance; provide a more secure, policy- based access for remote users; and help ensure continuity.
Drive agility. Infrastructure that can speed the deployment of software and upgrades, easily integrate legacy systems, and enhance disaster recovery can help your entire institution adjust rapidly to changing needs.

Customer success case studies

Tri-Center Community School District pursues high technology goals for student and staff.
With approximately 400 client workstations connected to an infrastructure supported by 12 servers, high demand—combined with the limitations of an outsourced IT support team—meant that Tri-Center Community School District had a strong need for an efficient, reliable network infrastructure. The district chose Windows Server 2008. As a result, it has seen reduced server management time and improved staff productivity, along with a reduction in help desk calls.

Hillsboro School District improves availability of critical files with clustered servers.
When Hillsboro School District in Hillsboro, Oregon, wanted to simplify access to 20,000 personal data directories belonging to students and staff they consolidated the 11 home-directory servers to two clustered servers using Windows Server 2008. The district has eliminated server downtime and associated interruptions to user productivity, reduced file recovery work by 15 hours a week, and decreased cluster management chores by 50 percent.

University of California, Berkeley tackles management and security challenges in complex IT environment.
Using the Server Manager feature in the Windows Server 2008 operating system, the central IT division at the University of California, Berkeley, simplified account and security management, cut application downtime by half, and reduced security-setting management by 10 hours per month. University executives also plan to use powerful Windows Server 2008 security capabilities to enhance system security.

Next steps

Find a partner that can help you implement a server IO solution.
Contact us to learn more about server IO solutions and how they can help your institution.
Analyze your infrastructure to learn how it can be optimized.
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Try Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure Solution Accelerators to deploy and securely operate Windows Server 2008.

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The following Microsoft partners offer core infrastructure optimization solutions for education:

Ascentium Corporation

Ascentium Corporation is an award-winning, integrated technology and marketing consultancy with a proven track record in delivering information-driven business solutions to achieve the strategic objectives of their clients. Ascentium developed information-driven business solutions based on Microsoft technology and development platforms. Ascentium partners and employees offer clients the benefit of decades of experience in business strategy, application development, Web development, and integrated marketing. Contact Ascentium at 425-519-7700.

Avanade

Avanade has the business expertise, technology, and assets to help your IT team create a dynamic computing model that is flexible, scalable, secure, and efficient, enabling you to unleash your full business potential. Our Microsoft-based infrastructure solutions maximize your existing investments, including line-of-business applications, while delivering an integrated, secure, and fully managed way of providing data-center solutions and application services. Contact Avanade at 206-239-5600.

BVA Inc.

BVA has been working with clients both small and large to realize the value of their technology investments. We can supplement the expertise and lighten the workloads of your existing IT staff or be your third-party IT department if you do not have one internally. From emergency support to proactive visits to professional consulting services, we offer all the resources an organization needs to get the most out of technology. Contact BVA at 602-307-1800.

CDW Berbee

Our clients continue to look for ways to reduce the cost and complexity of their computing infrastructure so financial resources and personnel are freed up for more strategic initiatives. CDW Berbee’s holistic approach to Virtualization and Optimization is unique, covering servers, storage and the network. Using proven methodologies, we provide solutions and expertise to help reduce the cost and complexity of computing infrastructure through server and storage virtualization. Contact CDW Berbee at 888-888-8835.

CorpInfo

CorpInfo’s Microsoft Practice is committed to optimizing Microsoft technologies with the goal of developing dynamic systems—reliable, secure, manageable, and responsive. We support this goal with our proven and mature program management methodology that fully leverages the Microsoft Solutions Framework. CorpInfo understands the challenge our clients face in identifying and planning for changing technology while supporting daily operations. To help meet this challenge, we offer Infrastructure Optimization Solutions across the entire IT life cycle: planning, readiness, implementation and operations. Contact CorpInfo at 310-442-3232.

Fujitsu Ltd.

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused information technology and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position us to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for our customers' success. Contact Fujitsu at 888-FUJITSU (888-385-4878).

Hitachi Consulting

Hitachi Consulting has been implementing Microsoft-based solutions since 1995 and has experience with a broad range of solutions on the Microsoft platform. Our experience has helped customers deploy valuable solutions that leverage their investment in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Developer tools and Microsoft Windows Server system applications. Our proprietary methodologies and frameworks and our Gold Certified Partnership enable clients to shorten their development cycle, reduce project risk, increase the effectiveness of their internal staff and enhance their investment in Microsoft technologies. Contact Hitachi Consulting at 214-665-7039.

Idea Integration

Idea Integration is an e-business consulting and systems integration solutions provider serving Fortune 1000 companies, government, and middle-market clients. Specializing in information management solutions, integrated e-business solutions, business intelligence and data warehousing, portal solutions, Web design and development, mobile solutions and enterprise resource management, Idea delivers high-return business applications for its clients. Idea has fortified its public sector practice utilizing Microsoft solutions to address security, messaging, business process management, and infrastructure optimization. Contact Idea Integration at 800-idea.com (800-433-2266).

Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc

Focused on technology, LRS IT Solutions is committed to our clients, and backed by a financially strong company. We have the flexibility to offer the best solution for individual customers' needs. Our domain expertise coupled with strong technology skills, backed by certifications and many years of experience, sets us apart. LRS has the personnel, experience, and willingness to work with our customers toward IT Optimization. Contact LRS at 217-793-3800.

Peters & Associates

Peters & Associates can help you deliver the most value from your infrastructure. In order to achieve a sustained improvement in their IT infrastructure, Peters & Associates will help you take a longer term strategic view of IT infrastructure maturity and link these capabilities and maturity improvements to your needs and overall IT strategy. Contact Peters & Associates at 630-832-0075.

Seitel Leeds & Associates

Seitel Leeds & Associates is a Seattle-based firm that helps customers achieve IT Operational Excellence with a focused set of engineering, security, and service management services. We apply rigorous engineering methods to the planning, design, implementation and operation of highly secure and reliable systems utilizing Microsoft’s Advanced Infrastructure and Security Solutions. We help our customers effectively and efficiently organize and operate their infrastructure by providing training and consulting using the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), as well as implementation management of supporting tools. We help customers secure their assets and meet regulatory compliance and audit requirements. Contact Seitel Leeds & Associates at 206-283-4355.

Sogeti USA

As one of a handful of Microsoft Global Systems Integrator partners, Sogeti specializes in implementing Microsoft-based technology solutions that improve organizational processes and performance, including .NET Application Transformation, Information Management, Collaboration & Productivity, Infrastructure Transformation, Enterprise Project Management, and Enterprise Business Solutions. Sogeti’s Public Sector Practice provides expertise in delivering solutions are built upon proven and repeatable service offerings, based on industry best practices, and coupled with public sector know-how to help tackle the unique challenges faced by educational institutions. Contact Sogeti at 800-899-9849.

SyCom

SyCom Technologies is a network infrastructure company focused on providing technical expertise and services for multi-platform, multi-vendor networks to organizations ranging from mid-sized to Fortune 1000. SyCom has the expertise to help you put in place the technology that can effectively meet your Unified Communications needs. Contact SyCom at 888-TO SYCOM (888-867-9266).

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Search for partners in the Microsoft Public Sector Partner Solution MarketPlace, a one-stop Web site for finding technology partners that offer a broad range of products, services, and solutions based on Microsoft technologies. The directory includes packaged software, solutions offerings, and training from Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, Microsoft Certified Partners, and registered members.