Case Studies

Find out what global organizations are saying about their experience with Exchange Server 2010. Our customers are achieving better business outcomes while controlling the costs of deployment, administration, and compliance. Exchange Server 2010 is delivering to customers the widest range of deployment options, integrated information leakage protection, and advanced compliance capabilities, that combine to form the best messaging and collaboration solution available. To find more success stories that highlight how Exchange Server 2010 is enabling customers and partners to enhance their communications infrastructure, check out the Exchange 2010 Virtual Launch Experience.

Morgan Keegan & Company
Investment Firm Saves $400,000 and Expects to Boost IT Productivity by 30 Percent

Business Situation:
Morgan Keegan wanted to increase the flexibility of its e-mail solution so that it could more easily interoperate with other applications. The company also wanted to increase scalability and reduce complexity.

Solution:
The company built an agile messaging and collaboration solution with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 and direct-attached storage.

Benefits:

Enhances agility and efficiency
Boosts control and compliance
Reduces long-term storage costs by 15 percent
Cuts recovery time by 20 percent
Increases IT productivity by 30 percent

BGC Partners
Financial Services Firm Reduces Recovery Time by 50 Percent and Saves $1 Million

Business Situation:
The company needed to improve the performance, scalability, and stability of its e-mail system. BGC also wanted to increase its control over the system and reduce costs and complexity.

Solution:
BGC built an e-mail solution with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and replaced its storage area network with direct-attached storage.

Benefits:

Saves more than $1 million in IT costs
Shortens RTO by 50 percent
Enhances flexibility and control
Increases performance and stability
Boosts IT productivity by up to 30 percent

Subaru Canada
Automotive Distributor Provides Employees with Anywhere Access to Messages

Business Situation:
Subaru Canada wanted to improve the efficiency of its communications, especially among mobile employees who frequently had to call to check their voice-mail messages.

Solution:
Subaru Canada implemented Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise including voice-to-text conversion for voice-mail messages.

Benefits:

Improved worker productivity
Reduced cost to support mobile employees
Larger mailboxes with reduced storage costs
Improved IT efficiency

NEC Philips
Systems Integrator Saves £42,000 with Consolidated Messaging Environment

Business Situation:
The United Kingdom division of NEC Philips Unified Solution wanted to consolidate its messaging environment, while providing disaster recovery and better messaging for its consultants.

Solution:
NEC Philips deployed Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to take advantage of improved failover capabilities and to support larger mailboxes.

Benefits:

Reduced annual disaster recovery costs by £12,000 (U.S.$19,560)
Reduced storage costs
Reduced antispam and monitoring costs
Improved productivity and customer service

Lion Nathan
Australian Brewer Improves Reliability, Availability with Highly Available Messaging

Business Situation:
To support its business objectives and new disaster recovery center, Lion Nathan wanted to provide a highly available messaging environment at a lower cost and with easier administration.

Solution:
Lion Nathan deployed Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to take advantage of improved high availability capabilities to reduce e-mail downtime and to save on storage costs.

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