Case studies for the utilities industry

Iberdrola
Growing energy utility chooses virtualization solution to drive agility and cut costs
Iberdrola wanted to shorten the IT department’s test and development cycles to improve business agility. It also wanted to cut management costs, optimize server utilization, and improve disaster recovery. Iberdrola chose Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager to improve the management of its virtualized test and deployment environments, and to streamline disaster recovery.

Edipower
Italian Energy Provider Sparks Employee Productivity with New Operating System
Edipower—one of the largest power suppliers in Italy—is constantly seeking ways to maximize productivity while maintaining rigorous security standards and decreasing IT management costs. By deploying Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Edipower enhanced desktop reliability and increased employee productivity.

AmerenUE
Sees mainframe-level reliability, saves U.S.$1 million, with move to Windows
Read how moving to Windows Server saves Ameren nearly U.S.$1 million annually in reduced personnel and licensing costs, and it gets the same reliability it enjoyed on the mainframe.