Customer Case Studies

With a Linux to Windows migration, PharmaOverseas standardized its IT environment and increased employee productivity. Based on process enhancements, it predicts business growth of 30 percent in the next year.

PoundHost is a leading Web hosting services provider in the United Kingdom. To accommodate customers interested in running both PHP and Microsoft® ASP.NET applications on the same Web server, PoundHost upgraded to Windows Server® 2008 R2, yielding greater flexibility and lower operating costs.

With a need to make their high-performance computing (HPC) clusters easier to use, Procter & Gamble is evaluating Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003 as a way to increase HPC use and productivity, while also speeding cluster deployment and management.

ProMedica Health System consolidated its hospital information systems with a Stockell InsightCS solution running on Microsoft Windows Server System integrated server software, resulting in a cost savings of as much as U.S.$10 million and significantly improved monthly close times.

The Qatari Supreme Judiciary Council's IT team chose the Microsoft .NET Framework over an Oracle/Linux solution to develop a new workflow and document repository and found it automates the execution of justice and empowers judges to make decisions in minutes.

Australia's QR Limited estimates it is saving about U.S.$100,000 per month in mainframe costs, since moving its SAP infrastructure to a cluster of commodity servers running the Microsoft Application Platform. QR Limited reports 20 to 40 percent faster SAP transactional response times and up to 8 times faster batch processing since moving SAP to SQL Server 2005.

Queen's University, wanting to make HPC more widely available, turned to Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to help researchers solve complex computational problems in a more familiar environment without tying up their workstations for days at a time.

By offering Windows® HPC Server 2008 in addition to Linux-based solutions, supercomputing firm R Systems provides many of its customers with a more cost effective operating system choice.

RackForce expects to be able to cut maintenance and provisioning time in half with System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

When Rayovac had to choose between the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Red Hat Linux operating systems, the company chose Windows Server because it offered the required performance and scalability at an estimated $1 million in savings over four years.

REALTECH, an international consulting firm, is helping its customers gain a lower total cost of ownership, integration efficiencies, and ease of use by migrating from Oracle/UNIX and other OS/DB stacks to the Microsoft Application Platform, including SQL Server. The company sees additional benefits for its customers with the Data Compression and Backup Compression features of SQL Server 2008.

Reed selected Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to accommodate its millions of online visitors each week, resulting in a reduced total cost of ownership, increased search performance, and ample room to manage future growth of online searches.

ReignCom replaced its Linux-based messaging solution with one based on Microsoft Windows Server System integrated server software, and employees worldwide can now share information in real-time and work more productively, while the company saves 30 percent in communication costs.

SAS implemented a new data warehouse based on Microsoft and Intel technology, built on open industry standards, that now supports a large volume of data transactions, complex calculations, and state-of-the-art analysis and reporting functions.

SP EnergyNetworks chose the AREVA T&D e-terraplatform energy management architecture with Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 to control its critical transmission and distribution system, resulting in improved availability, cost of ownership, capacity for growth, and management of security and safety.

Chemical research startup Seer Technology saved $7 million and cut time to market by 83% by choosing a Microsoft solution over Linux.

ServiceU chose to upgrade to SQLServer 2005 instead of third-party software for its online event management software solution and realized reduced downtime, increased developer productivity, and scalability to support future growth.

SGI now offers Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 as an alternative to SUSE Linux, making it easier for customers who are familiar with the Windows environment to adopt HPC.

Using Microsoft .NET framework for its online services business instead of UNIX and Oracle, ShopLocal is able to accommodate large seasonal peaks to service its retail customers.

SilverStripe's recent commercial success prompted an increased focus on large public sector and corporate organizations. In order for SilverStripe to remain competitive, the company needed its PHP based CMS system to run effectively on the Windows platforms instead of Linux.