Customer Case Study
GDC A/S
8/12/2009
Scandinavian Firm Cuts Costs by 74 Percent with Move from Mainframe to Windows
GDC A/S, Scandinavia's largest home entertainment distributor, wasn't much entertained by its own business software, an IBM mainframe with Software AG Natural/ADABAS that drove up costs even as it chipped away at performance year after year. When license renewal would have tripled cost, GDC instead modernized to the Windows ServerŪ platform, using highly automated tools from BluePhoenix Solution Ltd. Costs are down by 74 percent, performance has soared, and no retraining was needed.
Industry: Manufacturing
Size: Medium, 50 employees
Country: Denmark  Denmark

Customer Profile
http://www.gdc.dk/
GDC, based in Ballerup, Denmark, is Scandinavia's leading home entertainment and electronics distribution and logistics company.
Business Situation
GDC A/S needed a more cost effective and efficient IT platform to handle its invoicing, shipping, and inventory management.
Solution
The company implemented a Windows ServerŪ 2003 platform to replace its outdated and expensive IBM OS390 mainframe.
Benefit
  • 74 percent decrease in yearly software licensing and maintenance costs
  • Faster performance
  • Increased access to analysis and reporting tools
Software
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services
Quote
"Development resources for the mainframe were expensive - and disappearing. We don't have that problem on Windows Server."
Christian Erik Franke, IT Manager, GDC