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Ensuring Data Protection for 24,800 Companies While Improving Backup Performance by 50% With Symantec 2007-01-05 01:00:23 Symantec

To ensure data protection for its customers, to scale easily, and to support an innovative architecture of three data centers connected by fiber, fast-growing Salesforce.com chose Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server from Symantec. The result is 50 percent faster backups and 40 percent faster restores. In addition, this all takes place within a system that prevents the need to send tapes full of confidential customer data offsite.

Enhancing the Benefits of Linux With Symantec Software and Strategic Technologies, Inc. 2007-01-05 01:00:23 Symantec

Migrating to Linux offered Replacements lower infrastructure costs through hardware independence. With Symantec's enthusiastic support for Linux, Replacements could stay with its familiar Veritas storage management and data protection tools, and continue to reap the benefits: 50 percent reduction in storage management time compared to native Linux and sustained high availability of 99.99 percent. Symantec partner Strategic Technologies has added value by providing integration and implementation services, and timely advice on software upgrades.

Reducing Microsoft Exchange Backup Window by 80% and Imaging Mobile PCs Remotely in 5 Minutes With Symantec 2007-01-05 01:00:23 Symantec

Quality Built gathers and manages large amounts of data gathered during the construction of homes. This information is critical to its patent-pending risk assessment systems to accurately identify and track construction quality issues, and the services Quality Built provides to its customers - some of the largest builders in the United States. Protecting large volumes of construction data and keeping that information flowing between its data center and inspectors in the field is critical. Legal discovery requirements made it imperative to backup and recover Microsoft Exchange messages at the mailbox level, a process that was too complex and slow. The company turned to Symantec for data protection, system management, and information security solutions.

UBS Reduces an Expected 36-Hour Batch Window to Less Than One Hour Using the DB2 Products in the BMC SmartDBA Family 2007-01-05 01:00:23 BMC Software

UBS offers products and services to its financial clients through a variety of different channels, from the traditional retail bank to sophisticated, interactive online tools. UBS wanted to meet availability demands for critical online applications during DB2 production changes, while ensuring accuracy of the data and maximizing DBA resources. UBS chose to implement three solutions from the BMC SmartDBA family of enterprise data management solutions: BMC CHANGE MANAGER for DB2, BMC CATALOG MANAGER and BMC Log Master.

IT Specialist Enhances Analysis and Reporting With New Business Intelligence Tools 2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft

ECS, one of Europe's leading computer leasing and IT infrastructure management specialists, delivers a range of outsourcing and consulting services to its customers. To maximize operational efficiency, it began working with business intelligence technologies in 1999 that published weekly reports on key business outcomes. In 2004, the company expanded its business intelligence functions using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and is now migrating analysis and reporting applications to Microsoft SQL Server 2005. This offers several new tools for integration, online analytical processing, data analysis, and reporting. ECS managers now have greater visibility of business performance by product offering.

Insurance Company Improves Operational Efficiency 25 Percent by Improving Data Access 2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft

Grange Insurance Group is a mid-sized personal and commercial insurance company that caters to farming communities and suburban areas in the United States. The company has more than U.S.$190 million in assets. To facilitate business growth, Grange commissioned Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Tata Consultancy Services to consolidate its existing systems and business processes. Tata Consultancy Services's proprietary methodology, the Insurance-Business Intelligence for Decision Support, is a framework for data analysis and data warehousing. Grange has been able to substantially improve its efficiency due to the enterprisewide database solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2000. In fact, the company has recorded a 25 percent productivity increase due to the new analytics and reporting solution.

Forensic Expert Tackles Mobile Phone Fraud and Theft 2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft

Forensic Pathways provides specialist products and services to the forensic, business intelligence, and knowledge-management industries. Recently it targeted mobile phone fraud with a fully automated solution for assessing claims of stolen, damaged, or lost mobile phones. Using sophisticated data-analysis techniques, the Maverick Service was launched based on the data management and integrated business intelligence tools provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The ground-breaking online resource offers a state-of-the-art method of identifying bogus claims. Designed to cut fraud and reduce costs, the new service had to be adaptable, reliable, and delivered promptly to an expectant market.

Freight Company Drives Service With Business Intelligence Solution From Microsoft 2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft

National Fast Freight is a Canadian transportation and logistics company that specializes in freight consolidation. National Fast Freight's data management system provided the team with paper-based reports on a daily basis but did not allow employees to cross-reference current information on shipping prices, load status, or customer sales in real time, all critical business indicators required in the day-to-day decision-making process. National Fast Freight enlisted the help of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner GHI Technologies to develop a Business Intelligence (BI) solution that would meet its organizational requirements. Following the rollout of the Microsoft - based BI solution, National Fast Freight has improved customer service, increased understanding of its business processes, and improved operating efficiencies companywide.

New Business Intelligence Solution Reduces Customer Churn by 25 to 30 Percent 2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft

French heating and hot water system specialist e.l.m. leblanc historically managed its operational and customer data with a number of databases and analysis tools. This infrastructure could not effectively integrate data from across the entire business. As a result, it was difficult to understand the causes of lost business or 'Customer churn' effectively. To address this issue, and enhance customer loyalty, the company deployed a new business intelligence infrastructure based on the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database infrastructure. This provides tools for high-performance data analysis and reporting. It will enable e.l.m. leblanc to enhance customer service and launch targeted marketing campaigns.

SQL Server 2005 Gives Microsoft IT FeedStore Group Enterprise-Grade ETL and Encryption 2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft

When managers at Microsoft Corporation need information, they turn to a repository called FeedStore. As the largest software company in the world, with revenues exceeding U.S.$34 billion, Microsoft has critical need for the 2-terabyte FeedStore database. FeedStore, which pulls data from 39 internal sources and feeds some 500 subscribing applications, was running flawlessly on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. But the company upgraded to SQL Server 2005 in order to take advantage of the next-generation, enterprise-grade features, tools, and enhancements. SQL Server 2005 Integration Services for Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes is a major new enterprise-level feature being deployed for FeedStore.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Ensuring Data Protection for 24,800 Companies While Improving Backup Performance by 50% With Symantec	2007-01-05 01:00:23	Symantec
To ensure data protection for its customers, to scale easily, and to support an innovative architecture of three data centers connected by fiber, fast-growing Salesforce.com chose Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server from Symantec. The result is 50 percent faster backups and 40 percent faster restores. In addition, this all takes place within a system that prevents the need to send tapes full of confidential customer data offsite.
Enhancing the Benefits of Linux With Symantec Software and Strategic Technologies, Inc.	2007-01-05 01:00:23	Symantec
Migrating to Linux offered Replacements lower infrastructure costs through hardware independence. With Symantec's enthusiastic support for Linux, Replacements could stay with its familiar Veritas storage management and data protection tools, and continue to reap the benefits: 50 percent reduction in storage management time compared to native Linux and sustained high availability of 99.99 percent. Symantec partner Strategic Technologies has added value by providing integration and implementation services, and timely advice on software upgrades.
Reducing Microsoft Exchange Backup Window by 80% and Imaging Mobile PCs Remotely in 5 Minutes With Symantec	2007-01-05 01:00:23	Symantec
Quality Built gathers and manages large amounts of data gathered during the construction of homes. This information is critical to its patent-pending risk assessment systems to accurately identify and track construction quality issues, and the services Quality Built provides to its customers - some of the largest builders in the United States. Protecting large volumes of construction data and keeping that information flowing between its data center and inspectors in the field is critical. Legal discovery requirements made it imperative to backup and recover Microsoft Exchange messages at the mailbox level, a process that was too complex and slow. The company turned to Symantec for data protection, system management, and information security solutions.
UBS Reduces an Expected 36-Hour Batch Window to Less Than One Hour Using the DB2 Products in the BMC SmartDBA Family	2007-01-05 01:00:23	BMC Software
UBS offers products and services to its financial clients through a variety of different channels, from the traditional retail bank to sophisticated, interactive online tools. UBS wanted to meet availability demands for critical online applications during DB2 production changes, while ensuring accuracy of the data and maximizing DBA resources. UBS chose to implement three solutions from the BMC SmartDBA family of enterprise data management solutions: BMC CHANGE MANAGER for DB2, BMC CATALOG MANAGER and BMC Log Master.
IT Specialist Enhances Analysis and Reporting With New Business Intelligence Tools	2007-01-01 01:00:30	Microsoft
ECS, one of Europe's leading computer leasing and IT infrastructure management specialists, delivers a range of outsourcing and consulting services to its customers. To maximize operational efficiency, it began working with business intelligence technologies in 1999 that published weekly reports on key business outcomes. In 2004, the company expanded its business intelligence functions using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and is now migrating analysis and reporting applications to Microsoft SQL Server 2005. This offers several new tools for integration, online analytical processing, data analysis, and reporting. ECS managers now have greater visibility of business performance by product offering.
Insurance Company Improves Operational Efficiency 25 Percent by Improving Data Access	2007-01-01 01:00:30	Microsoft
Grange Insurance Group is a mid-sized personal and commercial insurance company that caters to farming communities and suburban areas in the United States. The company has more than U.S.$190 million in assets. To facilitate business growth, Grange commissioned Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Tata Consultancy Services to consolidate its existing systems and business processes. Tata Consultancy Services's proprietary methodology, the Insurance-Business Intelligence for Decision Support, is a framework for data analysis and data warehousing. Grange has been able to substantially improve its efficiency due to the enterprisewide database solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2000. In fact, the company has recorded a 25 percent productivity increase due to the new analytics and reporting solution.
Forensic Expert Tackles Mobile Phone Fraud and Theft	2007-01-01 01:00:30	Microsoft
Forensic Pathways provides specialist products and services to the forensic, business intelligence, and knowledge-management industries. Recently it targeted mobile phone fraud with a fully automated solution for assessing claims of stolen, damaged, or lost mobile phones. Using sophisticated data-analysis techniques, the Maverick Service was launched based on the data management and integrated business intelligence tools provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The ground-breaking online resource offers a state-of-the-art method of identifying bogus claims. Designed to cut fraud and reduce costs, the new service had to be adaptable, reliable, and delivered promptly to an expectant market.
Freight Company Drives Service With Business Intelligence Solution From Microsoft	2007-01-01 01:00:30	Microsoft
National Fast Freight is a Canadian transportation and logistics company that specializes in freight consolidation. National Fast Freight's data management system provided the team with paper-based reports on a daily basis but did not allow employees to cross-reference current information on shipping prices, load status, or customer sales in real time, all critical business indicators required in the day-to-day decision-making process. National Fast Freight enlisted the help of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner GHI Technologies to develop a Business Intelligence (BI) solution that would meet its organizational requirements. Following the rollout of the Microsoft - based BI solution, National Fast Freight has improved customer service, increased understanding of its business processes, and improved operating efficiencies companywide.
New Business Intelligence Solution Reduces Customer Churn by 25 to 30 Percent	2007-01-01 01:00:30	Microsoft
French heating and hot water system specialist e.l.m. leblanc historically managed its operational and customer data with a number of databases and analysis tools. This infrastructure could not effectively integrate data from across the entire business. As a result, it was difficult to understand the causes of lost business or 'Customer churn' effectively. To address this issue, and enhance customer loyalty, the company deployed a new business intelligence infrastructure based on the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database infrastructure. This provides tools for high-performance data analysis and reporting. It will enable e.l.m. leblanc to enhance customer service and launch targeted marketing campaigns.
SQL Server 2005 Gives Microsoft IT FeedStore Group Enterprise-Grade ETL and Encryption	2007-01-01 01:00:30	Microsoft
When managers at Microsoft Corporation need information, they turn to a repository called FeedStore. As the largest software company in the world, with revenues exceeding U.S.$34 billion, Microsoft has critical need for the 2-terabyte FeedStore database. FeedStore, which pulls data from 39 internal sources and feeds some 500 subscribing applications, was running flawlessly on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. But the company upgraded to SQL Server 2005 in order to take advantage of the next-generation, enterprise-grade features, tools, and enhancements. SQL Server 2005 Integration Services for Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes is a major new enterprise-level feature being deployed for FeedStore.