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whitepaper Technology Firm Improves Application Uptime, Achieves Significant Productivity Gains2009-11-01 Microsoft
  CDW is a premier technology solutions company that provides sales, design, implementation, and management of computer systems. With 6,300 employees and a data center running 1,200 servers, CDW faces many of the same challenges as its enterprise customers: keeping applications running at all times, valuable IT staff optimally productive, and costs down. CDW has made progress in all these areas by deploying Microsoft System Center data center solutions - most recently, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. Since updating to Operations Manager 2007 R2, CDW is managing its Windows and UNIX operating system - based servers from a single console and has eliminated work that used to occupy two staff members.

Tags: Server Platforms - OS		   
whitepaper Aviva Reduces Cost of IT Estate After Implementing Management Solution2009-10-01 Microsoft
  United Kingdom - based Aviva wanted to rationalise the number of software management systems in line with the company's aims of reduced IT costs and greater effectiveness. With Microsoft Services Premier Support and a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM), Aviva deployed Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 across its network in a timely manner. Today, the company has reduced IT costs and continues to drive efficiencies with the help of its TAM.   
whitepaper Dell on Dell: Under New Management2009-09-22 Dell
  Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 helped the IT team recapture lost time and reduce costs by streamlining and automating operating system installation, improving the speed of asset reporting, and tracking application usage in real time.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Client System Hardware, Management, Server Platforms - OS		   
whitepaper Colorcon Ensures IT Performance Across Global Operations With Enterprise Monitoring Solution2009-09-01 Oracle
  Colorcon wanted to provide a comprehensive management tool to facilitate effective and efficient monitoring of the company's rapidly growing IT environment and automate monitoring processes and gain an enterprisewide view of IT performance across operations that span 28 global locations. The challenge was to ensure round-the-clock availability of the company's database, middleware, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications that support its worldwide operations and enable greater visibility into IT issues to accelerate identification of root causes and problem resolution. Colorcon implemented Oracle Enterprise Manager to provide Colorcon with end-to-end visibility into global IT performance levels, replacing a number of disparate, spreadsheet-based tools and increased automated monitoring capabilities - reducing system downtime, maintenance costs and improving productivity.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Seafood Company Raises IT Performance and Security With Unified Management2009-09-01 Microsoft
  Taylor Shellfish Farms, a family-owned seafood business for more than 100 years, has 400 employees and worldwide revenues of U.S.$50 million. Because the Washington-based company employs just one person to manage its entire North America IT infrastructure, it sought to convert its IT operation from a largely manual one to a centralized, more automated system. As an early adopter of Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 technology, Taylor Shellfish Farms is now proactively monitoring its IT environment and troubleshooting issues from a central location. Software updates and deployments are accelerated through automation, enhancing security, system performance, and employee productivity.

Tags: Security Administration		   
whitepaper NetScout nGenius Performance Manager Helps Dell Conduct Effective Capacity Planning and Accelerate Network Trouble-Shooting by Approximately 90 Percent2009-07-01 Dell
  Managing the Dell global IT network is an immense job. The network IT group monitors all the network traffic flowing through more than 10,000 switches, routers, load balancers, and firewalls and among the company's 83,000 employees, numerous worldwide data centers, and hundreds of thousands of customers. Dell IT Global Network Solutions wanted to accelerate troubleshooting and facilitate effective capacity planning by deploying a robust network monitoring solution that can provide detailed information about network traffic. Dell IT Global Network Solutions deployed NetScout nGenius Performance Manager to monitor global network traffic for Dell data centers, MPLS WAN, and Internet access.   
whitepaper Better Storage Management at Scottish and Southern Energy2009-07-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is one of the largest energy companies in the United Kingdom. SSE improved ability to monitor performance and plan capacity within data storage environment. SSE implemented enterprise tool to collect and report detailed performance and trend data. This improved ability to determine capacity utilization of virtual disks, granular data improves ability to understand hardware utilization, enterprise view supports better capacity planning and improved ability to identify stale or redundant data.

Tags: Management		   
whitepaper Philips Healthcare Gains Precise and Reliable Insights From Business Intelligence Solution2009-06-01 Microsoft
  Backed by its large and expert employee base, Philips Healthcare sells and services high quality diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring systems for hospitals, private clinics and medical practices in more than 60 countries. To help these professionals provide customers with quality service, the company adopted a Microsoft business intelligence solution that provides extensive integration and exposure to critical information, and offers comprehensive reporting capabilities for sound analysis and decision-making.

Tags: Data Tools		   
whitepaper Licensing Model Saves Council 25 Per Cent on Infrastructure Deployment and Monitoring2009-06-01 Microsoft
  Wakefield Council delivers public services to 318,000 people who live in a mixture of rural and urban areas in West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Wakefield Council needed a cost-effective package of technologies to deploy and monitor its new infrastructure. Microsoft Services recommended a licensing Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE) solution for the servers and personal computers. Already, the council has achieved savings of 25 per cent against the cost of buying four products separately - it has also increased controls over the system and avoided the need to employ extra technicians.

Tags: IT Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Chartered Semiconductor Avoids Expensive Audit and Remediation, Resolves Segregation-of-Duty Conflicts2009-06-01 Oracle
  Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing wanted to implement a solution to address a lack of Segregation-Of-Duties (SOD) controls within the organization and enable senior managers to proactively resolve conflicting access rights. The challenge was to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing engaged Oracle Certified Advantage Partner Deloitte & Touche Enterprise Risk Services Pte Ltd to deploy Oracle Application Access Controls Governor, the first successful implementation of the software in the Asia Pacific region and automated the identification and prevention of SOD conflicts within the organization's Oracle E-Business Suite ERP system.

Tags: Enterprise Planning