Service Provider Cuts Costs, Speeds Development, and Simplifies Remote Access

Overview

TUV NORD Group provides inspection and certification services for numerous industries. With 8,000 employees spread across Germany and 70 other countries, the company sought a way to simplify remote access to IT resources. Mobile employees also needed an easier way to work with the company's mission-critical customer relationship management system from SAP. And with databases growing by approximately 100 gigabytes a month, TUV NORD needed an effective data-compression tool. In 2007, the company addressed its challenges with Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. As a result of its new solutions, TUV NORD is saving money, accelerating remote-access setup, speeding application development, and boosting system security and availability.