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Dell Case Study: CareerBuilder | 2008-03-01 | Dell |
| CareerBuilder wanted to speed up the processing of business intelligence data to provide business managers and partners with more timely information on the status of their business. Older technology and third-party business intelligence software were not able to keep pace with the increasing amount of data and processing required to support the company's growth. Dell and Microsoft partnered to provide a new business intelligence solution based on Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft business intelligence software, Dell PowerEdge servers, and a Dell/EMC storage system.
Tags: Storage Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing |
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Virginia Community College System Protects Services for 240,000 Users With NetApp's Technology | 2008-03-01 | NetApp |
| Established in 1966, the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) spans 23 community colleges on 40 campuses across the state. To ensure the highest availability of services, VCCS recently initiated a system-wide technology refresh that included setting up a new Disaster Recovery (DR) site. They wanted to ensure (24x7) availability of critical tier 1 and 2 applications to more than 240,000 users. VCCS standardized on NetApp's solutions for all office and DR site applications, deploying a clustered NetApp FAS6000 series enterprise-class solution that serves as storage for the Richmond data center.
Tags: Storage Management, SANs |
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Global Survey Consulting Firm Reduces Server Deployment Time to 45 Minutes With Server Virtualization | 2008-03-01 | Dell |
| Server downtime and maintenance at global consultancy Gallup interfered with sensitive projects and strained the limits of the ultra-lean IT administration team. Gallup deployed a virtual server farm using VMware Infrastructure 3 on Dell PowerEdge 2900 servers and an Internet SCSI (iSCSI) Storage Area Network (SAN) using Dell EqualLogic PS3900 and PS-84E devices was designed to eliminate downtime and simplify or eradicate many maintenance tasks.
Tags: Storage Management, Virtualization |
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Microsoft Deploys EMC SAN for Data Centers and Reduces Costs by 50 Percent | 2008-03-01 | Microsoft |
| The Microsoft Information Technology Group (MSIT) was experiencing a rapid increase in the time and cost required to maintain its data centers. The storage volume was doubling each year and disk utilization was low. In the first quarter of 2004, MSIT worked with EMC to deploy a storage service built on Windows Server 2003, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and the EMC CLARiiON storage area network. With this storage utility, MSIT has reduced administrative and storage costs while providing its customers with faster and more reliable service. MSIT has cut storage costs by 50 percent and increased disk utilization to 70 percent.
Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, SANs |
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Specialist Recruiter and Staffer Simplifies IT With Virtual Solution and Reduces Administration by 30 Per Cent | 2008-02-06 | Dell |
| Expectra Group, a leading recruitment and staffing agency in Belgium, needed to ensure increased availability for its employees. This would help ensure that its clients and candidates received the best possible services. The IT team searched for a new server and storage environment that would simplify server administration and create minimum disruption for colleagues. Expectra Group Dell for its solution and implemented a new virtualized system. The Dell infrastructure consulting service team planned, designed and implemented the solution and trained IT employees so they could maintain the system in the long term.
Tags: Server Consolidation, Virtualization |
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At Top Accounting Firm, Client Data Protection Is More Than Dollars and Sense | 2008-02-05 | amerivault |
| Tofias PC is one of New England's largest and fastest growing regional accounting firms. For the company, client's data is clearly the firm's most valuable asset. Client data is available right away, not hours or days later. Client records are available at the stroke of a key, at anytime, from anywhere in the country. That's why backing up these important databases and accounting records is mission-critical to the modern accounting firm. Tofias PC found tape backup to be unsecure and to have a higher likelihood of failure due to the inherent sensitivity of tape. Tofias PC data is now backed up with AmeriVault's data vault which is secure and much easier to backup multiple servers at each of the offices.
Tags: Storage Management, Data Recovery - Security |
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AmeriVault Case Study: HAR-CO Maryland Federal Credit Union | 2008-02-05 | amerivault |
| For over 50 years, HAR-CO Maryland Federal Credit Union has known that being without reliable data backups is simply not an option. Over 24,000 members of HAR-CO rely on their credit union to keep their data safe. It is essential that it is protected not only by consistent backup but by getting the data securely off-site for business continuity and disaster recovery purposes. HAR-CO Maryland Federal Credit Union's data is backed up to AmeriVault's data vault.
Tags: Storage Management, Data Recovery - Security |
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Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: Bryant University | 2008-02-02 | Microsoft Tips |
| Bryant University heard from many alumni that they wanted to keep using the same Microsoft Exchange Server-based messaging solution that they had used on campus. Unfortunately, maintaining this service for graduates wasn't economically feasible for the university. Bryant students and faculty unanimously chose Microsoft Live@edu, a free, Microsoft-hosted messaging and collaboration solution for universities. The centerpiece of the solution is Windows Live Hotmail that includes five gigabytes of storage space per account, as well as features like calendar sharing, contact management, access to e-mail through mobile phones and POP, and improved spam filtering.
Tags: Email, Mobile - Wireless Communications |
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Dell Case Study: Tesco.com | 2008-02-01 | Dell |
| Tesco.com needed an IT provider with the technology and support services to meet a significant rate of growth in its business. It also wanted an organization with the expertise to maximize the uptime of its Web site, which serves 250,000 customers per week and continues to grow steadily. Tesco worked with Dell to create an IT infrastructure consisting of Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell/EMC storage area networks, and Dell OptiPlex desktops to help ensure an excellent online shopping experience for its customers.
Tags: Desktop Systems - PCs, Storage Management |
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Top Law Firm Relies on Storage From Network Appliance and 3PAR | 2008-02-01 | NetApp |
| One the top law firms in the United States represents clients in high-stakes litigation, complex financing and regulatory matters, government affairs, and corporate and technology transactions. With data growing about 30% annually, storage was increasingly complicated to manage. So the customer looked into storage solutions that would allow them to provision and manage easily, while also being able to scale rapidly and non-disruptively. After a thorough evaluation, the customer selected 3PAR based on ease of use, rapid provisioning, massive scalability and performance. At the same time, they selected Egenera server blades with VMware to create a complete utility computing server-and-storage environment.
Tags: Virtualization |
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