Marshal8e6-Essendon Football Club
[20-FEB-10] Because of increased technology usage and a higher number of system users, the football club’s bandwidth speeds were noticeably slower by 2009. Uploading 30-MB files to the Internet was taking as long as 40 minutes. Spam was also a growing problem.
In response to these issues, the Essendon Football Club began their search for an e-mail security solution that would block spam before it reached users’ desktops. They also needed a Web security solution to address excessive bandwidth consumption, block access to harmful Web sites, and help the club enforce its acceptable use policy.
Data Domain-CAA South Central Ontario
[15-FEB-10] The Canadian Automobile Association provides a variety of automotive, travel, and insurance services to its members. Comprised of nine automotive clubs, the CAA has over 140 offices across Canada and more than five million members.
Storing and protecting member data, including insurance information, is a necessary part of CAA’s operations. The South Central Ontario branch of the CAA relied on a tape system to complete backups, but this method had several limitations.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems-WetStone Technologies
[28-NOV-09] Established in 1997, WetStone Technologies, Inc. has made it their mission to advance digital investigation technologies and training.
When WetStone began seeing their products and software being sold on eBay and other Internet auction sites, they realized that effective copy protection was essential in terms of protecting their intellectual property and maintaining their revenue. WetStone started looking for a solution that would help them protect themselves against software piracy.
Pillar Data Systems-Skyservice Airlines
[11-OCT-09] Serving the needs of Canadian travelers, Skyservice Airlines, Inc. is the country’s leading commercial charter airline and a recognized leader in aviation services. In 2008, Skyservice made plans to expand its data center, and started to implement a VMware environment. It was at that point they discovered some problems with their current data center, including maintenance difficulties, inefficient cooling, and an ineffective disaster recovery policy. As a result, Skyservice Airlines began their search for a new storage solution that would work with their existing NetApp system.
Pillar Data Systems-Temple University Health System
[11-OCT-09] The Temple University Health System was facing three storage-related challenges. The first was that their current system was expensive to maintain and expand. There were also numerous hidden costs and high fees. They needed to find a more cost-effective solution. Second, Temple needed a storage system that would offer both immediate and archive file storage, capabilities their existing system did not possess. Finally, Temple's backup system was insufficient to meet the organization's disaster recovery requirements, which in part led to the search for a better solution.
IBM Channel Partners Enlist Social Commerce to Build Retail Solutions
[26-AUG-09] Innovative IT software vendors are building web-based applications for retail customers that integrate social networking as a tool to expand sales.
IBM-Rice University
[14-JUL-09] Rice University, located in Houston, Texas, is a private research academy. The institution, founded in 1912, is known for its prestigious undergraduate programs and its strength in the applied sciences.
In order to offer students a state-of-the-art research environment, the university decided to implement the Sakai system. This open source environment, currently in use by well over 100 universities, is an extremely effective collaborative tool. The university felt that the Sakai environment would encourage students and faculty to communicate and work together. After obtaining a Shared University Research (SUR) grant from IBM, Rice implemented the Sakai environment.
Microsoft-Country Knolls Animal Hospital
[25-JUN-09] The Country Knolls Animal Hospital is a well-established practice that has been operating in Ballston Lake, New York, for the past 30 years. When Dr. Kelly Cooper purchased the practice from the original founder in 2008, she quickly recognized that the operation was in need of a digital technology transplant. According to the new owner, the practice used virtually no technology, and basically ran on paper and pencil. She wanted to install specialized veterinary software to help her with a variety of tasks, but first she needed a network to run it on and a compatible computer operating system.
Microsoft-Norton Rose
[10-JUN-09] Norton Rose LLP is a very large legal practice with offices in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The challenge the company was facing was that they had to find a way to reduce the amount of time individuals spent locating information.
Virtualization Battle Gets More Intense
[25-FEB-09] New product releases from channel vendors Citrix and Red Hat pose a new competitive challenge for leader VMWare.
Microsoft - Brevard County Florida
[18-FEB-09] The customer was running out of space for paper record and needed a way to electronically and easily manage documents to comply with the state of Florida’s public records management laws and also gain business intelligence.
Milestone Moment for The Web
[26-JAN-09] Internet reaches 1 billion users and Google is its most popular site.
Google @10: The Can Opener Innovation Continues
[08-SEP-08] Has Google actually ever invented anything new? Think about that.
Microsoft Shells Out $486M for Research Firm
[29-AUG-08] After failed Yahoo buyout, Microsoft opens its wallet to crack the European search and e-commerce market.
Microsoft's IE8 Beta Sports New UI Features
[28-AUG-08] This release emphasizes the user experience, with new UI features, improved security and changes to the address bar and search function.
Virtually Speaking: IBM Goes High on Linux
[06-AUG-08] IBM's research shows virtualization adoption is helping to bring Linux to the high end.
What's Cooking in Google's Enterprise Labs?
[19-JUN-08] Google's enterprise strategy isn't much different than the consumer side when it comes to giving users an early look at services in development.
Microsoft in Search of Breakthroughs
[23-MAY-08] Software giant shares a bit about its 'best defense against war,
famine and Google.'
The Channel's Stake in Social Networking
[28-APR-08] Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are often viewed as online playgrounds for students. However, they are being increasingly used as important business tools by channel players.
Security Here and There
[10-APR-08] Foreign compliance vendors say security trumps privacy in the U.S.
