Google Dusts Windows Over Security, Report Says
[01-JUN-10] Vulnerability issues prompt search giant to move employees to Linux PCs, Macs.
Microsoft-1-800-GOT-JUNK
[19-APR-10] Founded by Brian Scudamore when he was still in university, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has evolved into a $100 million business with over 200 franchises in 3 countries. Encouraged by his success, Scudamore decided to make aggressive efforts to expand his business by increasing the number of franchises in North America. Before he did this, however, he had to make sure that he had scalable IT and server infrastructure capable of handling any level of future growth.
Dell Study Reveals Windows 7 Uptick Among IT Professionals
[03-APR-10] Global survey shows Windows 7 set to take off.
Zeus Technology-Play.com
[21-SEP-09] Play.com is an online shopping site that sells a variety of products, including games, books, electronics, and software. As Play.com continued to grow, the company began looking for a way to replace the existing Microsoft Network Load Balancers with a product that would permit the Internet retailer to scale up its e-commerce capacity at any time by as many servers as needed.
Intel-Chapman & Chapman
[28-AUG-09] Chapman & Chapman is a family-owned business that provides insurance and financial services to both corporations and individuals.
The challenge the company was facing was that their four-year old legacy storage solution was outdated. In addition, the older server that was the backbone of the company’s storage system was beginning to show signs of failure. Chapman & Chapman required a new solution that would maximize employee productivity and have a lower total cost of ownership.
VARs See No Signs of Imminent Recovery
[03-AUG-09] Tight credit, slow sales cycles and customer cost-cutting still prevail in market.
Citrix-Reed Specialist Recruitment
[28-JUL-09] In 2005, Reed Specialist Recruitment began to seek out ways to improve its overall IT use. Specifically, they were hoping to cut spending by 20 percent. They also desired a flexible solution that would support rapid growth, allow for the rollout of new offices, reduce the company's carbon footprint, and help them connect with potential clients throughout the world and win new contracts.
Dell-TurboSquid
[14-JUL-09] TurboSquid currently features over 250,000 3D items on their site, which contains the largest library of 3D products worldwide. Each day, some of TurboSquid’s 1.5 million members visit the site to buy and sell 3D content, exchange ideas, and locate plug-ins for 3D software applications.
To properly promote TurboSquid to audiences like the Game Developer's Conference, SIGGRAPH, and Autodesk University, Perschall needed a mobile platform that could showcase the company's online marketplace. He also required a system that could be used for testing.
Citrix-DeVry University
[10-JUL-09] DeVry University, a private educational organization, offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, and is known throughout the country for the quality of its IT programs. After trying several application delivery solutions, DeVry attended a demo of Citrix Presentation Server and realized it was exactly what they had been looking for. They now use this program with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 as the primary method of delivering applications to online students.
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.
Dell-Parks Victoria
[25-JUN-09] Parks Victoria is a state authority that has the massive responsibility of preserving almost 4 million hectares of land, including sprawling national parks, unspoiled marine sanctuaries, metropolitan parks, and an array of heritage sites.
This government organization was facing several challenges. First, because their operations were required by law to be environmentally friendly, they were looking for ways to further reduce their energy consumption to comply with this mandate. They also wanted to make it possible for staff members to spend more time in the field and record observations in real time.
Dell-Fujicolor
[10-JUN-09] German-based Fujicolor specializes in developing photos for customers across the country, and operates 6 photographic labs. Germans submit about 21 billion digital photos for printing each year, and Fujicolor realized at the beginning of 2007 that they would need to increase their memory and storage capacity to meet the changing needs of their customers. Their existing storage systems were already performing at their peak, so the company opted for entirely new systems.
Dell Offers SMBs Managed IT Services
[22-APR-09] The company’s ProManage-Managed Services are designed to reduce IT cost and complexity and allow small-business owners to focus on business instead of technology.
VMWare - American Psychological Association (APA)
[22-MAR-09] Based in Washington DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists in the United States. The APA needed to find a way to not only contain their server sprawl, but to also create a more manageable IT infrastructure. With the help of VMWare they implemented a solution that was able to consolidate many of their servers onto a single virtual platform.
VMWare - Adlink
[22-MAR-09] Adlink is a company that sells advertising in the Los Angeles area, across forty-four different cable networks. What they needed was a solution to maximize efficiencies of current IT operations without increasing overall costs.
Microsoft - Precision Results Manufacturing
[13-MAR-09] Precision Results Manufacturing is a tube and sheet metal fabricator based in North Dakota. The company needed to link computers together through a central server to eliminate shutdowns that could potentially stop workflow.
Microsoft - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
[19-FEB-09] Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) a leader in innovative patient care, research, and education, wanted to develop an integrated information system to enhance early detection and treatment for a condition known as Sepsis, the tenth leading cause of death worldwide. It also accounts for 40 percent of total ICU costs.
Microsoft - L'Oreal
[19-FEB-09] L’Oreal, the world's largest skin care and cosmetics company, wanted to broaden the scope of marketing for their luxury products division.
Microsoft - Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee
[19-FEB-09] The Arizona Super Bowl host committee, a nonprofit group that worked with the NFL during Super Bowl week, marketed and promoted the giant sports event.
The committee needed to improve its IT infrastructure’s remote access capability and improve the existing e-mail solution they had in plac
Microsoft - MCI
[18-FEB-09] MCI, one of the world's largest global communications firms, wanted to integrate and increase the efficiency of its systems with newer technology, thereby reducing the maintenance costs and improving the firm's financial and business management.
