Axis Communications-Golf Mill Shopping Center
[16-MAR-10] As vehicle traffic and the number of visitors increased, management at the Golf Mill Shopping Center felt it was necessary to introduce additional security measures to monitor the retail complex and its 89 acres of outdoor parking. Golf Mill’s management hired Secure Integrations to help address the retail center’s needs.
Astaro-South Montgomery Community School
[16-MAR-10] Most schools have Internet-related concerns, and those that fall under the jurisdiction of the South Montgomery Community School Corporation are no different. Filtering Web content and blocking inappropriate Web sites have always ranked high on the list of priorities.
Astaro-eEye Digital Security
[16-MAR-10] The main difficulty faced by eEye employees before the Astaro solution was implemented was spam. Too many of these e-mails were getting through to employees, which was both reducing productivity and causing a shortage of storage space on exchange servers. Spam messages in the form of phishing attacks were increasing the amount of spyware and malware on the network.
PGP-St. Helens Council
[20-FEB-10] St. Helens Council is a government agency that employs 8,500 individuals. Serving about 179,000 residents of a large town in northwest England. Working with PGP Gold Partner Intellect Security, the Adult Social Care and Health department decided to deploy PGP Universal Gateway E-mail to secure their sensitive data. Deployment was completed both on time and within budget.
PGP-Software AG
[20-FEB-10] Thousands of individuals throughout the world use Software AG technology on mission-critical systems, so protecting confidential customer data is obviously essential. Software AG wanted to find an information security solution to protect private information stored on laptops and contained in e-mails.
PGP-BRAL
[20-FEB-10] Based in London, BRAL Limited is part of an independent firm of chartered accountants known as the Blick Rothenberg group. Clients throughout the world trust BRAL to handle their financial administration, management accounting, payroll, and other business-related tasks.
The challenge BRAL was facing was that they needed to upgrade their e-mail system. Because customers send sensitive financial and payroll information to BRAL through e-mail, they felt an encryption service was essential. Some clients even stated they would not do business with BRAL unless they had an effective encryption solution in place.
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.
A10 Networks-Shanda Interactive Entertainment
[15-FEB-10] Shanda is one of China’s top interactive entertainment companies, producing cartoons, music, literature, and several wildly popular massively multi-player online role playing games (MMORPGs). The challenge faced by Shanda was that Jinjiang’s current platform could not handle the Web site’s rapidly growing Internet traffic and the more than 100,000 e-commerce purchases made daily on the site.
A10 Networks-Interline Brands
[15-FEB-10] Internet Brands' network runs a variety of applications and platforms, including Microsoft Active 'Directory, Exchange, and Oracle. Because of the diverse nature of its network, the company’s help desk received a large number of calls regarding lost passwords and user account management. This problem was taking up administrators’ time and lowering staff productivity. Interline Brands needed a solution that would allow users to reset passwords and permit password changes to be applied to several disparate systems.
Hitachi Data Systems
[20-JAN-10] Hitachi's TrueNorth Channel Partner Program is for business owners who want to offer their customers robust and reliable storage solutions.
Trend Micro-Huntsville City Schools
[11-DEC-09] Huntsville City Schools in Alabama is a family of K-12 learning institutions accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges. Before adopting Trend Micro products, Huntsville City Schools was dealing with a large number of virus attacks. The support being provided by the vendor of the existing security solution was inadequate, and the product in use was being discontinued. Huntsville City Schools needed an affordable, effective security solution.
Citrix-Business Fitness
[11-DEC-09] This specialist consultancy provides advice to Australian firms and businesses, offering ideas about benchmarking, best practices, process improvement, and document management. Obviously, selling customers on Business Fitness’s products and services is essential to the company’s success. The company relied on sales methods like in-person seminars, but at $4,000 each, this traditional approach was quite costly. Because of the limits of this sales method, Business Fitness began looking for a Web-based marketing tool that would be less expensive and would allow them to connect with more potential clients more frequently.
3Com-Instrumentation Laboratory
[11-DEC-09] Headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, Instrumentation Laboratory has 10 locations scattered across the globe. As Instrumentation's workforce and remote site needs continued to grow, the company realized their existing 3Com network would need to be upgraded. The company was adding nodes to their network and also running out of IP ranges, and needed to find core switches that could handle the large number of VLANs needed.
IBM-Onyx Pharmaceuticals
[11-DEC-09] Forecasting, budgeting, and planning are crucial to daily operations at Onyx Pharmaceuticals. The company used Microsoft Excel for some time for budgeting tasks, but eventually realized that its use as a budgeting application had been exhausted. Onyx needed to find a replacement application that was flexible, would reduce the company’s reliance on spreadsheets, and would encourage all members of the company to play a role in financial planning.
Xerox-Berlin Law Firm
[11-DEC-09] The Berlin Law Firm is a smaller firm located in Burbank, California. The California law office was facing several printing-related challenges. Most law offices have very high print volumes, and Berlin Law is no exception. In fact, lawyers here may go through several boxes of paper when preparing for a single case, something that can obviously put a strain on the office supplies budget.
Xerox-Richfield Graphics
[11-DEC-09] Richfield Graphics has been providing excellent service to their many clients for more than 25 years. To keep up with customer demand for shorter run lengths and faster turnarounds, Richfield introduced digital color printing services in 2005. As the number of print jobs per day grew, processing and managing them became difficult, and bottlenecks in workflow occurred frequently. Richfield Graphics recognized that in order to ensure continued customer satisfaction, they needed to find a way to improve workflow efficiency.
Xerox-The Catering Co
[11-DEC-09] Established in 1989, The Catering Co. is one of the top catering and event companies in Grand Rapids, Michigan. To secure new contracts and customers, The Catering Co. must produce proposals and marketing materials that showcase the work of chefs and distinguish them from the competition on an almost daily basis. The challenge the Michigan catering company was facing was that their black-and-white laser jet printer was unable to produce materials that would have a strong impact on potential customers.
Xerox-Millennium Marketing Solutions
[11-DEC-09] Millennium Marketing Solutions is a Maryland company that helps clients market their products and services with postcards, brochures, advertisements, and other documents.
The print industry is fiercely competitive, and companies like Millennium Marketing Solutions must stay on top of current technologies to meet client demands. Before implementing their new system, the company’s print volumes were growing rapidly. At the same time, customers were demanding faster turnaround times. Millennium realized they needed a solution that would allow them to automate and streamline their workflow to increase productivity.
Xerox-Variable Image Printing
[11-DEC-09] Variable Image Printing (VIP) is a successful printing company with two locations in southern California. The main challenge that Variable Image Printing was facing was that their clients' demands were changing. VIP's customers wanted shorter runs, faster turnaround times, and different versions of jobs. The company’s current facilities and equipment were inadequate to meet these demands.
Meru Networks-Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
[28-NOV-09] Birmingham’s Royal Orthopaedic Hospital has the distinction of being the largest unit of its kind in all of Europe.
The hospital is committed to using technology in any way possible to enhance patient care. In 2008, they switched to Tiara, a new hospital IT system. Electronic patient records containing patient history and up-to-date information about assessments and interventions are an important part of this system.
