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- Environmental Services Firm Consolidates Infrastructure, Improves IT Management
- Facility and environmental services provider Manutencoop Group was losing productivity due to a fragmented and inconsistent technical infrastructure. Besides improving its IT systems and streamlining applications, the organization wanted to simplify software distribution, updating, and licensing while keeping costs down. Manutencoop chose a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement for its licensing solution...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Training, Manutencoop Group, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Workforce Management, Strategy, Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies 2008-03-14
- Splunk goes 'platform' to extend IT search benefits across more IT management functions
- Gaining more insights early and often into what vast arrays of servers, routers and software stacks are actually doing has long been on the top of the IT wish list. Traditional IT management approaches force the trade-off been depth and comprehensive reach, meaning you can't get the full, integrated picture...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Application, IT Administration, Information Technology, Goal, Benefit, Splunk, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Break free from routine IT management with Microsoft Online Services
- Microsoft Online Services (MOS) will deliver exciting new hosted solutions that allow you to work more efficiently. Through a software-plus-service approach you will have access to a new generation of best-in-class hosted e-mail management, collaboration, and communication services that are personalized, integrated, and available to your employees anywhere. Built on...
- Tags: Network Maintenance, IT Administration, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Online Services, E-mail, Productivity, Network Administration, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Networking, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites
- Resource centers 2008-03-01
- Research Institute Streamlines IT Management With Flexible Deployment
- The Institute of Microbiology at ETH Zurich wanted a more flexible, streamlined deployment process for client software. It installed Windows Server 2008 to take advantage of Windows Deployment Services. Now it can deploy a standard customized image to computers from multiple hardware vendors. The institute also plans to reduce server...
- Tags: IT Administration, Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- The City of Zurich Simplifies IT Management With New Operating System
- The City of Zurich is optimizing its IT infrastructure by bringing its 15,000 PCs and notebooks spread across 60 service departments in line with one common standard. Previously, the various service departments decided for themselves which operating system and applications to install. As part of the city's new IT strategy,...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Zurich, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Service Department, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Schools Improve IT Management, Conserve Resources With New Operating System
- Norwalk Public Schools wanted to improve its IT operations and management and simplify application and system deployment. The district is working with partner Digital Back Office to deploy a prerelease version of the Windows Server 2008 operating system. The district is using the new system to enhance security, consolidate its...
- Tags: District, IT Administration, Information Technology, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Telecom Italia Eases IT Management, Improves Security, and Cuts Costs
- Based in Rome, Italy, Telecom Italia is the number one telecommunications service provider in the country. The company has 86,000 employees and manages a massive telephone and fiber optic network in Europe. An increasing number of Telecom Italia employees need remote access to a business-critical software application that manages telephone...
- Tags: Security, IT Administration, Telecom Italia, Information Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Networking, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- University Enhances Network Security and Decreases it administration Costs
- The University of Hradec Kralove, a Czech university with more than 7,500 students, needed to increase the security of its IT infrastructure. The university noticed an increase in the number of unsecured computers accessing the network, resulting in virus attacks and IP address conflicts. Partnering with EMWAC Group, the university...
- Tags: Security, IT Administration, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, University, Network Security, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Healthcare Provider Reduces IT Management Costs With New Server Environment
- Vetter Health Services (VHS) provides long-term healthcare services at 32 residential facilities. Its primary medical records and finance application was centralized on an aging server architecture that taxed the IT department and compromised application performance. VHS created a solution using Windows Server 2008 with Terminal Services that has improved application...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Health Care, Finance, Application Performance, Vetter Health Services, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Architecture Firm Enhances Productivity, Simplifies IT Management With New Software
- A rapidly-growing design firm, Martelli Architects needs to use technology innovations to stay competitive. The company became an early adopter of the Windows Vista Business operating system to take advantage of better user efficiency and IT management. Now users are able to navigate their computers and the company network more...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Yahoo's Cyber Monday mea culpa--and IT management--falls way short
- Yahoo's Cyber Monday mea culpa--and IT management--falls way shortI think it was an inside jobThe more forensic invvestigation will be done, the more M$ agents will be exposed infiltrated in yahoo.M$ plan to buy yahoo for nothing is well known, and this was only an undercover operation baked in the...
- Tags: Cyber Monday, IT administration, Yahoo! Inc., information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- Yahoo's Cyber Monday mea culpa--and IT management--falls way short
- Yahoo's small business merchant systems go down during the peak Cyber Monday shopping season for much of the day and the best the company can do is a lame mea culpa. Memo to Yahoo: Make your customers whole somehow. It's naive to think that...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Manufacturing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- New research: "inept" IT management in UK
- New research: "inept" IT management in UKThree things to consider re prioritisationHi Mike,The above makes depressing reading. You might be interested in a recent blog I wrote called ‘Rolling Rocks and Landing the Catch’, where I touched on ‘prioritisation’.Here is a snippet:“…Working in IT, we're all rolling the rock...
- Tags: information technology, IT administration, NEW RESEARCH
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- New research: "inept" IT management in UK
- Research conducted by the Chartered Management Institute, a UK-based professional body dedicated to management and leadership, suggests that IT leaders in the UK are notoriously poor managers: [A]n overwhelming majority (84 per cent) grapple with the challenge of ‘prioritising work'. Two-thirds (63 per cent) claim to have ‘little...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, U.K., ComputerWeekly, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
- Dell to expand ink distribution, launch IT management services
- Dell to expand ink distribution, launch IT management servicesDell Consulting *snicker*One of my contracts paid them to do an enterprise architecture outline. They actually cut and pasted diagrams from Microsoft. It was really funny when I put up sections of their reports side-by-side with Microsoft literature. D'oh! For...
- Tags: Strategy, IT Management Services, Dell Computer Corp., IT administration, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Dell to expand ink distribution, launch IT management services
- Dell CEO Michael Dell said that the company will expand its retail partnerships to sell Dell branded printer ink into more outlets. Dell made the remarks speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando. Dell spent a lot of time talking about how the company will expand its channel...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., IT Administration, Information Technology, Printers, Business Structures, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- Saving it administration Expenses and Boosting Security With Symantec Solutions
- To protect and secure the data of its enterprise, AMERICAN SYSTEMS has relied on Symantec products and services to enhance security, verify compliance, and protect stored data. The firm is migrating to next-generation Symantec policy compliance and data protection solutions and looks forward to the release of Symantec Endpoint Protection...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., IT Administration, Information Technology, Compliance, Security
- Case studies 2007-09-10
- IT Management for Small Businesses
- Using third parties to help take the strain - Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) face many of the same challenges as large enterprises when it comes to IT management. They have increasingly complex systems that they rely on to drive their businesses and gain competitive advantage.
- Tags: Quocirca, IT Administration, Information Technology, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-07-31
- IT Management for Small Businesses
- Using third parties to help take the strain - Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) face many of the same challenges as large enterprises when it comes to IT management. They have increasingly complex systems that they rely on to drive their businesses and gain competitive advantage.
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-07-20
- Compromise
- CompromiseHear hear!I left Company 'F' because of these compromises. I would always stand firm on my principles - only to be ignored and outcast. I'm not bitter, as you and I understand that it's just "people being people" - but I am disappointed.What's even worse than Windoze people doing *NIX?...
- Tags: Operating systems, Workstations, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Unix, IT administration, IT Department, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-07-09
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