Case Studies
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Supply chain management used to be simple. In a traditional supply chain-driven model, manufacturers made products and pushed them through the system to compliant customers as efficiently as possible. Any fluctuation in customer demand meant that orders would be missed or inventory would pile up, depending on the direction of the fluctuation. Companies thrived in spite of this, as limited competition ensured that they stayed in business.
“Do more with less” has become less of a catch phrase and more a rule of survival for IT managers as they grapple with the challenges of enabling business growth and reducing overhead all the while delivering on aggressive return on investment goals.
Many technologies that enterprises adopt for their information systems often have roots in consumer applications. More employees are extending their workday and increasing efficiency by leveraging the same technology they use to enhance their personal lives—in particular, Web-enabled smartphone and smart-pad devices.
State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo must provide access to applications and data for approximately 5,000 students, 300 faculty, and 700 support staff — all with only 4.5 IT staff members. NetApp Metro Cluster and VMWare solutions provided cost-effective business continuity and DR solution.
The City of Diamond Bar in Southern California provides a host of online services to businesses and residents. Solutions from F5 Networks provide secure, remote access to applications for IT vendors and city personnel managing the ecosystemm.
To support global availability of its applications across virtual and physical systems 24x7, the Thunderbird School of Management upgraded its network backbone to 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE), consolidated storage, and virtualized servers for continuous data availability.
With more than 60 percent of India’s 1.2 billion people having access to mobile phones, Apollo Hospitals is seeking new ways to deliver wireless healthcare services. Working with Qualcomm Life’s 2net Platform to develop wireless healthcare programs, it expects to roll out solutions within the year.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, a leading center for treating sick children in the UK, raised efficiency and cut costs for a range of medical, clinical, and administrative applications with new storage solutions.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP), one of the 43 police forces in England and Wales, met growing storage needs and improved data resilience without adding complexity to the IT environment.
The National Police Agency (NPA) in Taiwan has implemented a new M-Police Operation System, which uses a number of advanced mobile technology solutions, to enhance crime detection capabilities and improve its criminal apprehension rates.
As a modern, private healthcare services provider, Hong Kong's Union Hospital sees the need to provide state-of-the-art care to every patient. It deployed mobile solutions to accurately identify patients and ensure that correct medication is given to the right patient at the right time.
The Golden Tax Project of China's Hubei province allows taxation authorities to efficiently collect and manage taxes and even forecast tax revenues more accurately. Sybase technology was used for boost centralized data-management capabilities.
Providing service to practically all of Vienna’s public utilities, IT services provider WienIT streamlined its file services environment which stored customer data and improve efficiencies in back up and recovery.
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