LAN/WAN and network management
Baerlocher 2007 DataCore Software, IGEL Technology, Vmware Server virtualization
Cincinnati,Ohio
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Saved $2 million by forestalling purchase of a new production system.
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Bigari Foods 2005 Masergy Communications Centralized IP call center
Colorado Springs,Colo.
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Opened opportunity for up-sell revenue on 85% of transactions and 33% reduction of staff at 24-hour outlets; $70,000 investment recouped in eight months.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida 2007 BladeLogic Data center automation
Jacksonville,Fla.
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Reduces server provisioning time from two weeks to two hours. Company has 1,200 physical servers and 450 virtual machines in various flavors of Windows, Linux and AIX.
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BNSF Railway 2006 Opsware Automated change management
Fort Worth,Texas
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Achieved $600,000 in cost-savings over three years, on an investment of $295,000
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BNSF Railway 2005 Intervoice, Nuance Communications VoIP
Fort Worth,Texas
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$1.5 million investment in new mission-critical voice applications led to one-year ROI of 105%.
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 2006 CentrePath Optical and storage network
Philadelphia,Pa.
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Cutting diagnostic time by as much as half in some cases while enabling new money-saving applications with an expected savings of $8 million over four years.
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Citigroup 2005 AlterPoint Configuration and change management
New York,N.Y.
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Manual remediation nearly eliminated in $1.5 million data center automation project.
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City of Loma Linda 2006 Allied Telesis 10G Ethernet network
Loma Linda,Calif.
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Enabled high-speed Internet access citywide.
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Clark County School District 2005 Alcatel IP telephony
Las Vegas,Nev.
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$32 million VoIP project places phone in every classroom
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Community Health Network 2006 CentrePath, Cisco, IBM Optical network
Indianapolis,Ind.
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Invested $1.5 million to build a private optical network, and gained flexible storage, interconnectivity among multiple sites and more bandwidth than available previously. Long-term savings expected to reach $11 million.
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Continental Airlines 2006 Fiberlink Communications Remote access
Houston,Texas
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Implemented secure remote access, immediately seeing 20% cost savings with a one-year ROI of $1.2 million.
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Coppin State University 2005 Nortel Converged IP infrastructure
Baltimore,Md.
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$1.5 million smart classroom project provides audio, video, computer and other tools, all of which are centrally monitored and managed.
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Covenant Health 2005 Vmware Server virtualization
Knoxville,Tenn.
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Fended off $1.5 million infrastructure upgrade by spending $345,000 on virtualization.
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Evangelical Christian Credit Union 2007 Siemens VoIP
Brea,Calif.
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An IP phone system and skills-based call cut call transfers by 50% while reducing the average time for providing answers to caller inquiries. Annual savings come in at more than $100,000, on an investment of $600,000.
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Freeze.com 2005 Ardence, IBM Automated provisioning
Waite Park,Minn.
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Server provisioning time cut from five hours to five minutes, while productivity is quadrupled.
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GMAC Commercial Holding 2005 Not available MPLS
Horsham,Pa.
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Converted 95% of 44 U.S. sites to central backups, lowering completion time for file operations and improving productivity in $75,000 project.
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Golder Associates 2007 Microsoft; Riverbed Technology; Symantec WAN optimization for global intranet
Toronto,Can.
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Global intranet increases collaboration among 5,000 employees worldwide, communicating over optimized WAN links. Company expects 250% ROI over three years in productivity savings, consolidation benefits and deferred bandwidth upgrades.
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Goldsmith Agio Helms 2006 Nortel Converged network infrastructure
Minneapolis,Minn.
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Turned into a virtual company, supporting instant messaging/presence, unified messaging, video calling and VoIP, in a project costing about $400,000.
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Intellidyn 2005 Hitachi, StorageTek, Sun Server infrastructure
Hingham,Mass.
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Built a scalable, open architecture in a $2 million project that brought in 685% ROI in year one.
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Kansas City Power and Light 2006 Orthogon Systems (now Motorola) Broadband microwave
Kansas City,Mo.
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Boosted throughput from 1.5M to 100Mbps, enabling new multimedia and VoIP applications, for a $950,000 investment.
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Lake Forest Hospital Foundation 2005 Cisco Gigabit Ethernet backbone
Lake Forest, Ill.
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Replaced 20 disparate networks in $1.4 million network overhaul.
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Mountain States Health Alliance 2005 InnerWireless Wireless broadband infrastructure
Johnson City,Tenn.
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$2.4 million, six-hospital rollout of secure wireless access.
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Paccess 2006 Juniper Networks WAN acceleration
Portland,Ore.
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Fixed intercontinental application performance issues by reducing bandwidth consumption by 50% and application latency by 60%.
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Parkview Health Systems 2005 Verizon SONET ring
Fort Wayne, Ind.
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WAN bandwidth boost of 400% enabled launch of virtual intensive-care unit in this five-year, $4.5 million project.
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PHH Mortgage 2006 Microsoft Desktop management
Mount Laurel,N.J.
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A $70,000 client update project resulted in net savings of $746,500 and internal rate of return of 288% over three years.
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Priceline.com 2006 BladeLogic Automated server management
Norwalk,Conn.
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Gained ability to roll back changes across the server infrastructure in 10 minutes while achieving a 60% reduction in administrative work related to configuration.
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Prudential Financial 2005 Cisco MPLS
Newark,N.J.
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$1.5 million, four-month frame-relay replacement project brought full T-1 of bandwidth to all remote locations for greater application support.
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School District of Philadelphia 2005 Nortel Optical Ethernet infrastructure, IP telephony
Philadelphia,Pa.
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Optical Ethernet backbone lets district connect 264 schools, delivering 1,000 times the bandwidth previously available.
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State Street 2005 Cisco MPLS
Boston,Mass.
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Advanced WAN architecture provided productivity gains, network efficiencies and support for new business services.
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SunTrust 2007 Fluke Networks, Opnet, Opsware, SolarWinds Automated change management
Atlanta,Ga.
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Eased compliance while saving $100,000 per year, plus $300,000 in unnecessary staffing costs.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General 2006 Riverbed Technology WAN optimization
Washington, D.C.,
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Improved application performance across the wide area while positioning OIG to handle bigger and more info-intensive projects.
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UMB Bank 2005 NetScout Systems VoIP performance management
Kansas City,Mo.
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$120,000 project for upfront testing of voice impact on IP traffic mix.
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United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast 2005 Cisco, Research in Motion VoIP
Houston,Texas
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VoIP saved non-profit about 30% in cabling costs while providing greater information access.
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University of California, San Francisco – Immune Tolerance Network 2007 HP; Network Appliance; VMware SAN and server virtualization
San Francisco,Calif.
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Consolidated eight distributed IT sites into three redundant data centers, while increasing storage utilization to 65% from 25% and providing real-time server backups and hourly disaster recovery snapshots. Overall savings are $200,000 a month, with an expected $10 million return on the original $3 million investment in just three years.
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Weather Underground 2005 Cogent, Slackware Network infrastructure
San Francisco,Calif.
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Built computer clusters out of Intel-based, low-end Linux servers and added more bandwidth to support growing traffic without a major investment.
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Wilson and Company, Engineers and Architects 2006 Altiris Desktop management
Albuquerque,N.M.
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Achieved $12,000 in cost savings annually on $3,000 investment to bring up new users quickly and easily.
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Software
Aeroplan 2006 Reactivity Secure service-oriented architecture
Montreal,Can.
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Quick addition of business partners achieved in secure SOA, with an estimated 500% increase in redemption rewards business for 2007.
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Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center 2007 Unisys Secure Web portal
Montgomery,Ala.
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$640,000 project gives criminal justice employees improved real-time access to criminal databases and other information, plus provides real-time disaster recovery capabilities.
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Alamance Regional Medical Center 2006 Softricity (now Microsoft) Application virtualization
Burlington,N.C.
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Cut 200 hours of IT labor a year by eliminating application-conflict testing, reduced average time to deploy a new desktop app from 87 hours to 8 hours and saved about $100,000 in downtime costs associated with desktop maintenance. Plus, $1.5 million savings in licensing costs expected over three years.
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City of Madera 2007 Digium, Vyatta Open-source VoIP, routing
Madera, Calif.
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With a minimal $140,000 budget, migrated to IP telephony while overhauling whole network infrastructure by using loads of open source tools.
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DISA, Center for Computer Services 2005 Managed Objects Business service management
Montgomery,Ala.
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Achieved $140 million in savings annually from $3 million investment, plus consolidation of 18 systems management centers down to four.
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Emerson Process Management 2005 Stellent Extranet
St. Louis,Mo.
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$20,000 saved annually for each supplier extranet, enabling a three-year ROI and net savings of more than $550,000.
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Evolution Benefits 2006 AVIcode Application performance management
Avon,Connecticut
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Eliminated Web application downtime while cutting management costs by one-third
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Farm Credit Services of America 2005 Microsoft CRM integration
Omaha,Neb.
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Four customer-related systems integrated in $1.3 million project that increased productivity by 70%.
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Fidelity Investments 2005 Managed Objects Business services management
Boston,Mass.
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Traffic diverted around trouble spots in five seconds vs. 60 minutes prior to completion of this project.
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Fifth Third Bancorp 2005 EMC, Remedy Integrated application management
Cincinnati,Ohio
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Through this $160,000 project, company realizes 40% reduction in time it takes to resolve network outages.
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Goodrich Aerostructures 2005 Enigma E-commerce
Chula Vista,Calif.
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A $640,000 project brought an parts catalog online, saving $1.5 million in production costs in the first year.
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J.B. Hunt Transport 2005 BEA Systems, iLog Web services
Lowell,Ark.
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Flexible application architecture expected to deliver $30 million in savings over three years.
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Medco Health Solutions 2005 BMC Software Business service management
Franklin Lakes,N.J.
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90% fewer IT defects reach customers, while client satisfaction improves by 20% through $1 million project.
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MedicAlert Foundation 2006 AmberPoint; Forum Systems; Microsoft Service-oriented architecture
Turlock,Calif.
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Built an SOA, including governance and security, and rolled out a service that lets users carry and manage health info from a USB device. Project cost $250,000.
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Nook Industries 2005 SolidWorks 3-D online modeling
Cleveland,Ohio
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$150,000 project enabled 3-D online modeling in real time, vs. the weeklong manual modeling process.
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Reliant Energy 2005 Stellent SOX compliance
Houston,Texas
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Ushered in significant process improvements and increased efficiencies in $110,000 compliance project.
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Sallie Mae 2007 Advanced Software Engineering, Coral8, Tealeaf Technology Complex event processing
Reston,Va.
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Gained ability to find and fix customer services issues in seconds.
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Saugus Union School District 2006 ELGG Open source social networking
Santa Clarita,Calif.
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Gave 150 users social network for blogging, file sharing, video posting and podcasting; increased innovation among teachers and others at no cost to the school district.
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South Carolina Department of Revenue 2005 Microsoft Web infrastructure
Columbia,S.C.
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100% three-year ROI expected, on investment of $4 million, as S.C. businesses get online quickly.
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Taleo 2006 HP; PolyServe Application virtualization
San Francisco,Calif.
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With virtualized Linux application infrastructure, each server handles 25% more work while company sees improved reliability.
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U.S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center 2005 Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Sun Directory services, e-mail
Kearneysville,W. Va.
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200,000 users benefited from uniform e-mail address scheme in this $2 million project, with 24% projected ROI over three years.
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Wachovia Bank 2006 DataSynapse Application virtualization
Charlotte,N.C.
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Reduced need for application servers and increased efficiency of application programming by 30% while improving application performance fivefold and making throughput 50% faster.
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Wireless & Mobile
Austin Radiological Association 2005 LightPointe Communications Optical wireless networking
Austin,Texas
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Optical wireless supports all-digital, Web-based imaging system serving 65 radiologists at 14 facilities.
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 2005 Cisco, PanGo Networks Wi-Fi-based asset tracking
Boston,Mass.
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No lost equipment saves hospital up to $400,000 annually, on a $50,000 investment.
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Carnival Cruise Lines 2005 Cisco Wi-Fi network
Miami,Fla.
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First 100% Wi-Fi-enabled ship launched for $700,000 technology investment.
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DirecTV 2007 Antenna Software, RIM, Siebel Mobility-enabled CRM
El Segundo,Calif.
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Sales managers meeting with 30% more accounts weekly with anywhere, anytime access and mobilized CRM in hand.
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Lee County Sheriff’s Office 2005 NetMotion Wireless, Sprint Cellular wireless data access
Fort Myers,Fla.
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Improved productivity and performance through $1 million cellular access.
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Lockheed Martin 2005 AirDefense Wireless LAN security
Bethesda,Md.
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Eliminated two dozen rogue access points and a host of ad-hoc networks to safeguard classified data.
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MetroHealth System 2005 Cisco, Nortel, Spectralink Wireless IP
Cleveland,Ohio
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Improved operations and patient care while serving 70,000 critical care patients annually.
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Prudential 2007 Not available IP wireless
Newark, N.J.
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Pushed boundaries on convergence and mobilization for all employees via IP PBX upgrades, new IP phones, Power over Ethernet switches, wireless gear and software.
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Sinclair Community College 2007 Enterasys Networks Wireless LAN security
Dayton,Ohio
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Implemented stringent tiered access across campus for wired and wireless users alike for a modest $197,000.
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Swedish Medical Center Home Care Division 2007 TeleNav Mobility through GPS tracking and reporting
Seattle,Wash.
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For an investment of $30 monthly for each caregiver, increased total number of home visits by 25%, from 400 to 500 per day.
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University of Arkansas 2005 Nortel Wireless mesh network
Fayetteville,Ark.
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With $100,000 investment, school opened Internet and e-mail access 16,000 students.
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University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine 2005 IBM, Meru Networks, Vocera Communications Wireless LAN
Miami,Fla.
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$800,000 project created pervasive connectivity for sprawling medical center.
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Vassar Brothers Medical Center 2006 InnerWireless Wireless infrastructure
Poughkeepsie,N.Y.
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This broadband antenna system, implemented in $3.2 million upgrade, accommodates a wide variety of wireless services making employees more productive.
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West Edmonton Mall 2005 Siemens Wi-Fi network
Edmonton, Alberta, Can.
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$300,000 Wi-Fi network services ubermall complex.
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Wound Technology Network 2006 NetMotion Wireless; Polycom; SonicWall; Verizon Wireless IP-based telemedicine
Hollywood,Fla.
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Wound-healing time is halved, while patient readmittance cut by 95% and successful treatments in 91% of cases.
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Storage
Arizona State University 2005 Cisco, F5 Networks, Network Appliance Storage infrastructure
Tucson,Ariz.
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Fault-tolerant, scalable storage infrastructure supports statewide learning network.
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Cabell Huntington Hospital 2006 EMC; Plasmon Archival system for medical images
Huntington,W. Va.
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Meeting HIPAA mandates with a SAN-attached archiving system that cost $2.3 million and achieved $800,000 in ROI in first eight months of implementation.
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Cleveland Indians 2007 CommVault; Overland Storage Video storage
Cleveland,Ohio
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$70,000 D2D2T system reduced the overall backup window by more than 50%, from nine to four hours, and cut administration time from 45 minutes daily to nearly nothing. In addition, file recovery times dropped from 75 minutes to just five.
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Constellation Energy 2007 Clearwell Systems, HP E-discovery
Baltimore,Md.
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Three-year, multimillion project increased nimbleness while slashing document search time from days to minutes.
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Fortis Prime Fund Solutions 2005 EqualLogic iSCSI for backup
Grand Cayman Island,Bahamas
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A one-week, $100,000 project reduced back-up time by 30% while improving business continuity and data availability.
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 2006 EqualLogic iSCSI storage
Needham,Mass.
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Implemented iSCSI storage array for $100,000 and consolidated storage onto it. Reduced the cost of adding or replacing servers by 45% and the cost of backup systems by 50%.
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ING Investment Management Group 2007 Network Appliance; Symantec E-mail archiving and e-discovery
Atlanta,Ga.
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Company spent $620,000 on e-mail, file system archiving and e-discovery, as well as tiered-storage. Storage costs dropped from $60 to $45 per gigabyte, a savings of $1 million over the next three years. Storage consolidation will net $750,000 in savings. E-discovery tools are netting a savings of about $70,000 per year.
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Kindred Healthcare 2006 EMC SAN
Louisville,Ky.
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Consolidated storage and created scalability while reducing costs for internal customers by $200 per poert and realizing $160,000 in SAN switch port savings the first year.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal 2006 Pillar Data Systems Storage management
Las Vegas,Nev.
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A tiered storage infrastructure, comprising SAN and NAS, eased storage burden while saving company money.
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State Street Global Advisors 2005 Onaro SAN management
Boston,Mass.
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Reduced storage gear by 20% through SAN device discovery and network modeling.
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The Weather Channel 2005 HP, Hitachi, Red Hat Tiered storage
Atlanta,Ga.
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Lowered the cost of server ownership by 90% through this $315,000 project, saving as much as $1 million through consolidation in the Linux environment.
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U.S. Navy Surface Combat Systems Center 2007 Xiotech Sleeping SAN
Wallops Island,Va.
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Storage overhaul expected to result in 40% reduction in annual power costs, while providing real-time access to critical shipboard operational data.
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