In a scant four months in late 2001, insurance firm Royal & SunAlliance USA upgraded 7,000 Windows 95 PCs to XP while simultaneously rolling out Active Directory as the core of a new identity management system, switching to a new software distribution server and implementing self-service password management. In the process, the company saved $1.5 million.
The network infrastructure team at R&SA USA jumped through hoops to make this $3.2 million project a reality – and jumped right into the spotlight as our 2002 User Excellence Award winner. The project is a great example of how innovative use of technology can solve a business problem, and then some.
No doubt many of you have faced down tricky business challenges by applying network technology in inventive or particularly effective ways. And in doing so maybe you’ve saved the company a bundle; drastically improved employee productivity; made it possible to strengthen ties to customers, suppliers and other business partners; or otherwise improved corporate operations.
If you think your network project is worthy of broad recognition and deserving of the Network World User Excellence honor, we encourage you to enter this year’s competition. Think about joining the ranks of prestigious winners such as American Airlines, Ford Motor, Olsten Staffing Services, Prudential Financial, R&SA USA and the many other companies we’ve recognized in the 18 years of this competition.
To enter your project in the 2003 User Excellence Award competition, go to Network World Fusion and fill out a nomination form by Aug. 29. As always, we will evaluate submissions based on the business case, technology choice and core benefits. We want to know how your network meshes with your company’s goals and how the project contributed to the organization’s bottom line.
If you win, we’ll tell your story in the Power Issue, the special year-end Network World issue that publishes Dec. 22-29. In short, you will receive industry recognition for your accomplishments. And what could be better than that?
