data services in case studies
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study It did change my perception of these kinds of services being managed. Another benefit of the Mimecast tech has been the ability to retain and archive email for 10 years - meaning the firm complies with data retention regulations and can provide an... [15 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process. Staff are now using Google Mail along with the Docs, Calendar and Sites services, all of which is hosted by... [10 Jul 2008]
College classrooms go high-tech
Case Study A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve) K is for KilowattsL is for LandfillM is for MercuryN... [02 Jul 2008]
Travis Perkins builds its tech future
Case Study Clive Carter, IT Infrastructure manager of Travis Perkins, told silicon.com: "We bought Wickes in February 2005 and we needed to look at bringing the two data centres together. To solve these issues, Travis Perkins worked with IT services company... [20 Jun 2008]
How outsourcing saved Zurich's IT
Case Study More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? Zurich CIO Michael Paravicini said that there was no global IT... [10 Jun 2008]
Carphone Warehouse's 'bumpy road' to outsourcing success
Case Study More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? Malcolm Robinson, head of Commercial Group Information Services at... [28 May 2008]
Leeds completes 'painless' Windows XP upgrade
Case Study Manually auditing the software used on every machine ahead of the upgrade would have taken the council months, interrupted council services and could have meant the data would be out of date before the audit was completed. [28 Mar 2008]
Shipping company to slash CO2 and power costs
Case Study A shipping services and cargo company that looks after the US Navy and Shell is hoping for massive CO2 and cost reductions by centralising its IT systems. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy... [21 Feb 2008]
Scottish Re evaluates risky data
Case Study Reinsurer Scottish Re Group has introduced an electronic data interchange (EDI) system for its customers to help the company manage risk on the 'lives' it takes on.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to... [04 Feb 2008]
Comparison site gets smart to beat that competition
Case Study The company also uses the services of other data providers, when permitted, such as Experian and lifestyle data company Caci. beatthatQuote.com is one of the increasing numbers of financial services comparison sites that have blossomed in the last... [29 Jan 2008]
Rotherham NHS ups network access security
Case Study The trust has now implemented Quest's ActiveRoles Server, which integrates its Microsoft Active Directory network management system with the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) database, a mandatory data store that all NHS organisations have to... [25 Jan 2008]
AstraZeneca brings its email bang up to date
Case Study The new email system was designed by HP Services and Microsoft based on the Exchange 2003 platform. HP was also able to prepare and synchronise a significant amout of data in advance. The list from A to Z [23 Jan 2008]
Specsavers boosts customer vision with CRM system
Case Study The retailer's 50-seat customer services desk was using pen and pad and Excel spreadsheets to record customer data. Specsavers was in danger of damaging that brand through outdated customer data management, prompting it to install a dedicated CRM... [04 Jan 2008]
TNT speeds data flow with handy hardware
Case Study Delivery company TNT Express UK has upgraded its range of mobile computers to improve the flow of data through its systems and provide greater 'trace and track' visibility of deliveries for customers. [16 Nov 2007]
Bean counters spice up client relations with Sage
Case Study After considering rival offerings from the likes of Siebel it selected Sage's SalesLogix offering, supplied by CRM services company QGate, to create a centralised reservoir of client data - giving its staff access to an overview of every... [15 Oct 2007]
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