hardware in case studies
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study It's not necessarily that families cannot afford the hardware to get online - although that certainly can be a factor; but there are many technical barriers to entry, such as selecting an ISP and setting up and maintaining a broadband service. [17 Jun 2008]
How outsourcing saved Zurich's IT
Case Study The five-year-plus managed desktop services contract saw 60,000 devices replaced globally across seven countries, with the aim of getting the same software and hardware running across all machines and transfer of 450 staff. [10 Jun 2008]
Shipping company to slash CO2 and power costs
Case Study Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) estimates it will cut 85 per cent of its IT hardware from more than 200 offices worldwide using networking technology. A shipping services and cargo company that looks after the US Navy and Shell is hoping for... [21 Feb 2008]
AstraZeneca brings its email bang up to date
Case Study All the hardware was replaced, the operating system was upgraded and the application was upgraded to the latest release as well. The company worked with HP to move 66,000 email accounts in around 60 countries - HP's biggest ever migration project... [23 Jan 2008]
TNT speeds data flow with handy hardware
Case Study The company has a long-standing relationship with Motorola/Symbol - Motorola acquired Symbol for $3.9bn back in 2006 - and was actively involved in the beta testing of some of the hardware involved. Although the software system used by TNT is not... [16 Nov 2007]
British Airways flying high with storage monitoring
Case Study Using CA's Storage Resource Manage tool, BA will be able to access information to select the most cost-effective storage hardware; this is expected to contribute a 10-20 per cent saving on disk purchases. [03 Oct 2007]
National Lottery bets on web reporting
Case Study Thanks to the monitoring software, Pellett's team was able to make some 'quick-win' improvements - such as shortening download times on the site - which in turn reduced the load on communications hardware. [09 Jul 2007]
Linux move reaps dividends for stockbroker
Case Study The introduction of a new hardware OS was therefore a mission-critical project for the business said Michael Wheeler, finance partner at Redmayne-Bentley.silicon.com Financial Services Since stockbroker Redmayne-Bentley revamped its IT... [18 May 2007]
Council saves by streamlining PC procurement
Case Study Much of our hardware had been funded by one-off grants or through ad hoc spend. Being a rural area, the cost of maintaining an ageing network of PCs was not the only consideration - so was the large size of the maintenance team, which had to travel... [11 May 2007]
Foster's serves up disaster recovery on the move
Case Study Each mobile worker has an image of their laptop computer - a copy of everything stored on that piece of hardware - stored centrally on the virtual infrastructure with this updated automatically every three hours. [11 Apr 2007]
Virtualisation helps teachers slash electricity bill
Case Study The VMware software the association is using also allows old hardware to be reused and has allowed the ATL to become hardware-independent.silicon.com Public Sector King added the time it takes to make such changes has been reduced from "two or... [26 Mar 2007]
NHS IT under 24-hour surveillance
Case Study It already had some tools in place to monitor its hardware estate but needed the technology to scrutinise shared applications such as its email or radiology systems. The NetIQ AppManager also stores historical data on how hardware and software... [20 Mar 2007]
Everton FC gets a kick out of IT
Case Study Davies said: "It saves the hassle of having to train new staff, looking after hardware and so on.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Everton FC has upgraded its entire IT network and fully outsourced its payment processing system. [11 Jan 2007]
Sports council cuts hassle with blades
Case Study IT manager at the Sports Council for Wales, Simon Napper, told silicon.com: "The hardware we had was coming to the end of its useful life and it was getting harder for the support company to find spares, especially for the network attached storage. [01 Nov 2006]
How to grow your own eco-friendly tech team
Case Study As a result, as well as keeping the systems running, Eden's IT team have to think about how it disposes of hardware, and what contribution it can make to help Eden towards its goal of being waste neutral. [13 Sep 2006]
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