operating systems in case studies
Vista basks in public sector praise
Case Study On top of that, because the company's systems estate was streamlined as a result of the testing and upgrade, he is saving 20 per cent on his outsourcing costs. Both organisations have worked with Camwood, a consultancy... [30 May 2008]
AstraZeneca brings its email bang up to date
Case Study The migration was carried out with both old and new systems running parallel to each other to reduce disruption. So users could be on either of the virtual systems and it would effectively, from their... [23 Jan 2008]
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study O is for Operating systems As far back as 2003 word got out that insurer Norwich Union (NU) was working on a pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) in-car 'black box' device. Early suppliers emerged including IBM and... [27 Nov 2007]
Somerfield gets serious about wireless security
Case Study O is for Operating systems These policies can be used to make sure not only Somerfield's own systems are secure but also to ensure contractors are making their wireless devices secure.... [05 Nov 2007]
NHS procurement hub streamlines mobile suppliers
Case Study O is for Operating systems The CPH represents NHS Primary Care and Acute Trusts across the east of England, and has a combined spend of £1.5bn. Due to the nature of their jobs, the professionals it... [20 Jun 2007]
Isle of Man building for a tech future
Case Study At the time, the government IT infrastructure was very fragmented with different departments using different systems. A centralised out-of-hours patient record service for GPs is already in the pipeline, along with the... [28 Mar 2007]
Virtualisation helps teachers slash electricity bill
Case Study The virtualisation software lets the ATL run different applications on the same server - sometimes based on different operating systems - meaning fewer servers are used. Bernard King,... [26 Mar 2007]
Wireless network boosts college options
Case Study O is for Operating systems The converged IP network, installed by Scalable Networks, allows students and staff at the college to access web-based services wherever they are. The network will initially be... [04 Jan 2007]
Zoo charity discovers benefits of going beyond Outlook
Case Study The hardware and software audit revealed the organisation had 75 more PCs and 22 fewer Macs than previously thought and showed a number of systems were running the unsupported and potentially insecure Windows 95... [20 Jun 2006]
Health trusts cut operating system and storage complexity
Case Study The trusts and GPs were running a mix of operating systems - Novell, flavours of Unix, Microsoft Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000. It was getting very difficult to manage," says Bridges, Wakefield HIS... [06 Sep 2005]
Lloyd's Register chooses Microsoft over Linux
Case Study The organisation isn't planning an overnight migration but will move systems over when there is a good reason, he said: "We have a roadmap over the next two to three years. When risk management organisation Lloyd's... [04 Jul 2005]
Sainsbury's scrutinises buying habits to woo customers
Case Study Taken together, these systems have provided the horsepower to let the team think far more laterally. We were pretty much operating on gut feel. Sainsbury's, which has around 16 per cent of the UK's... [24 Jun 2005]
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