server application in case studies
PA spreads the news on open source
Case Study Berman added: "PA's been using open source software - be it web server or database server - really for some time but we're now moving up the technology stack more into the complete application area. Press Association (PA) is moving to an open... [20 Mar 2008]
McLaren in pole position with data
Case Study MES MD Peter van Manen said the most important part of SQL Server for the team is the Filestream application, which collates unstructured data and feeds it into the SQL Server database engine. McLaren Electronic Systems (MES) has been using... [03 Mar 2008]
SMS reminders help NHS tackle forgetful patients
Case Study The Patient Care Messaging (PCM) software, which is made by healthcare application developer iPLATO, is being used by 24 NHS Primary Care Trusts to enable GP surgeries to send automatic and targeted appointment and health reminders to patients by... [07 Jan 2008]
Standard Life goes virtual
Case Study He said: "We were very much in a one application, one server scenario. Standard Life has found server virtualisation an effective way of improving its IT services while controlling costs. For instance, consolidating servers previously took 10 to 15... [11 Jul 2007]
Virtualisation powers up council's cost and time savings
Case Study Because the system has the capacity to expand and increase the number of servers it can hold, the council does not need to spec out and install a new server every time a new application is added to the infrastructure. [05 Jul 2007]
Paymaster saves £300k with mainframe move
Case Study Paymaster used Micro Focus application modernisation technology to move its core legacy applications from a Trimetra mainframe to a Windows server environment, after Fujitsu announced its plans to withdraw support for its Trimetra mainframe line... [08 May 2007]
Sports council cuts hassle with blades
Case Study The Sports Council for Wales has replaced ageing server and storage infrastructure and improved its disaster recovery capability to boot. One of the main reasons for looking at blade servers was that we've got a small server room and we wanted... [01 Nov 2006]
What's the deal with BlackBerry-flavoured Coke?
Case Study For example, BlackBerry security applications for "execs [who] lose them like candy" and mobile server administration were among the first to get pushed out to users. Morning also revealed that CRM is now mobilised at Coca-Cola but, thanks to the... [17 May 2006]
Newspaper cuts costs with mainframe migration
Case Study The publisher used Micro Focus and MSS International to help migrate from proprietary Unisys hardware and software, Cobol and a hierarchical database system to HP/Intel Xeon hardware running Microsoft Windows with Microsoft SQL Server. [27 Feb 2006]
Alliance & Leicester brings intranet closer to staff
Case Study A&L was going through an upgrade of Microsoft software but decided against using the company for its intranet, moving on from its Site Server software. This will be reduced further, with one staff member working full-time on the project and one... [11 Nov 2005]
Council switches off mainframe in efficiency drive
Case Study Using the services of MigrationWare, the Mantis and Cobol mainframe systems were migrated to new Cobol/CICS based applications to be deployed with Micro Focus Enterprise Server. Sharples said the council is getting equal or better performance and... [07 Sep 2005]
Insurer slashes servers down from 100 to just six
Case Study Previously it took up to four weeks to have a server ready for a new application. Insurance company Markel International hopes to save £250,000 over the next three years by consolidating its server infrastructure using virtualisation technology. [26 Jul 2005]
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