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NTTX Select: Hosting Provider Uses Industry-Standard Storage to Slash Storage Costs by 30 Percent

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

NTTX select is a United Kingdom - based service provider and member of the Microsoft partner network that offers custom managed IT solutions, including customized virtual desktops; hosting...

Provided by: Microsoft

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Green Prefab: A Window Into the Future: Eco-Testing a Building Before It Is Even Built

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

Currently, the complexity of the design process makes it difficult to determine, precisely, a building's future energy use - but this won't always be the case. Microsoft Research and the Royal...

Provided by: Microsoft

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Georgia Pacific: Manufacturer Boosts Performance, Improves Decision Making With New Data Warehouse

March 5, 2013 12:00am PST

Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, product packaging, and paper and consumer goods such as tissues, napkins, cups, and eating utensils....

Provided by: Microsoft

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Priority Health

February 26, 2013 12:00am PST

Learn how Priority Health provided support for rapid data growth while meeting stringent user requirements for availability, scalability, and performance of storage systems. Sponsored by HP and...

Provided by: HP and Intel®

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KAMP Netzwerkdienste GmbH Uses Cisco UCS and Nexus as a Platform for "Made in Germany" Infrastructure-as-a-Service

February 19, 2013 12:00am PST

KAMP Netzwerkdienste GmbH in Oberhausen has been an established premium service provider in the IT market for more than 20 years, and has built up a reputation in the health care sector in...

Provided by: Cisco

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Earth Networks: Environmental Company Simplifies Endpoint Protection with PC Management Tool

February 5, 2013 12:00am PST

Home of the popular WeatherBug applications, Earth Networks provides atmospheric data through its vast global monitoring networks. Like many technology companies, many of its employees have the...

Provided by: Microsoft

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BancVue Better Prepares Small Banks for Battle Through Virtualization

January 28, 2013 12:00am PST

Feeding resources to millions of bank consumers requires an agile, high-performing IT environment to keep every piece in place and run smoothly 24/7. To maintain uptime and deliver services to a...

Provided by: VMW Games

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Innovator Gets Scalability on Demand

January 22, 2013 12:00am PST

From modest beginnings, Lonza has grown into a leading supplier to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and life-science industries worldwide. Their challenge is to transform data center network...

Provided by: Cisco

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World's Largest Online Sports Betting Site Increases Reach

January 17, 2013 12:00am PST

Based in Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom, bet365 has grown rapidly from a handful of employees in 2000 to a global provider with 2100 staff. Their challenges are to drive business growth by...

Provided by: Cisco

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Toyota Motor Europe: Automotive Retailer Avoids $1.3 Million in IT Costs with Cloud-Based PC Management Tool

January 14, 2013 12:00am PST

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) had no tools to manage 3,500 car-diagnostic PCs running outside the corporate domain at 3,000 dealerships. NMSC employees performed on-site support for mechanics, which...

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IT Solutions Provider Helps Boost System Performance and Security for Travel Industry Leader with VShield Implementation

January 10, 2013 12:00am PST

Neos is a global technology services and IT operations provider catering for mid-to large sized enterprises across the globe. The company became the first Hyperic VMware partner in Germany and is...

Provided by: VMW Games

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Hitachi Systems: Hosting Provider Creates Cloud Platform for Delivering Flexible and Reliable Offerings

December 21, 2012 12:00am PST

Hitachi Systems, Ltd. is the core company for the information and communication systems business of Hitachi Group. It provides comprehensive IT services that cover the full life cycle of IT...

Provided by: Microsoft

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PeakColo Supports 300% Growth with IT Scalability, Flexibility & Performance From NetApp and VMware

December 13, 2012 12:00am PST

PeakColo is an enterprise-class Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud service provider to other service providers. Their challenge is to succeed in the cloud services market by differentiating...

Provided by: NetApp

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Saitama University: Preparation of a Platform for a Virtual Environment to Centralize Data Management

December 11, 2012 12:00am PST

At Saitama University, this has five faculties gathered on a single campus with thriving intercommunication. When performing maintenance of the university data infrastructure, they were looking...

Provided by: Cisco

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Using Advanced Threat Intelligence to Optimize Perimeter Performance

December 11, 2012 12:00am PST

RazorThreat Vision is an advanced threat intelligence solution that detects unknown and unauthorized activity in a network. Leader Dog initially used RazorThreat Vision in a forensic capacity to...

Provided by: RazorThreat

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Air Products: Manufacturer Shrinks Storage Needs by 75 Percent With Upgrade, Helps Business Grow

December 10, 2012 12:00am PST

Air Products serves customers in energy, environmental, and emerging markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of gases, performance materials, equipment, and technology used by thousands of...

Provided by: Microsoft

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Automotive Group Reduces Servers and Boosts Performance

December 5, 2012 12:00am PST

In today's market for new and used cars, customers are often in the driver's seat, actively communicating with dealers about what they need at all hours. Their challenges are to Provide always-on...

Provided by: Cisco

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Cash America Case Study

December 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Cash America International, Inc. is a Fort Worth, Texas-based specialty financial services company. Staying competitive meant expanding quickly and offering a range of services, but with the...

Provided by: Blue Coat Systems

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Major Internet Provider Speeds Up DSL Service

November 26, 2012 12:00am PST

A large telecom company had amassed a portfolio of five contact center outsourcing vendors. Following a thorough review of performance, capability, and pricing, Telvista was selected to continue...

Provided by: Telvista

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A1 Telekom Austria AG: IT Services Provider Boosts Network Availability, Resilience with Server Upgrade

November 14, 2012 12:00am PST

A1 Telekom Austria AG wanted to find a cost-effective way to meet customer needs for continuous availability. It had previously invested in virtualization technology and wanted to expand this...

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