Case Studies
Estimated savings: $400,000
IT challenges solved:
* Ensuring license compliance
* Eliminating unnecessary software spending
* Enforcing security standards
Lynn Barbour hadn't planned on becoming
the Configuration and Asset Manager
for Medavie Blue Cross in Moncton, New
Brunswick— she was just doing a little spring
cleaning.
By the time she'd dug herself out of the storage
closet piled to the ceiling with purchasing
documentation and software media dating back
to the 1990's, she walked out with the new title
and a colossal task ahead of her…
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Quick Facts
Industry: Medical insurance
Annual claims processed: 29.2 million
Active desktops / servers: 1,800 / 250
Nationwide offices: 11
Estimated savings: $500,000
IT challenges solved:
* Eliminating unnecessary software spending
* Enforcing security standards
Sean Heuchert pursued a somewhat
unusual path into the field of education:
as an IT Manager at Peterborough Victoria
Northumberland and Clarington Catholic
(PVNCC) District School Board in Peterborough,
Ontario. In fact, Heuchert, a five-year veteran
of the school district's Computer Services
Department, personifies the charter of the school
district as faithfully as any faculty or board
member. For Heuchert, this means ensuring students have access to the technology they need, when
they need it, while recognizing a fiduciary responsibility to ensure the IT budget is administered and
allocated wisely…
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Quick Facts
Students: 14,996
Schools: 32 elementary, 6 secondary
Operating budget: $155 million
Active desktops: 3,300
IT challenges solved:
* Ensuring license compliance
* Eliminating unnecessary software spending
* Improving system visibility and upgrade planning
During the seventeen years he’s worked at Dynamic Systems, Will McManus has watched the company grow from twenty to six hundred employees. The Texas-based company, which specializes in fabrication of mechanical systems used in construction, was propelled by the rapid adoption of microelectronics manufacturing within the building industry. With the growth came significant commercial success; but in a manner typical of businesses that experience rapid expansion, the company's software licensing practices didn't evolve quickly enough to keep pace with its growing user base and distributed sites. McManus, who has risen to the rank of Vice President of Information Technology, recalls a bleak situation back in 2001: "Our license inventory was still being tracked using an Excel spreadsheet. Written policies surrounding software piracy existed, but weren’t enforced. Nobody even knew how many computers we had."
Unfortunately for Dynamic Systems, the absence of careful license management practices is exactly what software vendors expect—and exploit—when they see a growth profile like that of Dynamic System's. Microsoft was the first to bite…
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Quick Facts
Industry: Manufacturing
Location: Austin, TX
Desktops: 600
Nationwide offices: 7
Vendor audits: Microsoft & Autodesk
