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VOLVO IMPLEMENTS ON TECHNOLOGY TO
MANAGE A 4,500 PC GRID
ON Technology, a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure management
solutions, announced that The Volvo Group has successfully implemented ON
Technology's advanced solution to automate its Windows 2000 deployment and
provide ongoing management for a 4,500 PC Grid and mission-critical
applications in multiple European locations.
The company has already realized cost savings that exceed the initial cost
of its ON Technology software purchase, thereby realizing a rapid ROI in its
very first deployment project.
According to a recent article in the European trade press, Volvo is saving
money because IT administrators are no longer required to spend hours
installing Windows 2000. "For us, it is about reducing costs and lead time
every time something happens to a PC and everything needs to be reinstalled,"
said Richard Karlsson, manager of PC LANs at Volvo IT.
Volvo is using the ON Technology solution to remotely install and configure
operating systems, applications, and user settings such as printers and
drivers. Additional cost savings are realized by using ON Command CCM to
provide ongoing management for mission-critical applications such as Oracle,
SAP, and IBM-CATIA, deploy vital updates such as security patches, and
automatically rebuild corrupted PCs.
ON Chairman & CEO Robert L. Doretti said: "Volvo IT operates one of the
largest Novell networks in Europe, and is known for its professional expertise
and commitment to providing the highest levels of support for its internal and
external customers. Their experience demonstrates that our solutions provide
the fastest return on investment in the industry."
ON's open architecture has also made it easy for Volvo to integrate the ON
solution with its existing IT environment in order to shorten time to
implementation. For example, Volvo has successfully integrated ON Command CCM
with its directory services infrastructure and Oracle databases in order to
incorporate policy information about end-users and their configurations.
Unlike conventional management solutions, ON Command CCM is the only
enterprise-class system that offers end-to-end lifecycle management, including
unattended operating system deployments and one-click disaster recovery. In
addition, unlike imaging or cloning tools, ON Technology's unique native
installation technology further reduces support costs by dynamically adapting
each OS installation to specific end-user configurations, eliminating the need
to maintain tens or hundreds of individual static images for each hardware
platform and configuration.
About Volvo IT AB
Volvo IT supplies global industrial companies with IT systems and
solutions. In addition to infrastructure, operations and applications, we also
sell consulting services, training and support. The Volvo Group and the Volvo
Car Corporation are our largest customers. The Volvo companies' need for IT
systems and solutions forms the basis of our business operations. However, we
are also looking to further extend our external customer base and develop new
services. Our broad base and globality enable us to deliver the system or
solution each individual customer requires.
About ON Technology Corporation
ON Technology empowers IT organizations and service providers to manage the
full lifecycle of their computing systems over large-scale corporate networks.
Our solutions are used to rapidly and reliably deploy critical applications,
operating systems, and content to desktops, mobile PCs, handhelds, servers,
retail point-of-sale (POS) terminals and banking workstations. Our customers
leverage our solutions to significantly reduce IT costs, improve availability
and reliability of business-critical applications, and enhance both IT and
end-user productivity.
ON's management solution has been chosen by more than 825 enterprises
worldwide to manage in excess of 1.1 million networked computer systems.
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