<p>Before you can get started with your private cloud project, you must first virtualize and consolidate your application environment. This case study discusses how one company navigated the virtualization and cloud processes and describes the architecture that assisted them in the process.</p> 

This case study illustrates how Sun World International, a mid-sized grower in California, shifted its competitive strategy to capitalize on analytics and gain real-time insight into the competitive market. Learn how it gained a 5% reduction in harvesting costs, a 20% reduction in fuel usage and an eight-fold increase in profit per acre. 

The Cincinnati Zoo is a shining example of how analytics and business intelligence (BI) can be used to derive valuable insight on your customers and turn it into smarter and better decisions. This case study shows how the zoo capitalized on a BI and analytics platform to increase revenue across all facets of its operation. 

This white paper presents a case study for (nearline storage) NLS optimized for analytics using columnar database architecture and outlines how a NLS solution makes it possible for IT departments using SAP NetWeaver BW to manage costs, reduce overhead and increase system performance. 

At the NERSC Center in California, tape is simply seen as extremely efficient, cost-effective, scalable—and reliable—storage. With over 13 PB of data on tape (growing at around 60% p.a.) and decades of history, NERSC has the facts to prove tape’s capabilities; so much so that it does not employ additional copies. 

In an effort to decrease maintenance costs from its legacy payroll system, full service manufacturer Wisconsin Plastics, Inc. (WPI) chose to implement the payroll and time and attendance modules offered by its enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor. Read this case study to learn about the rapid return on investment that WPI experienced. 

This case study describes how Park Nicollet Health Services was able to leverage AvePoint's DocAve to meet crucial compliance objectives and protect vital SharePoint data. 

Manual data entry can be cumbersome and time-consuming. This case study outlines how Wales and West Utilities selected a solution that streamlines SAP data loading and extraction in multiple business areas. Discover how it uploaded 750,000 transactions with an opportunity of saving 2,284 working days over the course of just six months. 

The Quantum Scalar i500 combines a modular design with continuous robotics to provide the scalability, performance and reliability that customers require. 

Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC. 

This case study outlines the solution that Medtronic, the largest medical technology company in the world, selected for its ability to transfer large amounts of data from Excel to SAP while minimizing errors, ensuring that its SAP deployments were completed as smoothly as possible. Read this now and learn more about why Medtronic chose this option. 

This case study examines how one major telecommunications company implemented an application performance monitoring solution and gained a 63% ROI in just 1.6 years, saving an annual average of more than $5 million. Read this and learn how such an option can lower the cost of managing IT, reduce downtime risks, improve compliance and more.