Global RF Systems Manufacturer

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Challenges

Improve collaboration with a new product lifecycle management (PLM) System
Simplify IT infrastructure to reduce cost, complexity, and management
Each site was going to require a “translation server” to allow CAD drawings to be converted to PDF format.
As well as a local backup system to ensure that the work done each day was properly backed up.

Benefits

Significantly shortened product development cycle
Eliminated need to deploy additional IT staff, and 60 additional servers
Savings of $15,000 in annual bandwidth costs alone
Payback period of just 9 months

Overview

This large global designer, manufacturer, and supplier of communications equipment, services, and systems is headquartered in Illinois. The company generated $2.1 billion in revenues in 2005, and has more than 11,000 employees around the world, in 60 locations. Design staff is distributed among 15 locations, including international offices.

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