REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 25, 2012 — To
help manage and secure the desktops of their highly mobile workforces
through the cloud without any on-premises investment, organizations of
all sizes have turned to Windows Intune, Microsoft Corp. announced today. Global nonprofit Save the Children, professional services company goetzpartners and e-discovery firm eLitigation Solutions have all implemented Windows Intune to help solve some of their most pressing IT challenges.
While
these three organizations vary in industry and size, they have one
thing in common: Their employees expect to work anytime, anywhere, with
access to their information and resources. As such, each organization
needs to ensure its PCs are highly secure and well-managed to help
protect data and assets, keep employees productive, and streamline the
cost of delivering routine management and security.
Technology
challenges have become more frequent and time-consuming as workforces
grow and spread across the globe. Issues ranging from computers infected
with malicious malware to missing or delayed software updates kept IT
staff at all three organizations operating in a reactive mode instead of
preventing these issues from the outset.
“It’s
our job to ensure that consultants can work productively in the office
and on the road, but we didn’t have the right tools,” said Hakan Kutlug,
head of Information Technology at goetzpartners.
Windows
Intune helps solve these challenges, especially for companies that have
field and contract employees, off-network employees, or limited IT
resources. Windows Intune brings together Windows cloud services and a
Windows 7 Enterprise subscription to simplify PC management and
security, delivering the benefits of a modern operating system. The
solution also provides remote assistance, software updates, hardware and
software tracking capabilities, and the ability to set security
policies.
“By using Windows Intune, we can
save $20,000 a year in malware costs and $50,000 in Windows 7 licenses
for staff at headquarters,” said Ken Supersano, senior director of
Technology, Save the Children U.S. “That’s money we can funnel back into
field programs that benefit children in more than 120 countries around
the world.”
Windows Intune also allows IT
staff to get a simple snapshot of what is going on with their PC
environments — including status of updates, software, endpoint
protection, licensing and more. With this snapshot, IT staff can
efficiently and proactively identify trouble spots or areas that need to
be addressed.
“We’ve streamlined our PC
environment and reduced costs by adopting Windows Intune, which helps us
run a leaner, more competitive organization,” said David Hyre, vice
president of Technologies, eLitigation Solutions.
Today,
IT staffers at Save the Children, goetzpartners and e-Litigation
Solutions rely on Windows Intune to help ensure the security and
reliability of all desktops within their respective organizations. In
turn, their workforces now have more reliable computing tools that allow
them to realize their organizations’ missions and visions no matter
where they are.
More information about Windows Intune is available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windowsintune/pc-management.aspx.
More information about Save the Children’s Windows Intune experience is available in its Microsoft case study at http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9797727.
More information about goetzpartners’ Windows Intune experience is available in its Microsoft case study at http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9797728.
More information about eLitigation Solutions’ Windows Intune experience is available in its Microsoft case study at http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9797726.
About Save the Children
Save
the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting
change for children in need in the United States and around the world.
About goetzpartners
With
10 offices in eight countries, goetzpartners is an independent European
advisory firm with a global reach. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, it
provides corporate finance and management consulting services.
About eLitigation Solutions
eLitigation
Solutions collects and processes data and delivers it to attorneys for
review, serving many of the largest corporations and law firms in the
United States.
About Microsoft
Founded
in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software,
services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential.
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