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NOMAD FOR SCCM UPGRADE
NOMAD REDUCES SCCM RUNNING COSTS BY $9.8 MILLION World’s leading learning company chooses Nomad to operate System Center 2012 Configuration Manager for its estate of 32,000 PCs in the most cost-effective manner, and in the process reduces number of system management servers to just six
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The company wanted to standardize globally on the Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012) platform. Until 2013 they had been using SCCM 2007 to provide systems management within its European and Latin American operations for some time, whilst other regions of the business such as North America and parts of AsiaPac
The company identified how Nomad significantly reduces the amount of server infrastructure required to support an SCCM 2012 environment whilst actively maximizes reliability and performance. It delivers further efficiencies in managing software distribution and updates, and Operating System deployment tasks.
By standardizing on SCCM 2012, the company has seen the following benefits:
were either using a legacy Microsoft SMS 2003 infrastructure, or in some cases other tactical solutions.
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The SCCM 2012 design for included integration of Nomad to deliver the full breadth of systems management capabilities to all Windows-based Operating System clients across the company’s global desktop estate.
• Removal of 10 Distribution Points, and avoidance of having to invest in 75 Secondary Site servers. • Acceleration of Windows 7 Migration. • A standardized approach to inventory management, software and OS deployments. • Systems management and maintenance has become faster and easier to manage and control. The SCCM 2012 deployment is part of the company’s greater strategy to enhance its systems management and desktop provisioning capabilities.