Entertainment
Entertainment organizations can create tremendous strain on traditional layer-two network designs due to high-volume video traffic, coupled with security policy which is generally less restrictive than many other industries. In addition, these businesses often face the challenge of revenue flow which can be boom or bust making it economically inefficient to grow staffing excessively. For many of these firms, DSW is the answer, helping these firms upgrade to new Intelligent Networks which incorporate secure, high Quality of Service (QoS) layer-three network architectures and a layered security approach through our Intelligent Security practice to minimize the potential for security breach which could at minimum compromise the performance of the network and potentially result in the theft of valuable digital assets. DSW is successfully provided outsourcing services such as B2n On-Site which includes specialized network resources to supplement existing staff, B2n Maintain to provide maintenance that exceeds manufacturer offerings by reducing administrative load in that it includes asset management, contract tracking and secure upload of configuration data and B2n Remote to help monitor and manage network and security applications and environments. DSW clients in the entertainment space span smaller post production shops to Fortune 100 studios with more than 25,000 client systems.
Finance and Real Estate
Most financial organizations have embraced technology to create efficiency, leading to environments which must be running 7x24 and of course very secure. DSW has helped financial organizations convert traditional applications requiring manual entry of data to full functioned interactive web applications resulting in a significant improvement in efficiency. DSW has also provided security assessment services to help minimize threat.
Real estate has until recently, been slow to adopt technology. However, within the past five years, a boom has erupted in the adoption of technology as large organizations seek improvements in efficiency through new financial and self service applications, building automation leading to improved power efficiency and fully integrated networks encompassing IP everywhere – voice, access control, video surveillance, digital signage and more. In addition, these organizations are extending their networks with wireless technology for better customer access to data. DSW has been effective at offering a myriad of services in this space, from Intelligent Networks to redesign yesterday’s networks to support today’s needs, Intelligent Security to provide the appropriate degree of security at each part of the organization, Intelligent Facilities to create the fourth utility creating a single integrated IP architecture (e.g. Smart Buildings and Intelligent Data Center technology to reduce power and cooling costs via more efficient data center design and implementation, including virtualization of servers and storage) DSW has also been effective at providing operational support for network and security services saving customers significant capital versus hiring 7x24 specialized staff. DSW clients in this space include home builders, mall developers, hotels, lenders, property management firms and many more.
Government and Education
With technology complexity and operational costs increasing while budgets often remaining flat, municipalities are in facing significant challenges to provide the access to data that their constituents demand, while maintaining a very high level of security.
DSW has been successful in K-12, high school, community colleges, universities and many cities to help re-design networks, both wired and wireless while enhancing security through extensive assessments and the implementation of layered security solutions. DSW has successfully provided our complete lifecycle of services in these organizations including consulting to analyze existing environments and provide a blueprint for enhancement, procurement to sell the new hardware and software that is often replacing very old equipment, implementation of the new equipment and extensive managed services to cut operational cost, such as B2n On-Site specialized services, B2n Maintain high value equipment maintenance and B2n Internet services.
As security concerns have increased, DSW has also been successful extending core services via Metropolitan Area Networks, allowing municipalities to monitor and store video surveillance feeds throughout the city.
Healthcare
Through the implementation of HIPAA (Health Care Information Privacy and access) enactment several years ago, health care organizations of all types have moved quickly to bring automation to their environments, leading to a blend of many heath care specific applications such as radiology, imaging, and RFID via wireless which move and store vast amounts of data, requiring large increases in server and storage technology and destroying old layer two designs. In addition, due to intense certification policies by the FDA, many older applications can’t be upgraded leaving them susceptible to security breach.
The problem for most health care organizations however is that budgets have not increased as technology needs have. DSW has been effective implementing a variety of products and services at hospitals, diagnostic facilities, and biomedical organizations. DSW solutions have included network upgrades, security implementation, wireless, storage upgrades and numerous other applications. DSW has leveraged our professional services organization to provide robust, secure infrastructure and implementation services on-time and on-budget, allowing healthcare organizations to meet the needs of their community while maintaining compliance.
Manufacturing and Distribution
Manufacturing has changed dramatically in the United States since the advent of affordable computer technology and network services. Today, manufacturers often focus on product research and development, design and marketing, with most manufacturing occurring somewhere else in the world, often several time-zones away. Because manufacturers face global competition offering lower prices, the need to keep cost in check is essential. As such, manufacturers are moving to outsource IT along with manufacturing. DSW has been successful at providing our B2n Data Center application hosting solutions to these organizations, allowing them to achieve 7x24 uptime for complex applications such as Oracle and Microsoft enterprise resource planning while saving as much as seventy-percent versus in-house management and hosting. For larger firms with the capacity to offer 7x24 support internally, DSW has provided complementary expertise to rebuild networks, security infrastructure and systems architecture.
DSW has provided solutions for a broad base of firms including aerospace, automotive clothing, consumer products, furniture, technology manufacturers and more.
Telecom and Internet
Telecomm and Internet business leverage computer technology more extensively than any others as technology is the core delivery mechanism for their organizations, requiring 7x24 uptime and tremendous scale, efficiency and security. DSW has been successful providing a variety of solutions to these firms; including, Intelligent Networks scaling to incredible proportions for both LAN and WAN infrastructure, Intelligent Security solutions including firewall and IDS, Intelligent Data Center technology for server and storage virtualization and efficient server load balancing of large web farms and Intelligent Facility Applications such as Unified Communications and Voice/IP. DSW has coupled these technologies with extensive services to provide design and analysis, implementation, application development, B2n On-Site services, B2n Data Center Application Hosting and Management and B2n Remote Monitoring and Management, resulting in savings of up to 70% versus internal staff alone and greater uptime. |
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