Progressive implemented a Microsoft unified communication system for a leading Indian FMCG company with over Rs. 2834 crore in annual revenue. They deployed two Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2 front-end servers with network load balancing in the company's data center. They also installed SQL 2008 for the backend database, upgraded client systems to Windows Vista with Outlook 2007 and the OCS 2007 client, and integrated the system with the company's PBX for enterprise voice capabilities. This provided scalability, flexibility, reduced costs, and improved communications across the company's distributed workforce.
Paul's presentation at SOA Workshop,Colombo,Sri Lanka identifies how ESBs fit into a Service Oriented Architecture, discusses when to use an ESB and when not to, looks at ESB patterns and anti-patterns, covers some simple ESB approaches and investigates how ESBs can fit into EDA.
Next Level Hyper-Converged and Software-defined
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FusionServers with Proven DataCore Software.
The Huawei DataCore Software-defined Storage solution enables customers to maximize the value from their storage investments, current and future.
To help you drive the most value from your storage investments, Huawei has partnered with DataCore to consolidate these disparate storage systems with
unified management and a comprehensive set of data services. Additionally, Huawei’s FusionServer and Oceanstor systems can be easily integrated with existing storage from a variety of vendors, including Dell, EMC, Hitachi, HP, IBM and NetApp using DataCore’s comprehensive Software-defined
Storage (SDS) platform. These storage systems can be centrally managed and easily combined into a single set of storage with different tiers of capacity in order to improve their overall productivity and utilization.
Paul's presentation at SOA Workshop,Colombo,Sri Lanka identifies how ESBs fit into a Service Oriented Architecture, discusses when to use an ESB and when not to, looks at ESB patterns and anti-patterns, covers some simple ESB approaches and investigates how ESBs can fit into EDA.
Next Level Hyper-Converged and Software-defined
Storage Solutions Combine State-of-the-art Huawei
FusionServers with Proven DataCore Software.
The Huawei DataCore Software-defined Storage solution enables customers to maximize the value from their storage investments, current and future.
To help you drive the most value from your storage investments, Huawei has partnered with DataCore to consolidate these disparate storage systems with
unified management and a comprehensive set of data services. Additionally, Huawei’s FusionServer and Oceanstor systems can be easily integrated with existing storage from a variety of vendors, including Dell, EMC, Hitachi, HP, IBM and NetApp using DataCore’s comprehensive Software-defined
Storage (SDS) platform. These storage systems can be centrally managed and easily combined into a single set of storage with different tiers of capacity in order to improve their overall productivity and utilization.
SaaS is just a new way of delivering the same software and with that all the associated changes , including billing. The hidden costs like installation, customization, integration still looms large. For the small businesses consumerization of enterprise technologies is still a dream. However,there are some new technologies (like ontology, semantics, AI, cloud computing) that can make this a possibility in the next 2-3 years
Avaya’s 2013 Guidebook is the market-leading overview of the collaboration technologies and trends driving businesses of every size. Written for business and IT executive alike, the Guide features in-depth analysis and commentary from industry experts on the innovations that can help you and your organization gain and keep a competitive edge.
Topics in the Guide include:
• Why mobile and desktop videoconferencing are the future of communications;
• How instant messaging is evolving past mere presence to awareness;
• What are the 8 best practices every contact center must follow;
• The steps you must take to secure your Unified Communications deployment.
Contributors to this year’s Guide include leading Avaya executives such as CEO Kevin Kennedy, SVPs Gary Barnett, Marc Randall, Michael Runda, and Brett Shockley, and top analysts from Forrester and Nemertes Research as well as experts from IBM, VMware and other valued Avaya partners.
The Guide also includes 14 enterprise case studies and 28 charts and infographics to create a full picture of how you can create a better, more agile business even in a fluctuating macroeconomic climate.
WSO2 Guest Webinar - ESB meets IoT, a Primer on WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (...WSO2
To view recording please use the below URL:
http://wso2.com/library/webinars/2015/03/esb-meets-iot-a-primer-on-wso2-enterprise-service-bus-esb/
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What deployment do you need for a large sensor network?
How do you analyze and display data?
Examples of WSO2-enabled Internet of Things solutions (e.g. Trimble’s Connected Plants)
SaaS is just a new way of delivering the same software and with that all the associated changes , including billing. The hidden costs like installation, customization, integration still looms large. For the small businesses consumerization of enterprise technologies is still a dream. However,there are some new technologies (like ontology, semantics, AI, cloud computing) that can make this a possibility in the next 2-3 years
Avaya’s 2013 Guidebook is the market-leading overview of the collaboration technologies and trends driving businesses of every size. Written for business and IT executive alike, the Guide features in-depth analysis and commentary from industry experts on the innovations that can help you and your organization gain and keep a competitive edge.
Topics in the Guide include:
• Why mobile and desktop videoconferencing are the future of communications;
• How instant messaging is evolving past mere presence to awareness;
• What are the 8 best practices every contact center must follow;
• The steps you must take to secure your Unified Communications deployment.
Contributors to this year’s Guide include leading Avaya executives such as CEO Kevin Kennedy, SVPs Gary Barnett, Marc Randall, Michael Runda, and Brett Shockley, and top analysts from Forrester and Nemertes Research as well as experts from IBM, VMware and other valued Avaya partners.
The Guide also includes 14 enterprise case studies and 28 charts and infographics to create a full picture of how you can create a better, more agile business even in a fluctuating macroeconomic climate.
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To view recording please use the below URL:
http://wso2.com/library/webinars/2015/03/esb-meets-iot-a-primer-on-wso2-enterprise-service-bus-esb/
Ishan from WSO2 and Yenlo’s Rob will discuss the use of WSO2 ESB for Internet of Things applications. Topics will be:
What WSO2 components do you need for the Internet of Things?
What deployment do you need for a large sensor network?
How do you analyze and display data?
Examples of WSO2-enabled Internet of Things solutions (e.g. Trimble’s Connected Plants)
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The case study describes a best practices approach to the development of a whole product roadmap for laboratory information management system (LIMS) software to support next-generation sequencing (NGS) for translational and clinical genomic research.
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1. Progressive implements microsoft unified
communication for india's leading
FMCG company
The fourth largest FMCG company of India • Deploying and consolidating these
with revenues of Rs 2834 crore (US$600 services centrally will provide a robust &
million) & Market capitalization of over healthy OCS platform for the client
Rs.10,000 crore (US$2.2 billion); with
Design Description
legacy of quality and experience of 125
• Progressive recommended a centralized
years, it operates in key consumer products
deployment model in which two OCS
categories including hair care, oral care,
2007 R2 Front end Server on Windows
health care, skin care and home care
Network Load Balancing were created
products
in their data centre
Challenge
• Both OCS 2007 R2 server will act as a
The client faced an increasing challenge of
Front end server for IM, Audio/Video,
supporting a highly mobile and distributed
Multi-party conferencing, Live meeting
workforce. It needed a communication and
etc.
collaboration tool to improve business
processes and drive productivity & increase • Deployment of SQL 2008 on Single
voice capabilities to help its professionals Server for Backend database for OCS
communicate more effectively. 2007 R2
• The existing Reverse Proxy Server will be
Solution
utilized for the OCS Deployment
Progressive recommended Microsoft
Office Communication Server 2007 as a • The OCS 2007 R2 Consolidate Single
solution to accelerate collaboration, Edge Server will be deployed in DMZ for
reducing administrative costs, increasing Publishing Web conferencing, A/V
workforce mobility which also provided an Conferencing, Edge Access
option for customizable automation of • 5 servers were used for OCS 2007 R2
business processes. OCS 2007 is a unified system including two for OCS 2007 R2
communication server that delivers real- Front-end and one for OCS 2007 R2
time enterprise instant messaging including Edge roles, one for ISA 2006 for reverse
audio, video- and web-conferencing and Proxy and one for SQL 2008 Back-end
helps in collaborating desktop sharing server
applications between colleagues. • Client Systems were upgraded from
Benefits Windows XP Professional to Windows
• The solution provides scalability, Vista Enterprise with Outlook 2007 and
flexibility and allow for future growth OCS 2007 R2 Client
• Reduce telephony and travel costs • Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager 2007 was installed and
• Improve district-wide communications
configured to monitor all Servers/Services
• Centralizing OCS infrastructure will
• Microsoft System Center Configuration
greatly help in operations and
Manager was installed for Managing
monitoring of OCS environment
Clients and Servers
2. • Microsoft Office Communication Server • Microsoft ISA 2006 Enterprise was
2007 was installed/configured and installed and configure as Reverse Proxy
integrated with PBX System for and Web Proxy for Users as OCS 2007
enterprise voice purpose R2 CWA and Web content sharing
Testimonial
I would like to thank the technical team
at Progressive Infotech who planned,
configured and implemented Office
Communication 2007 R2 as Unified
Communication solution and
integrated with the Messaging and
EPBX system within all the locations. It
was truly a professional approach
providing a smooth implementation for
over 1000 users.
IT operations manager
Progressive Infotech Pvt Ltd
C-161, Phase - II Extension, Noida - 201305
Phone: +91-120-4393939, Fax: +91-120-2563838