Paylocity provides hosted payroll and HR solutions. It upgraded its infrastructure to Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 to improve performance and support continued rapid growth. The upgrade improved reliability, security, and scalability. Paylocity now runs 43 virtual servers on 9 physical servers with high availability, supporting over 6,000 customers with millions of employees. The Microsoft platform helps Paylocity achieve 99.99% uptime while fueling business expansion.
Security, Governance & Integration in a Cloud Connected WorldCA API Management
This Webinar given by Layer 7 Technologies and Red Hat explores the combination of a SOA Gateway and an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) to provide a comprehensive, standards-based, secure approach to governing integration across the enterprise and into the cloud.
HR in the cloud is a growing trend, with market forces pushing HR systems and processes to software-as-a-service (SaaS) models. However, SaaS alone does not address the need to outsource routine transaction processing and call center support. While SaaS solutions continue gaining traction, acquisitions by large vendors are also consolidating the market. Considerations for buyers include verifying capabilities for global payroll, integration, mobile access, and reducing customizations versus outsourcing transaction processing and help desk support through an HR business process outsourcing provider.
Global training and consulting firm FranklinCovey Co. and global retailer FranklinCovey Products saved over $500,000 by using a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Hyper-V virtualization. They created separate virtual environments for each company's operations on Windows Server 2008 Datacenter with Hyper-V. FranklinCovey Co. saved over $500,000 and FranklinCovey Products saved $150,000 on call center setup costs and over $90,000 on hardware and licensing. Both companies reduced software testing time by 70% and expedited deployment with Software Assurance benefits.
Microsoft's white paper discusses the company's strategy to deliver software and services through a blended model of on-premises and hosted options. It presents the Software + Services approach, which provides customers and partners with richer applications, more choices, and opportunities. The paper examines technology delivery models, corresponding partner business models, and benefits of transforming to a Software + Services model. It provides six case studies of partners that improved their businesses through this transformation.
BlazeDS is an open source remoting and messaging technology from Adobe that allows Flex and AIR applications to easily connect to existing server-side logic. It provides high performance data transfer for responsive applications and full publish/subscribe messaging capabilities. BlazeDS standardizes the programming model for remoting and messaging across platforms and simplifies backend integration.
The report identifies leading HR SaaS solution providers and analyzes their product portfolios. It also discusses trends in the SaaS industry including acquisitions, partnerships, and adoption rates. The document categorizes common HCM applications and analyzes which functionalities have greater SaaS adoption. It provides contact information for readers seeking the full quarterly report.
Computer Generated Solutions (CGS) provides proven best practices for Microsoft Exchange upgrades, migrations, and advanced messaging solutions. Their Exchange solutions include planning, designing, deploying, and guiding rapid implementations to meet customers' needs. CGS aims to provide solutions that deliver maximum business value through predictable methodologies ensuring teams are enabled to support future growth. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, CGS is positioned to deliver leading Microsoft products and services to maximize technology investments.
If you ask a group of IT leaders about their strategic goals, their responses will likely
address business growth. Today’s IT leaders understand they have an unprecedented
stake in corporate success, thanks to transformational IT-led business trends such as
social networking and crowd sourcing, m-commerce and virtual teaming, analytics-driven
decision making and “everything as a service.” For these leaders, “innovation” and
“agility” are not just words on a PowerPoint slide, but a mandate for corporate value and
differentiation.
Security, Governance & Integration in a Cloud Connected WorldCA API Management
This Webinar given by Layer 7 Technologies and Red Hat explores the combination of a SOA Gateway and an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) to provide a comprehensive, standards-based, secure approach to governing integration across the enterprise and into the cloud.
HR in the cloud is a growing trend, with market forces pushing HR systems and processes to software-as-a-service (SaaS) models. However, SaaS alone does not address the need to outsource routine transaction processing and call center support. While SaaS solutions continue gaining traction, acquisitions by large vendors are also consolidating the market. Considerations for buyers include verifying capabilities for global payroll, integration, mobile access, and reducing customizations versus outsourcing transaction processing and help desk support through an HR business process outsourcing provider.
Global training and consulting firm FranklinCovey Co. and global retailer FranklinCovey Products saved over $500,000 by using a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Hyper-V virtualization. They created separate virtual environments for each company's operations on Windows Server 2008 Datacenter with Hyper-V. FranklinCovey Co. saved over $500,000 and FranklinCovey Products saved $150,000 on call center setup costs and over $90,000 on hardware and licensing. Both companies reduced software testing time by 70% and expedited deployment with Software Assurance benefits.
Microsoft's white paper discusses the company's strategy to deliver software and services through a blended model of on-premises and hosted options. It presents the Software + Services approach, which provides customers and partners with richer applications, more choices, and opportunities. The paper examines technology delivery models, corresponding partner business models, and benefits of transforming to a Software + Services model. It provides six case studies of partners that improved their businesses through this transformation.
BlazeDS is an open source remoting and messaging technology from Adobe that allows Flex and AIR applications to easily connect to existing server-side logic. It provides high performance data transfer for responsive applications and full publish/subscribe messaging capabilities. BlazeDS standardizes the programming model for remoting and messaging across platforms and simplifies backend integration.
The report identifies leading HR SaaS solution providers and analyzes their product portfolios. It also discusses trends in the SaaS industry including acquisitions, partnerships, and adoption rates. The document categorizes common HCM applications and analyzes which functionalities have greater SaaS adoption. It provides contact information for readers seeking the full quarterly report.
Computer Generated Solutions (CGS) provides proven best practices for Microsoft Exchange upgrades, migrations, and advanced messaging solutions. Their Exchange solutions include planning, designing, deploying, and guiding rapid implementations to meet customers' needs. CGS aims to provide solutions that deliver maximum business value through predictable methodologies ensuring teams are enabled to support future growth. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, CGS is positioned to deliver leading Microsoft products and services to maximize technology investments.
If you ask a group of IT leaders about their strategic goals, their responses will likely
address business growth. Today’s IT leaders understand they have an unprecedented
stake in corporate success, thanks to transformational IT-led business trends such as
social networking and crowd sourcing, m-commerce and virtual teaming, analytics-driven
decision making and “everything as a service.” For these leaders, “innovation” and
“agility” are not just words on a PowerPoint slide, but a mandate for corporate value and
differentiation.
CGS offers Quick Start programs to rapidly implement Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 solutions. The Quick Start programs provide an objective to plan, design, deploy and provide guidance for a SharePoint portal within 7-8 weeks. Key features include managed document libraries, document collaboration, workflow and search capabilities. The programs are tailored for intranet, document management or internet website scenarios to streamline processes and improve productivity through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
RedPrairie is using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate to develop the next version of its business process management software. This will allow them to:
1) Extend workflow design capabilities to non-technical users by rehosting the workflow designer outside of Visual Studio.
2) Eliminate performance penalties for frequently persisted workflows by taking advantage of improvements to workflow persistence in .NET Framework 4.
3) Provide improved support for long-running workflows by allowing multiple workflow snapshots to be saved.
Through these enhancements, RedPrairie aims to increase developer productivity, provide a better user experience, and deliver higher quality software.
This document provides a competitive analysis of the web page http://www.redprairie.com/ for the search term "logistics management software". It analyzes the page and identifies ways it could improve its search engine ranking, including optimizing the document title, global link popularity, keyword usage, and other ranking factors. A sample of inbound links to the site is provided, noting many have empty link text. Overall, the analysis finds the page meets only 30% of requirements for a top 10 ranking.
CSS Corp is a global information and communications technology company with an impeccable record for designing, developing, deploying and managing end-to-end IT and network services. From application development, testing and optimization through to enterprise-level cloud enablement and round the clock technical support services, CSS Corp provides a truly impressive range of quality services that focus on delivering strategic value and operational efficiency for its customers. CSS Corp proudly works with some of the world’s best known customer and partner brands. And, with a global multi-cultural workforce of more than 5000 staff across 20 locations worldwide, the company has established a strong global foundation to continue supporting its international customers and growth aspirations.
Specialties
ICT Services - Technology Adoption, Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V), Enterprise IT Support, Customer Support Solutions, Infrastructure Management
GXS is the world’s largest integration services provider, helping more than 40,000 companies exchange electronic transactions with their trading partners
On March 13th & 14th , Eric Inch reviewed Exchange and Lync Server 2013 new features, discussed migration best practices, and hybrid scenarios with Office 365.
Download our slide deck (PDF, 2 MB) to take a deeper dive on Microsoft's Unified Communications.
And for more information on this or other topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com
CGS is a privately held, global company with over 3,000 professionals that has been providing software and services for 25 years in 30 countries. They offer end-to-end solutions across various industries, including financial services, advertising, fashion, and government. Their services include business consulting, custom software development, training, help desk support, and managed services. CGS partners with leading technology companies like Microsoft, Dell, IBM, and HP to deliver solutions.
Taashee is a 100% Linux and Open source software (OSS) company. Taashee uniquely offers a one-stop solution for all Linux and OSS related projects. We have a dedicated team of certified Linux engineers and passionate developers to handle any kind of projects related to implementation or development on Linux.
Taashee helps its customers to fully utilize the power of Linux and Open Source technologies. This results in, higher stability, higher security and higher performance with lower cost and lesser administrative overheads compared to Microsoft based solution. Even for long-time Unix users, who are stuck with limited and proprietary solutions, we offer migration services to switch over to Enterprise-grade Red Hat.
We specialize in high-availability and high-performance clusters; remote and on-site system management and maintenance services; Linux consulting services; Druid and Asterisk based VoIP solutions; Telco-grade Mail servers with uptime of as much as 99.999%; Application design and development using Open Source Technologies. Besides this, we provide comprehensive Jboss related services like: Development, Deployment, Clustering, Production-level optimization, Security etc & also Virtualization.
This document discusses the evolution of software technology, software engineering processes, and approaches to managing software talent and competencies over time. It provides examples of how different companies such as Microsoft, Capgemini, IBM, and Infosys have developed and managed their software engineering processes and talent. The document emphasizes the importance of continuous competency development and knowledge sharing for software professionals and organizations.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing models including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). It defines each model and discusses their key characteristics and when each makes sense to use versus when alternatives may be better. Case studies are provided of companies using SaaS and PaaS solutions. The document aims to help readers understand the different cloud computing options and how to determine the best solution for their needs.
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works is an integration platform that includes applications and code from popular open source projects to help enterprises easily create modular business services. It provides structured service development, multiple connectivity options, service life cycle management, and tools to simplify integrations and projects. The platform includes components like an enterprise service bus, service orchestration, rules processing, and a structured service development framework.
ItSMF 23 November 2012 - GREENCLOUDS - Cloud Service BrokerageGreenclouds
The document discusses the role of a cloud service broker in business innovation. It describes how a cloud service broker can help organizations transition to the cloud by acting as an intermediary between internal business units and external cloud providers. The broker provides strategic value by integrating multiple cloud services, providing control and compliance, and helping business units access new products faster. It outlines a six-step service delivery model for cloud service brokers to provide services to business units. Finally, it discusses how cloud service brokers can help organizations innovate by managing products in addition to services through predictive analytics and social tools.
The document describes how Tideway Foundation can help populate a CMDB by regularly discovering configuration items (CIs) like servers, software, and dependencies across the IT environment. It captures this information and automatically transfers it to populate and maintain an accurate, up-to-date view in the BMC Atrium CMDB with minimal manual effort. Key benefits include accelerated CMDB deployment, improved data quality through regular updates, and generation of impact analysis reports for change management. The Tideway adapter transfers discovery data to Atrium using its Java API. Example outputs demonstrate the level of configuration data captured for servers and how dependencies are mapped into business services views that can be viewed in both Foundation and Atrium.
This presentation primarily focuses on all new features and functionality introduced as part of R12 for Trading Community Architecture (TCA) and Oracle Customer Data Hub (CDH) product.
Hyper-V has helped AcXess fill that much needed virtualization gap with an improvised and more competent functionality and reduced data center and hardware costs.
According to Tom Elowson, President and Cofounder, AcXess, “Hyper-V has made all the difference. It is amazing to think we have grown our business 300 percent over the last few years with Hyper-V. ”
Businesses of every shape and size are using cloud to gain rapid access to world class IT capabilities (resource pooling, rapid elasticity,measured service, cost predictability, agility, rapid implementation, etc). Integrating a cloud solution with existing systems can be one of the most complex, costly and time-consuming aspects of cloud adoption.
The Cloud and You - the 'as a service' disruption you can't ignoreJohn Head
In any discussion about cloud, there are lots of buzzwords being thrown out by analysts and vendors. "Digital Transformation", "Democratization of IT", "Citizen Developer", and many more. Add in the 'as a Service" explosion and it is hard to make heads and tails over what will add value to your business. This session will cut through the hype and help bring a reality check to how the Cloud can help you. This session is for everyone: Administrator, Developer, IT Executive, or Business User. Plan on leaving with a deeper understanding and ideas of where you can take advantage.
Rewriting the Rulebook: New Ways of Working in the Digital EconomyCognizant
This document provides case studies of 22 businesses that have driven innovation and maximized value by transitioning to digital technologies. It discusses how companies have implemented Oracle cloud solutions like HCM Cloud, ERP Cloud, and CRM Cloud to streamline processes in areas like human capital management, financial management, supply chain management, and customer experience management. The case studies demonstrate measurable benefits these companies have achieved, such as improved operational efficiency, data-driven decision making, reduced costs, and enhanced user experiences.
CGS offers Quick Start programs to rapidly implement Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 solutions. The Quick Start programs provide an objective to plan, design, deploy and provide guidance for a SharePoint portal within 7-8 weeks. Key features include managed document libraries, document collaboration, workflow and search capabilities. The programs are tailored for intranet, document management or internet website scenarios to streamline processes and improve productivity through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
RedPrairie is using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate to develop the next version of its business process management software. This will allow them to:
1) Extend workflow design capabilities to non-technical users by rehosting the workflow designer outside of Visual Studio.
2) Eliminate performance penalties for frequently persisted workflows by taking advantage of improvements to workflow persistence in .NET Framework 4.
3) Provide improved support for long-running workflows by allowing multiple workflow snapshots to be saved.
Through these enhancements, RedPrairie aims to increase developer productivity, provide a better user experience, and deliver higher quality software.
This document provides a competitive analysis of the web page http://www.redprairie.com/ for the search term "logistics management software". It analyzes the page and identifies ways it could improve its search engine ranking, including optimizing the document title, global link popularity, keyword usage, and other ranking factors. A sample of inbound links to the site is provided, noting many have empty link text. Overall, the analysis finds the page meets only 30% of requirements for a top 10 ranking.
CSS Corp is a global information and communications technology company with an impeccable record for designing, developing, deploying and managing end-to-end IT and network services. From application development, testing and optimization through to enterprise-level cloud enablement and round the clock technical support services, CSS Corp provides a truly impressive range of quality services that focus on delivering strategic value and operational efficiency for its customers. CSS Corp proudly works with some of the world’s best known customer and partner brands. And, with a global multi-cultural workforce of more than 5000 staff across 20 locations worldwide, the company has established a strong global foundation to continue supporting its international customers and growth aspirations.
Specialties
ICT Services - Technology Adoption, Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V), Enterprise IT Support, Customer Support Solutions, Infrastructure Management
GXS is the world’s largest integration services provider, helping more than 40,000 companies exchange electronic transactions with their trading partners
On March 13th & 14th , Eric Inch reviewed Exchange and Lync Server 2013 new features, discussed migration best practices, and hybrid scenarios with Office 365.
Download our slide deck (PDF, 2 MB) to take a deeper dive on Microsoft's Unified Communications.
And for more information on this or other topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com
CGS is a privately held, global company with over 3,000 professionals that has been providing software and services for 25 years in 30 countries. They offer end-to-end solutions across various industries, including financial services, advertising, fashion, and government. Their services include business consulting, custom software development, training, help desk support, and managed services. CGS partners with leading technology companies like Microsoft, Dell, IBM, and HP to deliver solutions.
Taashee is a 100% Linux and Open source software (OSS) company. Taashee uniquely offers a one-stop solution for all Linux and OSS related projects. We have a dedicated team of certified Linux engineers and passionate developers to handle any kind of projects related to implementation or development on Linux.
Taashee helps its customers to fully utilize the power of Linux and Open Source technologies. This results in, higher stability, higher security and higher performance with lower cost and lesser administrative overheads compared to Microsoft based solution. Even for long-time Unix users, who are stuck with limited and proprietary solutions, we offer migration services to switch over to Enterprise-grade Red Hat.
We specialize in high-availability and high-performance clusters; remote and on-site system management and maintenance services; Linux consulting services; Druid and Asterisk based VoIP solutions; Telco-grade Mail servers with uptime of as much as 99.999%; Application design and development using Open Source Technologies. Besides this, we provide comprehensive Jboss related services like: Development, Deployment, Clustering, Production-level optimization, Security etc & also Virtualization.
This document discusses the evolution of software technology, software engineering processes, and approaches to managing software talent and competencies over time. It provides examples of how different companies such as Microsoft, Capgemini, IBM, and Infosys have developed and managed their software engineering processes and talent. The document emphasizes the importance of continuous competency development and knowledge sharing for software professionals and organizations.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing models including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). It defines each model and discusses their key characteristics and when each makes sense to use versus when alternatives may be better. Case studies are provided of companies using SaaS and PaaS solutions. The document aims to help readers understand the different cloud computing options and how to determine the best solution for their needs.
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works is an integration platform that includes applications and code from popular open source projects to help enterprises easily create modular business services. It provides structured service development, multiple connectivity options, service life cycle management, and tools to simplify integrations and projects. The platform includes components like an enterprise service bus, service orchestration, rules processing, and a structured service development framework.
ItSMF 23 November 2012 - GREENCLOUDS - Cloud Service BrokerageGreenclouds
The document discusses the role of a cloud service broker in business innovation. It describes how a cloud service broker can help organizations transition to the cloud by acting as an intermediary between internal business units and external cloud providers. The broker provides strategic value by integrating multiple cloud services, providing control and compliance, and helping business units access new products faster. It outlines a six-step service delivery model for cloud service brokers to provide services to business units. Finally, it discusses how cloud service brokers can help organizations innovate by managing products in addition to services through predictive analytics and social tools.
The document describes how Tideway Foundation can help populate a CMDB by regularly discovering configuration items (CIs) like servers, software, and dependencies across the IT environment. It captures this information and automatically transfers it to populate and maintain an accurate, up-to-date view in the BMC Atrium CMDB with minimal manual effort. Key benefits include accelerated CMDB deployment, improved data quality through regular updates, and generation of impact analysis reports for change management. The Tideway adapter transfers discovery data to Atrium using its Java API. Example outputs demonstrate the level of configuration data captured for servers and how dependencies are mapped into business services views that can be viewed in both Foundation and Atrium.
This presentation primarily focuses on all new features and functionality introduced as part of R12 for Trading Community Architecture (TCA) and Oracle Customer Data Hub (CDH) product.
Hyper-V has helped AcXess fill that much needed virtualization gap with an improvised and more competent functionality and reduced data center and hardware costs.
According to Tom Elowson, President and Cofounder, AcXess, “Hyper-V has made all the difference. It is amazing to think we have grown our business 300 percent over the last few years with Hyper-V. ”
Businesses of every shape and size are using cloud to gain rapid access to world class IT capabilities (resource pooling, rapid elasticity,measured service, cost predictability, agility, rapid implementation, etc). Integrating a cloud solution with existing systems can be one of the most complex, costly and time-consuming aspects of cloud adoption.
The Cloud and You - the 'as a service' disruption you can't ignoreJohn Head
In any discussion about cloud, there are lots of buzzwords being thrown out by analysts and vendors. "Digital Transformation", "Democratization of IT", "Citizen Developer", and many more. Add in the 'as a Service" explosion and it is hard to make heads and tails over what will add value to your business. This session will cut through the hype and help bring a reality check to how the Cloud can help you. This session is for everyone: Administrator, Developer, IT Executive, or Business User. Plan on leaving with a deeper understanding and ideas of where you can take advantage.
Rewriting the Rulebook: New Ways of Working in the Digital EconomyCognizant
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Fidelity Information Services wanted to update its flagship loan origination software, Empower, to be fully Internet-enabled, more scalable, and easily integrated with customers' other systems. It worked with Avanade and Microsoft Services to migrate Empower from a Delphi platform to a .NET-based service-oriented architecture. This migration is expected to boost revenues by up to $30 million by making Empower more appealing to large financial institutions. It also saved $4 million and 18 months by using .NET instead of an alternative platform.
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The promise of cloud computing is realized because of its
essential fundamentals—standardization of infrastructure,
virtualized resources and automated processes—and the
business results are measurable. Cloud computing represents
a paradigm shift at many levels, but the ‘return on investment’
that cloud customers are realizing cannot be overstated.
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• Aruba introduces Software-Defined Branch solution
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Paylocity Microsoft Cs
1. Microsoft SQL Server
Customer Solution Case Study
Hosted Solution Provider Achieves 99.99
Percent Uptime While Supporting Rapid Growth
Overview “Our upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL
Country or Region:United States
Industry:Professional services Server 2008 really improved website responsiveness,
helping us to support our continued rapid growth.”
Customer Profile
Paylocity provides hosted payroll and Chuck Cooper, Chief Information Officer, Paylocity
human resources solutions and services.
The company has 325 employees and is
based in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Business Situation To succeed with its vision for delivering a hosted, web-based
Paylocity needed a software platform
payroll processing solution, Paylocity needed a software
capable of delivering mission-critical
levels of scalability, reliability, and platform capable of providing superior levels of availability,
security for its hosted solution.
scalability, and security—as required to compete with much
Solution larger companies. In 2004, Paylocity adopted a strategy based
The company selected Microsoft
on Microsoft technology, and over the past seven years, it has
software and now runs its hosted
solution on the Windows Server 2008 R2 evolved that strategy, continuing to take advantage of the latest
operating system and Microsoft SQL
software from Microsoft. Paylocity now runs its hosted solution
Server 2008.
on the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system and Microsoft
Benefits
SQL Server 2008. The company‟s choice of Microsoft software
Strong reliability, scalability,
performance, and security has helped Paylocity achieve the reliability, scalability, and
Continual product innovation through
security required to support around-the-clock access by more
adoption of new Microsoft software
Ease of administration and than 6,000 customers with millions of employees over the web—
management
maximizing customer satisfaction and fueling continued
Low total cost of ownership
Strong customer satisfaction business growth.
2. “To effectively support Situation based delivery model is ideal for meeting
Paylocity provides payroll, human all of those criteria. In addition, we saw how
our rapid growth rate resources, tax filing, and time and labor it would enable us to easily scale
management solutions through a software- geographically, as nothing would need to
and compete against the as-a-service (SaaS) model, along with be installed on-premises at customer sites.”
three big companies in complementary professional services. The
company has twice been named the Payroll To succeed with its vision, Paylocity needed
our industry, which are “Service Bureau of the Year” by the a software environment capable of
Independent Payroll Providers Association providing superior levels of availability,
many times larger than (IPPA) because of its 97-percent client scalability, and security. “We needed a
us, our business strategy retention rate for 10 years running. In platform capable of delivering all the
addition, Paylocity has been recognized by mission-critical attributes, as necessary to
has been to leverage Inc. Magazine six times as being among the meet customer needs and compete with
nation‟s fastest-growing, privately held much larger service providers,” says
Microsoft technology companies. Cooper. “Scalability was especially
innovations.” important because, at the time, we were
Founded in 1997, Paylocity started as a growing at a rate of 60 percent per year. Of
Chuck Cooper, Chief Information Officer, reseller of a third-party, client-server course, we also had to deliver
Paylocity application. Paylocity customized the uncompromised availability and be able to
solution for on-premises installation at secure our solution for delivery over the
customer sites, with payroll information web.”
generated by the software sent by File
Transfer Protocol (FTP) to Paylocity for In 2004, Paylocity launched Web Pay, its
processing. However, that business model hosted solution, on Windows Server 2003
presented key disadvantages that were and Microsoft SQL Server 2000. At the time,
hampering business growth: The need for the company had four web servers, one
geographic proximity to customers limited database server, 1,900 customers, 83
market size, and there was only a certain employees, and U.S.$7.8 million in annual
degree of customization that could be revenue.
achieved. Most importantly, licensing a
third-party technology prevented Paylocity Over the next few years, the company
from achieving true differentiation in the upgraded to SQL Server 2005, moved to
marketplace. 64-bit servers to take advantage of
additional physical memory, and
In 2003, the company decided that it was transitioned to separate transactional and
time for a change. “We wanted to control reporting databases that were linked by
our own destiny, and saw the opportunity transactional replication. Because of an
to build our own software-as-a-service ever-increasing number of servers in its
solution for delivery over the web as a datacenter, Paylocity adopted a virtualized
means to that end,” says Chuck Cooper, IT infrastructure. “We were growing so fast
Chief Information Officer at Paylocity. “We that we were going to run out of power
set out to create a solution for midmarket and cooling capacity, yet we still had time
companies with 50 to 5,000 employees, and on our data center lease,” recalls Cooper.
to differentiate ourselves by combining a “We adopted Windows Server on VMWare
better product with great service. Clients to address those issues, and have been
want simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and ease using it successfully ever since.”
of adoption and management; and a web-
3. “Our clients trust By 2008, that IT infrastructure had grown to new software development and relies on
12 web servers, 1 active transactional Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation
Paylocity to ensure that database server, and 2 reporting database Server 2010 for all aspects of application
servers, supporting 4,200 customers. lifecycle management.
their employees are paid
accurately and on time, Solution “We rely on our hosted solution even more
Paylocity originally chose Microsoft than you might expect,” says Cooper. “Not
and we trust the software because it met all mission-critical only does it support more than 6,000
requirements. “To effectively support our customers with millions of employees, but
Microsoft platform to rapid growth rate and compete against the it‟s also used by our own staff to both
ensure that we continue three big companies in our industry, which manage our client‟s payrolls and run our
are many times larger than us, our business own business. We also use various
to achieve that goal— strategy has been to leverage Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics products to support
technology innovations,” says Cooper. “Our sales lead management and accounting.”
even as we continue to clients trust Paylocity to ensure that their
grow at a rapid pace.” employees are paid accurately and on time, “Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
and we trust the Microsoft platform to offered significant improvements in
Chuck Cooper, Chief Information Officer, ensure that we continue to achieve that reliability, security, and scalability, with
Paylocity goal—even as we continue to grow at a support for up to 256 logical processors,
rapid pace.” which provides plenty of capacity to
support our continued rapid growth,” says
Paylocity also chose Microsoft software Cooper. “We also identified several new
because it offered superior developer and improved features in SQL Server 2008
productivity. “We had ambitious goals but that we were eager to adopt, such as
a very small development team when we compression of log files, table partitioning,
started this project,” says Cooper. “We and dynamic views.”
looked at both Microsoft .NET technology
and Java, and realized that Microsoft .NET To minimize downtime, Paylocity planned
would better enable us to more quickly and for an across-the-board upgrade of its IT
easily deliver a rich and robust solution.” infrastructure. “Because we have a solution
that is accessed by our customers literally
By late 2010, Paylocity was once again 24/7 [24 hours a day, seven days a
ready to take advantage of newer Microsoft week]throughout the year, when we do
software to support its continued rapid have a major release with scheduled
growth. Paylocity upgraded its IT downtime, we make several environmental
infrastructure to the Windows Server 2008 changes at once,” explains Cooper. “For
R2 operating system. The web servers run example, when upgrading to Windows
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008, we
Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5, the also installed a new storage area network.
latest web application platform from Everyone agrees that we have a much more
Microsoft. The database servers run stable system, and we‟ve seen the fastest
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and performance benchmarks we‟ve ever seen,
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise data with average webpage response times of
managementsoftware, and SQL Server less than one second.”
Reporting Services is used extensively.
Paylocity uses the Microsoft Visual Studio After testing the new environment,
2010 Premium development system for Paylocity upgraded all 25 web and
4. “Microsoft software database servers on a Saturday. “We “We selected SQL Server Reporting Services
completed the upgrade with no issues at as our reporting engine because it allows
gives us choice and all,” says Cooper. “In fact, the week us to programmatically create our own
following the upgrade was one of the reports,” says Cooper. “This has allowed us
flexibility in meeting busiest of the year in terms of server to build our own front-end Report Writer,
customer needs, while at workload, and everything held up which allows nontechnical users to create
remarkably well.” their own reports with just a few mouse
the same time providing clicks. Just as important, the scale-out
Current Architecture architecture for SQL Server Reporting
great scalability and Today, the IT infrastructure supporting the Services helps ensure that we can continue
dependability.” company‟s hosted solution consists 43 to keep up with an ever-increasing
virtual servers running on 9 quad-core reporting workload.”
Chuck Cooper, Chief Information Officer, Xeon 5500 servers, each configured with 72
Paylocity gigabytes of memory and 2 host-bus Important New Capabilities
adapter Fiber Channel cards. The web In implementing the versions of Windows
server tier includes 12 virtualized servers, all Server and SQL Server it uses today,
of which run Windows Server 2008 R2 with Paylocity took advantage of new and
IIS 7.5. Paylocity uses vMotion from improved functionality in those products to
VMware to move the virtual machines from improve performance, security, and
one physical server to another to evenly scalability. Features in Windows Server
distribute the load. 2008 R2 that the company adopted include:
The transactional database that supports Active Directory Federation Services 2.0,
the web tier is also hosted in a virtualized which Paylocity uses to enable single
environment, where it runs on Windows sign on (SSO) among its various payroll,
Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and SQL Server human resources, time and labor, and tax
2008 Enterprise Edition. To maximize services products. The company also
availability, the database is configured as uses Active Directory Federation Services
an active-passive cluster using failover 2.0 to integrate with hosted solutions
clustering in Windows Server 2008. The from business partners.
database is approximately 500 gigabytes in
size and averages 2,600 transactions per Improved static compression in IIS 7.5,
second, with a physical input/output (I/O) which reduces the processor and
rate of 50,000 kilobytes per second. memory utilization associated with
Enterprise-class storage is provided by a compressing static content before
Hitachi ASM2500 storage area network. transmitting it from the company‟s web
servers to a customers‟ web browsers.
The reporting tier, which is based on SQL
Server Reporting Services, resides on three Paylocity also took advantage of several
additional virtualized servers and is new and improved features in SQL Server
supported by a separate reporting 2008, including:
database. Paylocity uses transactional
replication to copy data from the Backup file compression, the use of
transactional database to the reporting which has delivered an 80 percent
database, with changes typically replicated decrease in disk space used for backups
in less than four seconds. and a 75 percent reduction in the time
required to complete those backups. “In
5. the past, backups did not always finish Dynamic database views, which have
before the start of the business day but improved the company‟s ability to see
now they do,” says Cooper. “Backup file what is occurring inside its databases
compression has also made it much and prioritize the performance-tuning of
faster to copy a full database backup to stored procedures.
our quality assurance lab and disaster
recovery data center, even though the Even though it just recently completed its
actual size of our database has grown infrastructure upgrade, Paylocity isn‟t
fivefold in the past couple of years. We standing still. Developers have migrated
can now replicate the data in our the company‟s hosted solution from
production environment to our test Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 to ASP.NET 4 for the
environment on a daily basis instead of a company‟s upcoming release, featuring a
weekly basis.” new Employee Self-Service Portal. Paylocity
is developing its Time and Labor
Table partitioning, which enables Management product using the latest
Paylocity to run simultaneous database ASP.NET Model-View-Controller (MVC)
queries against different partitions of its pattern—often referred to as ASP.NET MVC
largest database tables, while restricting 3. The company is also participating in a
lock escalation to only the affected Microsoft technology adoption program for
partition instead of the entire table. Windows Workflow Foundation, and is
“With table partitioning, we were able to looking at using Microsoft BizTalk Server
Figure 1. Paylocity used the improve the performance of calculating a 2010 to support its integration needs.
programmability of SQL Server payroll batch by more than 150 percent,”
Reporting Services to build an says Cooper. “We plan to use workflows to support
intuitive Report Writer for use by additional business processes, such as
nontechnical customers. human resources-related work streams,”
says Cooper. “We already have the
customer data in our systems and, with the
new workflow innovations from Microsoft,
we‟re able to easily take advantage of that
data to deliver new customer offerings.”
Finally, Paylocity also is keeping an eye out
for new technologies—such as Windows
Internet Explorer 9—to recommend to
customers. “With Internet Explorer 9, we‟re
seeing a 30 percent performance gain in
the rendering of our Employee Template
feature, which enables users to design the
layout of employee-facing webpages—
something we attribute to the improved
JavaScript performance in Internet Explorer
9,” says Cooper.
6. “Our software is Benefits minor issues that we have experienced
Since 2004, Paylocity has taken advantage have been hardware-related. In the past
phenomenal! It has of Microsoft software innovations to seven years, we‟ve only had to call
support and fuel business growth—and to Microsoft for support twice.”
enabled our sales keep its hosted service up and running
management team to smoothly. Today, the company relies on Superior Scalability and Performance
Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server The company‟s recent upgrade has
attract the best talent 2008 to achieve the reliability, security, and improved application performance, helping
scalability needed for 24/7 access by its Paylocity to support business growth and
available in our industry more than 6,000 customers. keep customers happy without excessive
from coast to coast to investments in additional hardware. “Our
“Microsoft software gives us choice and upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 and
help us expand from two flexibility in meeting customer needs, while SQL Server 2008 really improved website
at the same time providing great scalability responsiveness, helping us to support our
markets in 2007 to more and dependability,” says Cooper. “Just as continued rapid growth,” says Cooper.
than 30 markets today. important, we get all of the great „extras‟ “Over the past two years, webpage
out-of-the-box—features such as Active response times have decreased by 60
Our sales force is now Directory Federation Services 2.0 and SQL percent while our overall web traffic has
Server Reporting Services that we‟ve used tripled.”
significantly more to deliver an even better solution. Seven
productive and our new years ago we adopted a strategy based on The upgrade has also improved reporting
using Microsoft technology innovations to performance. “During peak periods, we run
sales have quadrupled compete against much larger companies more than 20,000 reports per day, with an
and, if our continued rapid growth is any average report generation time of seven
since 2007.” indication, that strategy has continued to seconds, even though many of the reports
Mike Haske, Vice President of Sales and serve us very well.” are large and complicated,” says Cooper.
Marketing, Paylocity “That‟s a significant improvement over
Mike Haske, Vice President of Sales and what we were seeing before the upgrade,
Marketing at Paylocity, adds, “Our software when reports took an average of 11
is phenomenal! It has enabled our sales seconds.”
management team to attract the best talent
available in our industry from coast to coast Strong Security
to help us expand from two markets in Paylocity has been able to maintain strong
2007 to more than 30 markets today. Our security, which Cooper attributes to two
sales force is now significantly more things: the integrated security model built
productive and our new sales have into the Windows Server operating system,
quadrupled since 2007.” and guidance provided by Microsoft on
how to best take advantage of it. “We
High Reliability haven‟t had a single security breach since
Because customers use its hosted service launching our hosted solution seven years
24/7, 365 days per year, Paylocity has a ago,” says Cooper. “We‟ve had external
goal of 99.99 percent service level penetration testing done, with good
availability—equal to about 52 minutes of results—and give a lot of the credit for
unplanned downtime per year. “Windows those results to the Claims-Based Identity
Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 have and Access Control guidance provided by
been rock solid, enabling us to hit our the Microsoft Patterns and Practices
target service levels,” says Cooper. “The few group.”
7. “Over 90 percent of our Continual Innovation capability, helps pay for itself,” says Cooper.
With feature-rich software and a world- “We could have spent many more times on
customers would refer us class development environment, Paylocity Oracle to get the same performance that
has been able to continually and rapidly we get with SQL Server.”
to a friend or business innovate—as necessary to stay ahead of
associate.” competitors with hundreds of times as High Customer Satisfaction
many developers. “We‟re the small guy For Cooper, customer satisfaction is the
Jenifer Page, Vice President of going up against several multibillion dollar ultimate gauge of whether his strategy to
Operations, Paylocity competitors, and have been able to run the business on Microsoft software is
compete successfully by leveraging the working. Recent survey results reflect that
enormous investments continually made by he‟s made the right decision. “Clients have
Microsoft in research and development,” been extremely happy with Paylocity and
says Cooper. “When I consider all of the our Web Pay product, as shown by recent
new capabilities we gained through our customer satisfaction surveys,” says Jenifer
latest upgrade—including Active Directory Page, Vice President of Operations at
Federation Services 2.0, static compression, Paylocity. “Over 90 percent of our
log file compression, table partitioning, and customers would refer us to a friend or
dynamic database views—it‟s like getting business associate.”
10 additional developers for less than the
price of one developer‟s annual salary.”
Ease of Administration and Management
Even with 43 virtual servers, the company‟s
production IT infrastructure requires very
little hands-on administration. “Microsoft
software makes system administration and
performance tuning easy, which is why
we‟re able to get by with only six system
administrators and three database
administrators,” says Cooper. “Choosing
Microsoft Dynamics software has also
contributed to ease of administration, as
we‟re able to maintain and support those
systems with the same tools and skillsets
that we use to support our hosted
solution.”
Low Total Cost of Ownership
With Microsoft software, Paylocity is able to
invest more on innovation with respect to
its own products and less on hardware,
licenses, maintenance, add-ons, and
consulting—contributing to a low total cost
of ownership. “Microsoft software is well
worth the investment—in addition to the
extensive capabilities it provides, it
essentially runs itself and, through that
8. For More Information Microsoft Server Product Portfolio
For more information about Microsoft For more information about the Microsoft
products and services, call the Microsoft server product portfolio, go to:
Sales Information Center at (800) 426- www.microsoft.com/servers
9400. In Canada, call the Microsoft
Canada Information Centre at (877) 568-
2495. Customers in the United States and
Canada who are deaf or hard-of-hearing
can reach Microsoft text telephone
(TTY/TDD) services at (800) 892-5234.
Outside the 50 United States and
Canada, please contact your local
Microsoft subsidiary. To access
information using the World Wide Web,
go to:
www.microsoft.com
For more information about Paylocity,
visit the website at:
www.paylocity.com
Software and Services Technologies
Microsoft Server Product Portfolio − Active Directory Federation Services
− Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 2.0
− Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise − Internet Information Services 7.5
− Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise − Microsoft ASP.NET 4
Microsoft Visual Studio − Microsoft SQL Server Reporting
− Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Services
Premium
− Microsoft Visual Studio Team Hardware
Foundation Server 2010 12 custom-build quad-core servers
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Document published April 2011