Executive Summary
As a premium equipment dealer and one of the largest equipment distributors in the world, the company serves 68 locations around the U.S. After experiencing rapid growth, the
company decided to leverage Microsoft’s System Center 2012 platform as part of a comprehensive strategy and vision to more effective and efficiently manage its enterprise
infrastructure.
CHALLENGE
With rapid growth came major infrastructure pains that required an evaluation of current systems and building new processes for greater accountability, efficiencies and better
response time to serve customers.
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Existing workflow processes did not meet the needs of the growing organization allowing for efficient incident handling, problem management, change control and release
management
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Lack of flexibility, slow response time and lack of automation on organizational processes
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Limited internal resources to install and configure leading edge technology to provide the desired solution
SOLUTION
In addition to implementing Microsoft System Center Service Manager, Operations Manager and Configuration Manager, Sparkhound consultants used a customized approach to
efficiently manage its infrastructure:
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Provided initial project delivery and long-term support and guidance around the System Center suite to achieve immediate user adoption, greater flexibility and improved
response time
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Implemented 20+ robust process workflows for managing incidents, change control and resolution communications corporate-wide
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Consulted around System Center migration to ensure compliance, control and security standards were met to safeguard customer data
IMPACT
Sparkhound established a system management foundation and framework to exceed the client's key business drivers for smarter, better, faster systems. The result: more robust
workflow processes and unified systems on every device – in every location and improved communications corporate-wide.
