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	Global Retailer Eliminates Costly Shipping Campaign Using Nomad

Global Retailer Eliminates Costly Shipping Campaign Using Nomad

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Device Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Retail
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Maintenance
Use Cases	Remote Asset Management
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	The company faced severe challenges in managing content distributions, given its highly distributed environment and large number of remote PCs. It was facing massive management burdens of a large distribution point array and thousands of individual remote network links, and had been relying on express shipping images on CDs throughout the world in order to keep endpoint machines properly imaged and up to date – an expensive and time-consuming manual process. Read More
About Customer	This multinational retail corporation operates over 11,000 stores in 28 countries, making it one of the largest retail entities globally. The company deals with a highly distributed environment, managing a vast number of remote PCs and in-store machines. Given the scale of its operations, the company faces significant logistical and operational challenges, particularly in maintaining up-to-date software and system images across its extensive network. The retailer operates in a notoriously low-margin financial environment, which necessitates efficient and cost-effective solutions to maintain profitability. The company has a history of relying on traditional methods, such as shipping CDs, to manage its software distribution, which has proven to be both costly and labor-intensive. Read More
Solution	Utilizing Nomad’s automated software and image deployment process and peer-to-peer delivery on 200,000 of its remote and store-based machines meant that the organization was able to end its reliance on shipping CDs around the world. It was also able to remove more than 250 site-specific distribution points from its environment, and strip out over 40,000 manual man-hours per year. Nomad’s solution provided a more efficient and reliable method for software distribution, leveraging peer-to-peer technology to ensure that all machines were updated without the need for physical media. This not only reduced costs but also improved the reliability and security of the software deployment process, ensuring that all machines were consistently up-to-date with the latest patches and updates. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Device Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Retail

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Maintenance

Use Cases

Remote Asset Management

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

The company faced severe challenges in managing content distributions, given its highly distributed environment and large number of remote PCs. It was facing massive management burdens of a large distribution point array and thousands of individual remote network links, and had been relying on express shipping images on CDs throughout the world in order to keep endpoint machines properly imaged and up to date – an expensive and time-consuming manual process.

About Customer

This multinational retail corporation operates over 11,000 stores in 28 countries, making it one of the largest retail entities globally. The company deals with a highly distributed environment, managing a vast number of remote PCs and in-store machines. Given the scale of its operations, the company faces significant logistical and operational challenges, particularly in maintaining up-to-date software and system images across its extensive network. The retailer operates in a notoriously low-margin financial environment, which necessitates efficient and cost-effective solutions to maintain profitability. The company has a history of relying on traditional methods, such as shipping CDs, to manage its software distribution, which has proven to be both costly and labor-intensive.

Solution

Utilizing Nomad’s automated software and image deployment process and peer-to-peer delivery on 200,000 of its remote and store-based machines meant that the organization was able to end its reliance on shipping CDs around the world. It was also able to remove more than 250 site-specific distribution points from its environment, and strip out over 40,000 manual man-hours per year. Nomad’s solution provided a more efficient and reliable method for software distribution, leveraging peer-to-peer technology to ensure that all machines were updated without the need for physical media. This not only reduced costs but also improved the reliability and security of the software deployment process, ensuring that all machines were consistently up-to-date with the latest patches and updates.

Impact #1	Automating software delivery - the company no longer spends an estimated $6M on one of the world’s largest ever media shipping campaigns, stripping out 40,000 man hours of unnecessary manual work in an extremely low-margin business.
Impact #2	Over 250 distribution points removed - including the decommissioning of 100 dedicated server-class machines.
Impact #3	Complete security and reliability – over one of the most widely distributed networks on the planet, scaling up to 200,000 targeted machines.

Impact #1

Automating software delivery - the company no longer spends an estimated $6M on one of the world’s largest ever media shipping campaigns, stripping out 40,000 man hours of unnecessary manual work in an extremely low-margin business.

Impact #2

Over 250 distribution points removed - including the decommissioning of 100 dedicated server-class machines.

Impact #3

Complete security and reliability – over one of the most widely distributed networks on the planet, scaling up to 200,000 targeted machines.

Benefit #1	Total annual savings of over $7.5M.

Benefit #1

Total annual savings of over $7.5M.

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Global Retailer Eliminates Costly Shipping Campaign Using Nomad

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