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Skypicker, an innovative online platform for purchasing airline tickets, was in need of a cloud hosting infrastructure capable of handling data-intensive workloads. The company's unique algorithm and robust data processing capabilities allowed it to create new flight combinations with tickets that were typically 50 to 90 percent cheaper than traditional offerings. However, to support this innovative platform and serve a rapidly increasing customer base, Skypicker needed a powerful and reliable cloud hosting infrastructure.

Tabicel, a construction company, aimed to expand its precast concrete materials business. However, the company's IT support teams were often occupied with the maintenance and management of a slow, costly, and inflexible infrastructure which hosted the company’s core SAP Business One platform. This prevented employees from focusing on higher-value activities. To support its newly launched three-year growth plan based on the delivery of eco-friendly products, Tabicel needed to optimize the use of its internal resources, cut costs, and boost productivity.

Telecomputer GmbH identified a business opportunity in the form of a cloud-based delivery model that would reduce the IT management burden for its municipal customers. However, the company needed a trusted IT solution provider offering high-performance cloud technology and data center presence in Germany. The company also needed to comply with German regulations for data management and security.

Toolfit, a company that provides a management platform to fitness facilities throughout Brazil, was in need of a more agile and reliable cloud hosting infrastructure. The organization was not only looking to improve application uptime but also wanted to collaborate with a trusted IT provider that could offer exceptional support services. The existing infrastructure was not meeting the company's needs in terms of reliability and support.

UNIT4 Business Software was facing increasing demand for cloud-based ERP solutions. To keep up with this demand, the company wanted to partner with a cloud hosting provider that offered a diverse range of services and a global data center presence, including facilities in Canada. Additionally, the company sought a trusted brand leader with a well-established international reputation to help bolster its cloud offerings.

A U.S. government organization was struggling with a sprawling, inefficient data storage infrastructure due to years of deploying disk arrays on a project-by-project basis. Each application had a separately managed silo of storage that could not be shared with new applications. These islands of storage were either bursting at the seams or significantly under-utilized, causing performance issues or representing wasted investment. The costs for acquiring and operating storage systems from multiple different vendors were high and rising, and the organization recognized that its unplanned approach to data storage was unsustainable. The need to maintain multiple different hardware and software configurations meant that operating costs for storage were too high. The organization also had islands of both under- and over-utilization: a large proportion of its investment in storage capacity was doing no useful work while in other areas it was struggling to scale its arrays to meet growing needs.

Viewpointe, a leading managed service and payments provider to regulated industries, was looking to reduce costs and boost efficiency. The company wanted to move its internal and client-facing IT operations to a single high-performance cloud hosting infrastructure. The goal was to find an infrastructure solution that would provide overall savings and greater efficiency, allowing the company to be more competitive in the market.

WeCloud AB, a Sweden-based company providing cloud-based security services, was looking to extend its services beyond Scandinavia to customers worldwide. The company's core offerings include antispam, email archiving, and virus filtering solutions. To achieve this global reach, WeCloud needed a trusted cloud hosting provider with a global data center presence. The company evaluated several options, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

Zumidian, a company that provides hosting infrastructure for online games, was in need of a cloud provider that could offer high-availability, high-performance technology. The business was seeking a flexible global cloud solution that could easily scale up and down to accommodate unpredictable gaming workloads. The challenge was to find a cloud provider that could meet these requirements and also provide a fast, security-rich network.

To launch the immixGroup Criminal Investigative Tracking Tool (iCrITT), an innovative solution for conveniently, securely managing all information associated with child exploitation investigations, immixGroup needed a scalable, economical hosting platform. The company wanted to build a system that can be used across multiple law enforcement agencies and needed a hosting solution that would make it easy to share information, but also allow agencies to maintain the security of their case information. The company evaluated SoftLayer, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure cloud solutions, but only SoftLayer allowed them to dedicate hardware completely to the iCrITT environment.

Montgomery County Juvenile Court judges have less than 10 minutes per child to review information from many parties and make potentially life-changing decisions. They must have efficient, comprehensive data flow. Gathering all of the requisite information can be difficult, particularly because things change quickly. It’s realistic to say that for 50 percent of the cases, something happens between the time when the clerks put together files and when court begins. This could result in wasting precious time discussing a recent update.

The 2013 merger between Edward Hospital & Health Services and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare created one of the largest health systems in Illinois. As is often the case with this type of amalgamation, executives of the newly named Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare faced numerous integration challenges and had to determine the best way to maximize each organization’s strengths. One of the challenges was deciding on a cardiology system. Before the merger, both hospitals used Merge’s cardiology solutions, Merge Cardio™ and Merge Hemo™, for a single web-based view of each patient’s complete record. The decision to continue using these products was an easy one, says Jeff Hanson, manager of imaging informatics at Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, since users at both locations are delighted with their performance.

The Polyclinic, a multispecialty clinic with fifteen locations throughout the greater Seattle area, was facing challenges in facilitating compliance with Medicare Annual Wellness Visit requirements. Many of The Polyclinic’s providers were not well informed regarding Annual Wellness Visit eligibility, protocols, and benefits, and as a result were unable to communicate their value to patients. This led to a substantial number of eligible patients not coming in for an Annual Wellness Visit, and of those who did, the no-touch nature of the appointment caused confusion and dissatisfaction, as many were expecting more of an annual physical. Another challenge the organization faced was some patients contacted for Annual Wellness Visits were ill or physically fragile, and bringing them in for assessments was not appropriate.

Hallmark Health Medical Associates (HHMA) wanted to empower its caregivers to improve performance on several key measures by improving documentation and using pre-visit planning and daily huddles. The organization set three goals for this implementation. First, the organization wanted to make it easier for caregivers to review and update primary care physician (PCP) attribution and patient status. HHMA believed this would help drive the accuracy of outreach calls and performance reporting. HHMA’s second goal was for all of its offices to begin performing pre-visit planning at least one day in advance. As part of this goal, the business envisioned daily huddles in its offices, during which caregivers would use patient summaries to identify and develop plans for closing patient care gaps. The organization’s third goal was to reach a threshold of 90 percent for six 2014 National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) PatientCentered Medical Home (PCMH) standard measures.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) was facing several challenges with its imaging strategy. The hospital had limited long-term image storage for its contingency system and lacked a true disaster recovery process for full-fidelity images. Additionally, there was no documentation for ultrasound studies, which prevented the hospital from billing for imaging procedures. The hospital was also looking to expand its image storage beyond radiology and cardiology to include images from across all 'ologies. However, such a complicated change required a deliberate and careful process to ensure that images were not misplaced or inaccessible.

Irdeto, a global leader in digital platform security, was facing challenges in streamlining its sales processes. The company's sales teams were distributed worldwide, each with its own approach, incentives, and rewards. The lack of a centralized system led to inconsistencies and inefficiencies. Sales teams and managers were unable to see the approval process, who was responsible for incentives, or what compensation was based on. The company was using spreadsheets to calculate sales reps rewards and shared the file with the teams by email. Irdeto wanted to offer all international sales teams the same rewards, improve collaboration between teams, and provide clear compensation.

In 2011, the government of China mandated that all trucks be connected to the TransWiseway Internet of Vehicles (IoV) platform. As a result, Beijing-based TransWiseway Information Technology Co. Ltd. needed to grow its platform to support and serve 10 million simultaneously connected vehicles while managing the massive amounts of data generated by the solution. The company was faced with the challenge of expanding its platform to accommodate the growing number of connected vehicles and the data they generate. This required a robust and scalable solution that could handle the influx of data and provide real-time analysis for improved safety and decision making.

The online provider of hotel accommodations was struggling to fully benefit from customer feedback as the information provided often lacked the detail required to identify and fix issues. The online travel industry is highly competitive and many sites provide similar inventories. This makes it difficult for companies to differentiate their offerings and achieve long-term success. The hotel accommodation provider was looking for a way to embed customer listening into critical business processes. However, many e-businesses are ill equipped to fully benefit from customer feedback, as they are often unable to act on the information. For example, customers might allude to a problem in the booking process but unless they provide specific details, the e-business is hard pressed to identify and fix the issue. This cycle of inactionable feedback perpetuates poor customer experiences, site abandonment and unrealized revenue opportunities.

Pixx.io was preparing to launch its innovative, professional media management platform and needed a highly scalable hosting infrastructure. The company wanted to partner with a trusted provider that could offer a high-performance hosting environment, exceptional support services, and a global data center presence, including a facility in Germany. The challenge was to find a solution that could meet these requirements and support the company's growth.

The industrial laundry firm, a key player in the textile and service industry, was struggling to transition to Industry 4.0. The firm was traditional and relied heavily on manual labor and old equipment, which lacked open communication interfaces for automation. The management needed to monitor the efficiency of both machines and workers in their large facilities and make use of visualization and data analytics to deploy efficiency initiatives. However, traditional PLC/HMI solutions were too expensive and not easily integrated into cloud-based solutions. Therefore, they needed a dedicated cloud-based application that would allow management to easily view their production efficiency across multiple locations throughout the country.

The Italian manufacturer of transmissions, engines, drivelines, and fasteners sought to develop a company-wide optimization program aimed at enhancing the asset management and energy consumption of their existing machinery and infrastructure. The goal was to improve the condition monitoring process and manage overall equipment effectiveness. The company required an open technology solution for data acquisition and monitoring that could support a range of different equipment and machines without replacing any existing hardware. The system also needed to be user-friendly for operators, with an easy-to-use and intuitive dashboard that could be viewed on a range of devices including smartphones and tablets.

The Brazilian manufacturer of consumer goods was facing challenges in maintaining the strictest standards for product quality due to the high volume and complexity of their production facilities. They needed to effectively monitor an extraordinary range of production lines while also maintaining rigorous standards of quality and efficiency. The manufacturer was looking for a solution that could help them actively manage production line assets, make adjustments to coordination, and avoid costly downtime through preventive maintenance. They also needed to ensure the integration of their MES, enterprise resource planning, and maintenance systems for improved machine availability, equipment homologation, and production line management.

Harver, a pre-employment assessment software company, was facing the challenge of scaling to meet the demands of its growing enterprise customers. Initially, the company relied on labor-intensive statistical analysis in R or Excel to surface hiring metrics to their customers. However, as Harver continued to grow and add more enterprise customers, it had to automate and scale processes in order to provide their growing customer base the insights and customization they expected. The company needed an analytics solution that could also support its multi-tiered product offering, integrate with other tools such as Zendesk, and support multi-tenancy. In addition to the technical functionality, it was also critical that an embedded solution could appear seamless and natural within the impeccably designed Harver platform.

Contaminants on conveyor, if not detected, can lead to an increased cost and machine downtime.

Outliers have often been seen as the low-hanging fruit for various manufacturing issues, whether it's root cause, machine issue, or raw material.

Like all medical facilities, Nemours Children’s Hospital continuously monitors patients’ vital signs. But patient health can’t always be assessed by clinical data alone. Seeing the minute changes in a patient’s color or noting increased restlessness can be a sign of escalating problems. Since it would be impossible for medical staff to be in every patient’s room simultaneously, the hospital wanted to install video cameras in each room so that paramedics remotely monitoring patient vitals could also visually see if the child was in distress and call for immediate medical attention.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of maintaining a healthy indoor environment, with parameters such as temperature, humidity, CO2 levels, and adequate ventilation directly tied to overall wellbeing. Building operators need a solution to gain remote intelligence on building conditions to monitor indoor climates. By having this information, they could proactively intervene to maintain optimal climate conditions. However, there is a lack of low-cost, end-to-end solutions available capable of ensuring that every home is not only a safe and healthy environment but can also do so in a way that gives the end user complete control in an end-to-end user-friendly interface.

The pulp and paper market, valued at USD519 billion in 2019, is projected to reach USD680 billion by 2027. With this rapid growth, safety standards, particularly fire protection, have become a priority. Paper dust, a byproduct of the manufacturing process, is highly combustible, leading to the risk of dust explosions at manufacturing facilities. A paper pulp mill in eastern Canada recognized the need for enhanced fire protection at their facility. The existing system, a vertical turbine pump, was insufficient. The facility managers sought a more comprehensive solution that would meet the future demands of the mill and provide peace of mind.

The citywide multi-modal transportation authority was facing a significant challenge due to the city's fast-paced development and growing population. The projected demand was expected to strain the public transportation system if not planned for properly. To serve these anticipated needs, the authority drafted its Land Transport Master Plan for transportation network investments that forecasted needs over a decade. In addition to a rapidly growing population, ever-expanding data volumes posed a considerable challenge to their technology infrastructure. The authority relies on data and applications to ensure smooth travel for all—capturing more than 12 million records on public transport each day. However, land transport IT systems were designed for quick response time, with priority given to keeping transactions moving; but not for keeping data beyond three months. Lost data meant a lost ability to conduct meaningful trend analysis, create long-term policy planning, or engage in data mining.

Jersey Electricity, a vertically integrated power utility, is the sole supplier of electricity in Jersey, serving around 50,000 domestic and commercial customers. The utility was in the process of replacing traditional meters with smart meters that automatically transmit readings and interval data to 650 local data concentrators situated around the island, every three hours or on demand. The challenge was to automate the entire smart metering process, from data collection through to information publishing. The company wanted to provide its customers with accurate and timely information on energy usage from the new smart meters, thereby improving customer engagement.