Cireson Helps Loyola University Unlock True Potential of Microsoft System Center
公司规模
Mid-size Company
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- Cireson Business Management Solution
- Cireson My Active Work Items
- Cireson Analyst Portal
- Cireson Outlook Console
技术栈
- HTML5
- Microsoft System Center Service Manager
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Cost Savings
- Employee Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 功能应用 - 企业资源规划系统 (ERP)
- 功能应用 - 远程监控系统
适用行业
- 教育
适用功能
- 商业运营
- 设施管理
用例
- 过程控制与优化
- 远程资产管理
- 远程控制
服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
Established in 1852, Loyola University Maryland is a Jesuit Catholic university in Maryland, Baltimore. Catering to 6,080 students, Loyola has a main campus for undergraduate and graduate students, and two satellite campuses for graduate students only. Dedicated to academic excellence, for more than a decade, Loyola has been ranked among the Top 10 master’s universities in the North by U.S. News & World Report. The university is committed to providing a high-quality education and fostering a supportive and inclusive community. Loyola's IT department manages over 3,500 devices across the campus, ensuring that both students and staff have access to the necessary technological resources to support their academic and administrative needs.
挑战
Loyola’s University IT department, managing over 3,500 devices across the campus, had been using a service desk product to automate and fulfill service requests for a number of years. They were quite familiar with the management of the old product, and were generally satisfied with the capabilities it offered. It also allowed them to manage their unique non-homogenous environment – while 85% of the students and staff at the university use Windows, the remaining 15% are dedicated Mac users. Once the old service desk product reached end of life, the university decided to switch to Microsoft’s System Center Service Manager. The reason behind it was twofold – the product’s extensive capabilities, as well as lower overall costs. While offering a wealth of capabilities, Service Manager was at times difficult to navigate for those without extensive training and also presented challenges for integration of non-Windows based devices. While the staff was enthusiastic about the potential capabilities of Service Manager, they were unanimous in the decision that – they had to find an add-on to make the solution more user-friendly and more robust for their unique environment. They started looking for an add-on product to speed console operations, streamline workflows and clicks, increase functionality of the product, and allow Service Manager to be functional from non-Windows platforms.
解决方案
While Loyola looked at a number of competing solutions to improve the functionality of Service Manager they eventually selected Cireson’s Business Management Solution. The platform enabled Loyola’s team to discover the true potential of Service Manager and its capabilities. Originally, Loyola started with two Cireson solutions – My Active Work Items, and Analyst Portal. The Cireson Portal, according to Nicholas Velich, Client Services Engineer, “was one of the best things to ever happen to our Service Manager implementation.” The fully featured, HTML5 based, Cireson Portal enabled the large portion of Loyola’s IT staff to work from OSX devices, as well as other mobile devices, including low-power laptops and tablets. The recently implemented Outlook Console was another product that significantly contributed to the improved workflow and faster resolution of ticketing problems. Allowing users to do most of their work with Service Manager from the familiar interface of Outlook, it cut down on the time needed to open and close additional windows. It also enabled users to multi-task and keep aware of other important messages delivered through Outlook. The deployment of all of the Cireson solutions was quick and pain-free, with no downtime for Loyola’s end users. Designed with intuitive interfaces, Cireson solutions usually don’t require any formal training for the end users. In Loyola’s case, once the apps were implemented, a “digest” email was sent to all the users with basic instructions. Following the email, the users were able to start working right away. The benefits of bringing on Cireson have proved boundless, and Loyola continues to discover new ways to make the most of the software as new products are released.
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