For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals (Length: 5 pages)

June 16, 2009

Case Study: Learning From GlaxoSmithKline's Cloud-Based Email Decision Process

How GlaxoSmithKline Decided To Move To Microsoft Online Services

This is the fourth document in the "Email In The Cloud" series.

by Christopher Voce

with Ted Schadler, Ben Echols, Lauren E. Nelson


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

GlaxoSmithKline is moving approximately 90,000 email users to Microsoft's Exchange Online, a cloud-delivered service. To make the decision, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) went through a rigorous internal discovery process to calculate costs, find dependencies, and analyze its workforce. The result is that GSK is able to optimize its messaging and collaboration platform to meet the full range of its end users' requirements — while saving on its ongoing costs. To make your own cloud-based opportunity, learn from GSK's experience and: 1) analyze your workforce needs; 2) tier your workforce to optimize costs; and 3) calculate your own fully loaded costs.

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Analyst: Christopher Voce
Technology: Computer Architectures, Information & Knowledge Management, IT Infrastructure & Operations, IT Services, Messaging, Outsourcing
Industry: Healthcare & Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America