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AdminStudio Comcast Success Story
1. Success Story:
Comcast
“AdminStudio is one of the most flexible products
I’ve ever used. It’s almost like two products in one:
you can either get up and running really quickly
Reducing costs and streamlining resources for an and earn the return on what you’ve spent on it, or
you can get into as much detail as you want and
OS migration while meeting aggressive deadlines leverage all the functionalities that you may want
in the product. Or you can even do both. Without
and handling complex application management: an question, AdminStudio helped us realize our
goals with the least amount of organizational or
AdminStudio case study managerial challenge that we’ve ever seen.”
Darrin Veit
Technologist II
Comcast Cable
The Flexera Software Solution able to completely repackage its legacy
Prior to selecting Flexera Software’s applications into the Microsoft Windows
award-winning AdminStudio, Comcast Installer (MSI) format, migrate to Active
had been using Computer Associates’ Directory and re-boot the machines with
Unicenter product to manage their legacy the updated software. Within 72 hours, all
Business Challenge applications. The company ultimately 600 machines were operating perfectly,
Comcast Cable is the leading cable and found that the CA solution was not well and the call center was open for business
broadband communications provider suited to handle the migration of legacy within its deadline.
serving more than 21 million customers applications to Windows 2000 within
in 35 states and the District of Columbia, the short time required to meet the “I don’t think I’ve worked with any other
and is the market leader in 8 of the top 10 aggressive deadlines. technology that I’ve been able to get up
U.S. markets. and running so quickly,” says Darrin
After an in-depth evaluation of both Veit, Technologist II of Comcast Cable,
Comcast Cable, Central California Wise Package Studio and Flexera Central California.
(Comcast) is responsible for all subscribers Software’s AdminStudio, Comcast selected
in the greater metro area of Sacramento. AdminStudio for its superior integration Business Benefits
with the SMS 2003 environment, as well The benefits that AdminStudio delivered to
The company’s Sacramento-based group as its ability to reliably handle all complex Comcast Cable include:
serving Central California planned to application packaging steps prior to • Simplified and accelerated complex
open a new call center with 600 PCs a major deployment including conflict migration: Comcast was able to
that needed to be installed within a resolution, updates, pre-deployment testing migrate their legacy applications from
short period of time. At the same time, and overall packaging and installation. Windows NT to Windows 2000
Comcast’s 100+ legacy applications used quickly and easily.
by the call center also had to be migrated Under intense time pressure, Comcast
from Windows NT to Windows 2000 purchased AdminStudio only two weeks
Active Directory Services for this before the new branch was scheduled to
new branch. open. In a matter of days, Comcast was
