ManageSoft customer Lend Lease wins Network World's 2004 user excellence award for ambitious IT infrastructure project
Lend Lease receives second major IT industry award in recognition of its innovative use of ManageSoft dynamic software management solutions
January 4, 2005 Boston, MA, USA
ManageSoft, The Software Management Company™, today announced its customer, Lend Lease Corporation Limited (ASX: LLC), was selected as Network World's 2004 User Excellence award winner for its use of ManageSoft dynamic software management solutions as part of its innovative IT initiative called project highRISE. In its 20th year, the Network World User Excellence Awards honor organizations using network technology in innovative and effective ways to further corporate goals. Network World honors projects that use newer infrastructure technologies or adapt mainstream technologies in order to transform their businesses. These projects improve business processes and create efficiencies that result in significant cost savings, increased revenue or considerable new opportunities.
"As one of the world's leading real estate services companies, we needed a software management solution that could tackle our complex desktop and IT asset management needs on a global scale," said John Miles, chief security officer for Lend Lease. "ManageSoft helped lay the foundation for project highRISE, and we are pleased to receive this award recognition as we continue to utilize ManageSoft solutions to extend the boundaries of our worldwide business."
As part of project highRISE, ManageSoft delivers intelligent, automated analysis to Lend Lease's managed desktops, servers, handheld devices and mobile computers. This enables 10,000 devices in more than 40 countries on five continents worldwide to dynamically adapt and self-heal, to respond to changes and comply with centrally-defined IT policies. In addition, ManageSoft® Security Patch Management™ protects the company against the crippling effects of computer viruses and worms.
"We are pleased to share in this recognition from a widely-read, industry leading publication like Network World," said Walter Elliot, CEO for ManageSoft. "As the winner of this award, Lend Lease exemplifies our customers' ability to utilize ManageSoft technology to meet core business objectives and achieve fast and measurable ROI. This is the second major IT industry recognition that Lend Lease has received during the past month, further demonstrating the success of IT projects employing a ManageSoft solution."
"With a basic guideline of 'cheaper, better, faster,' Lend Lease's project highRISE team deserves recognition as our 2004 User Excellence Award winner for the ambitious and unusual convergence strategy that brings together security, services and systems management. Many enterprises today talk about better aligning IT with the business, but Lend Lease is really doing so," Beth Schultz, editor, Network World Power Issue.
Network World featured an in-depth case study on the winning project in its special Signature Series Power Issue edition published on December 27. Network World's Signature Series Power Issue is an annual guide to the most powerful people, companies, technologies and ideas in the network industry. Network World Fusion hosts a companion Web site at www.nwfusion.com/power/2004.
ManageSoft enables medium to large organizations to automatically deploy, update and manage software and security patches for desktops, servers and mobile devices. ManageSoft dynamic software management solutions uniquely build intelligence into desktops, laptops, handheld devices, and servers located anywhere in the world. This built- in intelligence enables each device to dynamically adapt to changes in the IT environment, transforming computers into self-managing devices that automatically self-update, self-patch, and self-heal. This unique client-centric architecture dramatically reduces support costs and increases productivity for these valuable IT assets.
About Network World, Inc.
Network World Inc., the Leader in Network Knowledge, empowers Network IT Executives through education, information and community. Network World is the leading provider of news, analysis, reviews, events and education on information technology. Network World publishes the leading newsweekly, Network World, hosts the most active online community, Network World Fusion (www.nwfusion.com), and produces educational seminars and events worldwide.
About Lend Lease
Lend Lease (ASX: LLC) is a leading real estate services business, having developed, constructed and managed real estate assets around the world for over 45 years. From office towers, hospitals and airports, to shopping centres, pharmaceutical facilities and residential communities, Lend Lease has created many landmarks for the public sector and private enterprise. The Group focuses its strengths of project and construction management, integrated development and real estate funds management within the three major regions of the United States of America (US), Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).
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