Due to strong growth, Zuellig Pharma had more than doubled its number of IT users in six years. As a result, the performance of its legacy Windows 2000 IT infrastructure was becoming less efficient, with systems administrators spending more time and financial resources maintaining and running the system. However, migrating the system involved a significant effort as it involved over 3,300 user accounts on 2,500 workstations and 232 work groups.

"Being in the healthcare business, we need to continuously meet the ever-growing demands of our market," said Chris Holton, Zuellig Pharma's Operations Director. "Completing this project in the shortest timeframe possible was critical for us. I was impressed that Datacraft completed the project in half the time estimated."

After careful evaluation of Zuellig Pharma's infrastructure and the solutions available on the market, Datacraft recommended the Quest Migration Suite for Active Directory to complete a smooth and cost-effective migration. The Migration Suite for Active Directory is a ZeroIMPACT solution that plans and executes migrations to Active Directory from Windows NT, Novell NDS or Active Directory with no interruptions to daily business operations.

Zuellig Pharma used Migration Manager to efficiently migrate and restructure the Active Directory and provide co-existence between migrated and non-migrated users. Quest Reporter was deployed to collect data on the Active Directory and Windows-based configurations, providing reports for change auditing, security assessments and pre and post-migration analyses.

"We barely noticed the migration process thanks to Datacraft's professionalism and Quest's migration tools. It was business as usual for Zuellig Pharma - our terminals were fully operational and online. There were no significant effects on our users' productivity. In fact, many expressed their satisfaction with the smooth migration process," said Holton.

Zuellig Pharma now plans to enjoy a long-relationship with Datacraft and Quest to deliver world-class IT expertise and facilities. "We are on the verge of business transformation, and reshaping our IT infrastructure to comply with regulations and internal standards will be one of our key priorities," said Holton.

"By incorporating Quest's Active Directory suite into our Microsoft solutions deployment, migration and provisioning strategy, we are able to help Zuellig Pharma plan and execute Active Directory cost effectively with minimal disruption to its users," said Neville Burdan, General Manager for Microsoft Solutions, Datacraft Asia.

About Zuellig Pharma
Zuellig Pharma was first established in Asia over 60 years ago and has become the leading healthcare distribution solution specialist in 15 countries and regions in Asia. Zuellig Pharma combines regional market expertise with constantly evolving quality services, IT systems, facilities and management in order to create enduring market partnerships based on trust, open communication, responsiveness, vision and top results. In the past six decades, Zuellig Pharma has built up extensive experience in Asia Pacific, meeting the ever-changing needs of the marketplace through continuous innovation, efficiency and forward looking management. By combining extensive local market expertise with global vision and the latest technological developments Zuellig Pharma provides dedicated, cutting-edge distribution solutions to the healthcare industry. Please visit www.zuelligpharma.com for details.

About Datacraft
Datacraft is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data plc (LSE:DDT), a US$4 billion leading global IT solutions and services provider. Datacraft operates in over 50 offices across 13 Asia Pacific countries. We help clients plan, build, support, manage, improve and innovate their IT infrastructures. Datacraft combines an expertise in networking, security, data centre, storage, Microsoft solutions and converged communications & contact centre technologies, with advanced skills in consulting, integration, training and managed services to craft IT solutions for businesses.

For more information, please visit www.datacraft-asia.com.

For further information, please contact:
Esther Quah (Datacraft Asia)
Tel: (65) 6322 6688
Email: esther.quah@datacraft-asia.com

Tng Szu Lin (Datacraft Asia)
Tel: (65) 6322 6605
Email: szu-lin.tng@datacraft-asia.com
Website:www.datacraft-asia.com

Source:
http://www.1888pressrelease.com/datacraft-completes-speedy-active-directory-migration-for-zu-pr-196422.html