This is a busy time of year for Dell Software – especially for those of us in the Windows Management solution area. Having just got back from great success at both the Microsoft Lync and SharePoint Conferences, we are now prepping for the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) next week in Austin, Texas. We have a lot of exciting things planned for MEC including a Dell Solution Showcase where you can take part in focus groups, roadmap discussions, and get exclusive product demos of our newest solutions for Exchange and Office 365.
Dell has a long and successful history in offering Exchange solutions, having migrated more than 35 million mailboxes to Exchange, including more than 10 million mailboxes from Notes, GroupWise and Google. In 2013, several of our products were winners in the Windows IT Pro Community Choice Awards, and just today we announced a great new customer story that further solidifies our migration leadership position. Coats plc, the world's leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, leveraged our migration solutions to complete a fast, seamless global migration of 7,500 users across 70 countries from IBM Notes to Office 365, in only five months and without disruption to the company’s day-to-day business activities.
Working with Microsoft and InfraScience, a member of Dell’s PartnerDirect program, Coats used Dell’s Notes Migrator for Exchange and Coexistence Manager for Notes to provide a seamless, cost-effective migration experience. Even with some mailboxes of up to 30 gigabytes in size, Coats’ users were migrated on schedule and without disruption. The solutions reduced the cost of the project significantly by automating migration processes and delivering a solid return on investment.
The key to executing a successful migration ─ whether it’s to a new platform, the cloud, or as part of a merger or acquisition ─ is to assemble the right team. Coats benefited from the team of Microsoft, InfraScience and Dell Software and was able to meet the company’s objective of enabling easy and cost-effective communication and collaboration across desktop and mobile devices, regardless of geographical location. This teamwork is a perfect example of the way we use our expertise and customer-centric approach to work with our partners to quickly address customers’ unique business challenges.
If you are attending MEC next week, be sure to stop by the Dell booth #101 and talk to us about how we help our customers ensure a successful migration and then get the most out of their new environment once they have completed the migration.
Learn more about this amazing customer story by reading today’s press release, Coats Chooses Dell Software Migration Solutions for Worldwide Move to Office 365, or check out the new video, Coats quickly migrates 7,500 users worldwide with Notes Dell Migrator for Exchange.
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