AECOM: Global Infrastructure Consulting Firm
AECOM is a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm based in Los Angeles. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM has 100,000 employees and reported revenue of approximately $18 billion in 2015. AECOM has been named one of Fortune magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” two consecutive years.
The Challenge
Costly server infrastructure after massive acquisition
The Adaptiva OneSite product is integral to speeding software migrations and deployments across our growing enterprise. OneSite is a clear choice for any IT organization that wants to reduce the total cost of ownership for Configuration Manager.
"We can add new systems and global locations easily to our endpoint management solution without infrastructure costs, delays, or impacts."
Adaptiva eliminates the need for adding over 1,000 servers in our infrastructure footprint as we accelerate our move from Altiris to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. It enables us to accomplish our software distribution goals with a lean, agile IT team and reduces time consuming system administration efforts across our enterprise.
The Solution
Using Adaptiva OneSite software distribution engine and SCCM to manage 85,000 globally distributed endpoints
After thorough testing, AECOM selected SCCM and the Adaptiva OneSite™ software distribution engine. AECOM is using OneSite to initially manage over 85,000 globally distributed endpoints using centralized administration and four primary SCCM site servers.
OneSite stood out from the competition for its ability to:
- Eliminate over 1,200 distribution point (DP) servers
- Automate and accelerate large-scale Windows 10 deployments
- Distribute content worry-free on the global
- Deliver software applications and updates to end-users much faster
OneSite provides a unified platform for all the different systems AECOM was previously running. Because the software is so easy and fast to deploy, AECOM predicted rollout to all 1,500 offices within 6 months. However, they began to realize the benefits of OneSite long before it was implemented across the entire enterprise.
Results
Eliminated 1,500 servers worldwide
- Eliminated need for over 1,500 servers
- Increased speed and automation of Windows 10 OSD
- Avoided all WAN impacts while speeding delivery
- Better servicing of business users through faster delivery