Idea Case Studies

Idea Case Studies

Idea Integration delivers innovative services that help organizations get more performance and productivity. Through a deep expertise in IT consulting and a continued focus on our customer needs, Idea Integration assists customers worldwide in meeting higher expectations.

Feautred Case Study

  • Naval Air Systems Command


    Naval Air Systems Command

    Learn how Idea Integration helped start NAVAIR down the path to a true SOA and will enable them to begin optimizing business processes.

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  • Tallahassee Community College


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    Tallahassee Community College worked with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Idea Integration to optimize and roll out a new, simplified IT infrastructure. In January 2007, it began by deploying Microsoft products that would play a supporting role for the new information management solution. First, it migrated the college’s back-end infrastructure from its Novell environment to the Windows Server® 2003 operating system.

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  • Jacksonville Electric Authority


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    Idea Integration strives to assist our customers make the most of their IT investments. Our work with the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) highlights successful integration work across an entire organization.

    FMS JEA

    Idea Integration worked with Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to upgrade and consolidate existing FMS application to a newer version, in addition to merging the functionality of the two separate dispatch systems into a single dispatch solution.

    View the FMS JEA Case Study(PDF)

    JEA iRecruitment

    The Idea Enterprise Architect (EA) Team worked with Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to create a single online recruitment portal using Oracle Application’s iRecruitment module in order to allow inside employees and the outside public access.

    View the JEA iRectruitment Case Study (PDF)

    JEA.com

    Idea Integration worked with Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to update the company’s JEA.com website and based it primarily on the Microsoft Window 2003 Server. This provided in the instance that the Primary site failed, a failover system would switch external site users to a Backup, Disaster Recovery site.

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    HPUX Oracle Upgrade

    The Idea Enterprise Architect (EA) Team worked with Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to find a way to best consolidate the HP servers in order to reduce support cost and to determine the easiest way to upgrade the Oracle databases without impacting the applications. The result was annual support cost savings of $400,000.

    View the HPUX Oracle Upgrade Case Study (PDF)

    Platinum JEA

    Idea Integration worked with Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to update the network and server farm in order to account for the growing number of servers and a new fail-over, disaster recovery solution

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    SCADA System JEA

    Idea Integration worked with Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to create a consolidated server solution based on Microsoft Windows 2003 server in order to correct the need for would hardware upgrade server consolidation and disaster recovery for servers involved in the Water/Waste Water SCADA system.

    View the SCADA System JEA Case Study (PDF)


Geospatial Case Studies

  • Shell Spatial Data Manager

    Idea Geospatial worked with Shell Exploration and Production Company (SEPCo) to develop a web-based integration software which allowed them to streamline and manage data from multiple servers and directories, therefore creating a better user experience.

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  • Burlington Resources

    Idea Geospatial worked with Burlington Resources to create a user-friendly centralized system which managed their leasehold assets. Their needs analysis proved a custom GIS application would be necessary, so Idea Geospatial put together a system Burlington now refers to as PLAT (Petroleum Land Analysis Tool).

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  • Colorado Springs Utility

    Idea Geospatial worked with the Colorado Springs Utility company to generate a centralized mapping system that brought together all the utilities managed, as well as the ability to visualize their infrastructure.

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Legacy Case Studies

  • Michigan Bureau of State Lottery

    Idea Legacy worked with the Michigan Bureau State Lottery to perform a Unisys migration designed to create an open-system environment to run new mission-critical applications as necessary.

    Read the Unisys Proprietary Mainframe Migration case study
  • American Society of Civil Engineers

    Idea Legacy worked with the American Society of Civil Engineers to evaluate and perform an open system migration to reduce overall costs, prepare for a mainframe upgrade, and use lowered costs to allow newer technology to be included in their IT budget.

    Read the ASCE Legacy Mainframe to Open Systems Migration case study
  • HON National Manufacturing Company

    Idea Legacy with HON, a national manufacturing company, to do a complete legacy platform migration. They hoped to mitigate costs while still moving to a platform which could manage the customized services that they had historically experienced with their archaic system.

    Read the HON Legacy Platform Migration to Open IBM AIX Platform case study
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Microsoft Case Studies

  • VyStar Credit Union

    Idea Microsoft worked with VyStar Credit Union to upgrade its data, form and document management system through Microsoft’s SharePoint technologies.

    Read the SharePoint Implementation Case Study
  • Andrews and Kurth LLP

    Idea Microsoft worked with Andrews Kurth LLP to install Microsoft Operations Manager to allow the Andrews Kurth Network Operations team to stay ahead of the curve by visualizing and responding to issues before they affected the end-user.

    Read the IT Operations Case Study
  • Tallahassee Community College

    Idea Microsoft worked with Tallahassee Community College to implement a Microsoft Office SharePoint Solution (MOSS) in order to create an online student portal that could provide students the ability to register for classes, pay tuition, and interact with professors in real-time.

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Business Consulting Case Studies

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    Idea Business Consulting worked with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) on a 5-year initiative to replace its Integrated Management Information System.

    Read the Integrated Management Information Systems Case Study
  • National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation

    Idea Business Consulting worked with the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) to define solutions to increase time to market for the CFCs web services and evade upcoming competition.

    Read the Credit Workflow Implementation Case Study
  • Calpine Corporation

    Idea Business Consulting worked with Calpine Corporation to perform a comprehensive organizational and operational analysis, generating a roadmap of future changes necessary to meet process refinement goals and IS governance requirements.

    Read the Process Refinement and IS Governance Case Study
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SAS Case Studies

  • Idea SAS has worked with clients such as United Health Group, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, JP Morgan, and Clorox. These engagements have provided services that defined and consolidated data, amplified analysis tools, and allowed the companies to communicate more quickly and efficiently within their organizations.

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Business Intelligence Case Studies

  • Idea Business Intelligence worked with the Office of Personnel Management to effectively implementing a standardized human capital management system upgrading staffing procedures and HR managers access to critical data.

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Information Security Case Studies

  • Idea Information Security working with leading enterprises to provide security solutions tailored around regulatory compliance and best practices. We offer complete security solutions pertaining to HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, GLBA and the Payment Card Industry.

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