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Pirean's customer testimonials span sectors and geographies, below are listed some of our most recent projects, and the projects we're most proud of.
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City University London - Single sign-on Technology
Sector:
Higher Education
Challenge:
City University have been steadily moving towards web based applications for the delivery of services and they needed a solution to securely manage access for 25,000 students and staff. The solution had to provide single sign-on capabilities and integration between email, web, collaborative tools and the University's Moodle Virtual Learning Environment.
Solution:
The Pirean implemented security solution uses IBM Tivoli technology to enable the secure delivery of a range of portal and collaborative services to 25,000 staff and students of the university. In addition, customised training was provided to enable the University's technical team to support and adapt the solution in future.
The three month project delivered single sign-on capabilities for the University’s growing web application environment. The success of the project has reduced the cost associated with individually managing and maintaining the security of web applications. Furthermore, by implementing a fully resilient architecture the risk of unplanned downtime is also substantially reduced.
The three month project delivered single sign-on capabilities for the University’s growing web application environment. The success of the project has reduced the cost associated with individually managing and maintaining the security of web applications. Furthermore, by implementing a fully resilient architecture the risk of unplanned downtime is also substantially reduced.
Customer Testimonial:
"Pirean has delivered a solution that allows us to reign in costs and deploy new applications quickly without generating more management overheads for the IT department."
Bill Rafferty, Development Manager, City University London
Bill Rafferty, Development Manager, City University London
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Oxfordshire County Council - Secure E-learning and Application Access
Sector:
Local Government
Challenge:
As a requirement of the Government Connect initiative and Data Protection Act, Oxfordshire County Council needed a solution to securely manage access to software applications for over 100,000 students and staff while streamlining access to digital resources at the county’s 285 educational facilities.
Solution:
Compliance: One, the Pirean solution built to provide a robust framework for complex Identity, Access and Audit Management functions, was used to save IT administrators hundreds of work hours while improving the end-user experience through offering a self-service provisioning solution from a centrally managed console. The solution provides clarity and control over which users can access which resources.
Through choosing Compliance:One, OCC will be able to manage the integrated secure single sign-on to users registered within 300 separate databases, simplifying the process for both administrators and end users as the system manages the security infrastructure which parents use to access the council’s systems remotely to monitor each child’s curriculum and progress.
Through choosing Compliance:One, OCC will be able to manage the integrated secure single sign-on to users registered within 300 separate databases, simplifying the process for both administrators and end users as the system manages the security infrastructure which parents use to access the council’s systems remotely to monitor each child’s curriculum and progress.
Customer Testimonial:
"Compliance:One has been selected for its ability to integrate with the systems we use from Capita, Citrix and RM which are vital for our delivery of e-learning."
Stephan Conaway, Head of ICT Services, Oxfordshire County Council
Stephan Conaway, Head of ICT Services, Oxfordshire County Council
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Aviva UK - Web Services Development Platform
Sector:
Financial Services
Challenge:
As part of their overall business transformation Aviva UK needed to migrate bespoke legacy applications onto a single standardised platform, in order to reduce the complexity and time to value of rolling out new business applications as well as to streamline the upkeep and maintenance of existing applications.
Solution:
Aviva’s requirement was for Pirean to design and implement a new standards-based IBM centric virtualisation platform, that enables an easy path to migration of legacy applications and a reduced lead time to deployment of new applications - a dramatic reduction was called for from an average of 6 months down to as few as 7 days.
Pirean's solution incorporates a number of features, including:
Pirean's solution incorporates a number of features, including:
- IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM)
- IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM)
- IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM)
- Virtualisation
Customer Testimonial:
"Our work with Pirean is helping us deliver a new focus on web service that enables us to better interact with our partners and customers in an environment where security and speed to market are absolutely paramount, Pirean have a strong technical understanding of our environment and a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions.
The detailed design work they have carried out so far gives us a clear indication of the benefits of the new system backed by a carefully phased implementation strategy to ensure constant availability of our critical applications during the process."
Ian Chapple, Director of IT Strategy & Architecture, Aviva UK
The detailed design work they have carried out so far gives us a clear indication of the benefits of the new system backed by a carefully phased implementation strategy to ensure constant availability of our critical applications during the process."
Ian Chapple, Director of IT Strategy & Architecture, Aviva UK
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Universal Music Publishing Group - Royalty Portal
Sector:
Music Publishing
Challenge:
When Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) announced plans to rollout a ground-breaking online tool for its customer royalty administration system, the announcement made Universal Music Publishing Group the first major, global music publisher to unveil a proprietary online portal for royalty statement transmittal, analysis and tracking, capable of efficiently managing a large volume of global copyrights.
Dubbed RoyaltyWindow.com it required an equally original design for its security access and verification system. IBM recommended Pirean as its implementation partner.
Dubbed RoyaltyWindow.com it required an equally original design for its security access and verification system. IBM recommended Pirean as its implementation partner.
Solution:
UMPG’s requirement was for Pirean to build an Access and Identity Management solution on the IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM), Access Manager for e-Business (ITAMEB) and Directory Integrator (ITDI) Software Components.
Pirean’s solution for the Access and Identity Management solution incorporates a number of features, including:
Pirean’s solution for the Access and Identity Management solution incorporates a number of features, including:
- Reverse Proxy
- Two Factor Authentication (2FA)
- Anti-Phishing
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Automated User Administration
- Self-Service Password Reset
- Secure Authentication and Authorisation Gateway – WebSEAL
Customer Testimonial:
"Universal Music Publishing Group recently launched RoyaltyWindow a portal providing unique transparency through which their writers and contract partners could review and analyse their earnings, the first publishing major to offer such a service.
Being a financial instrument it was imperative that industrial quality, best practice access security be deployed and, having selected the tools to deliver that service, UMPG needed to engage a company of proficiency and ability to assist in uniting those elements into a simple to use, purposeful whole. UMPG chose Pirean to be their partner in this process."
Mike Donegan, SVP Global IT, Universal Music Publishing Group
Being a financial instrument it was imperative that industrial quality, best practice access security be deployed and, having selected the tools to deliver that service, UMPG needed to engage a company of proficiency and ability to assist in uniting those elements into a simple to use, purposeful whole. UMPG chose Pirean to be their partner in this process."
Mike Donegan, SVP Global IT, Universal Music Publishing Group
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