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Swisscom - Schweiz Vattenfall - Germany
Swisscom   

Meta-Archive for HTML

Swisscom archives ITSM data to HTML and sets data into a custom form for easy search and retrieval.

They are using Meta-Update for additional data automations.

Vattenfall   

Meta-Archive

Vattenfall uses Meta-Archive to archive to a separate ITSM instance. They were on ITSM 8.1 and were migrating to 9 when they were comparing OOTB ITSM 9 archiving and Meta-Archive. They decided on Meta-Archive because of the robust, granular configuration, separate ITSM instance, and associations checking.
Cambia Health - Portland US Spark NZT - New Zealand
Cambia Health Solutions   

Fixed-price ITSM 7.1 to 8.1 Migrations

A fixed-price ITSM 7 to 8.1 migration — moving from a single operating company to eight (and moving people and CIs accordingly).

Included were all foundation data, templates, all Root Requests, some Changes to Releases (and the change's tasks to Release activities), the CMDB - changing classes & CTI an improved product catalogue.

No Data Management templates were used. As the development team added fields and workflow to the new system, and as changes were occuring on production, the target systems were continuously updated.

Spark NZT   

Meta-Archive
Meta-Update to load Foundation and CI data from Spark developed data load sheets.

Spark NZT uses Meta-Archive for their ITSM Archive solution and have written Meta-Update scripts to automate foundation data and support group changes in thier ITSM.
Unisys - US & World
Unisys   

Meta-Archive
Automating user login changes across a configurable set of forms and fields.

Unisys uses a DB facility to archive and a modified Meta-Archive to ensure DB data is current, check associations, and delete production data. They celebrated 100 million records some years ago.

Their POC script (now Meta-Databot) changed users' logins across a configurable set of forms and fields — including status history, and text strings — reducing a 6-month manual effort to a few days.

Multi-national European Manufacturer Sharp Healthcare - San Diego, US

Name withheld on request.

  

Data migration from self-developed CMDB, from ITSM 6, and from a running Clarify Help Desk.

Complex migration of a Clarify system shut-down on Friday evening where analysts signed in to ITSM on Monday and continued to work on their open tickets.

Scripts developed by Software Tool House in two man-months.

Sharp Healthcare   
Sharp Healthcare licensed Meta-Update to assist with thier ITSM upgrade and now use it for data imports and day to day ITSM maintenance.
Logica - Bristol UK HZD - Frankfurt, Germany
Logica UK   

ITSM 5.5 to 7.1 Migrations
ITSM 7 Foundation data operations
ITSM 7 Maintenance & CMDB imports.

Logica's offshore team implemented customer by customer migrations by themselves after a one-hour PowerPoint Session with the UK Managers. Logica are now using Meta-Update to migrate Customer foundation data changes across server environments.
HZD   

Bespoke Application Maintenance, Migrations, utilities.

HZD uses Meta-Update to manipulate its bespoke application configuration and transaction data as well as an aid to implement application release changes.

HZD develop their own scripts.

Met. Office - Exeter, UK T-Systems - Berlin, Germany
Met. Office   

Class Correction Script.

  • 12,000 CIs imported to Computer Systems and worked and related to CIs, Incidents, Problems, Changes

The Met. Office's ITSM 7 implementation resulted in ComputerSystem CIs that were not Computer Systems! Relationships to other CIs, Changes, Tickets, People were built over a year of production usage.

A fixed price script was developed that processed a spreadsheet of class transition specs and the Product Catalog, all CIs and relationships were placed in their correct classes - in two days.

T-Systems    ITSM 7 new implementation and maintenance
  • Test User Migrations
  • Production User Loads
  • ITSM Release Promotions
  • ITSM Reconciliation Job Maintenance
  • ITSM Reconciliation Comparisons
  • ITSM Class Changes
T-Systems uses Meta-Update in their ITSM Consultancy for a variety of reasons.

T-Systems implemented a relationship migration script after creating a new set of CMDB classes.

Dataport - Hamburg, Germany Dimension Data - Sydney, Australia
Dataport   

ITSM 6 to ITSM 7 migration.

  • 140,000 Help Desk Cases
  •  40,000 Changes
  •  65,000 Tasks
  •  70,000 CIs

Customized ITSM Suites on both sides. Migration completed in 32 hours. Discovery, Mapping sessions, Script development, Tests, Post-Production Support completed in 50 days for a fixed price.
Dimension Data   

ITSM 6 to ITSM 7 migration.

  • 30,000 Help Desk Cases
  • 15,000 People
  • 400 Support Staff

Help Desk module only from OOTB ITSM. Migration included setting up the support staff and support group associations and was part of an ITSM implementation. Script development and migration completed in 5 days.