Johnson Brothers: Toasting End-to-End Savings
Liquor distributor stirs up a potent brew of efficiencies with Intel® technology-based PCs, laptops, and servers
Johnson Brothers Liquor Company proves the adage that even in a tough economy, an agile company can thrive. The St. Paul, Minnesota-based distributor adjusted quickly as consumers changed their drinking habits during the recession—fewer expensive restaurant meals, more home entertaining. As a result, while some of its competitors have folded, Johnson Brothers is experiencing double-digit growth and expanding into new territories. Supporting the company’s growth is a lean IT organization that relies on end-to-end Intel® technologies.
Challenges
• Improve PC manageability. Older PCs based on non-Intel technologies were experiencing high failure rates, and the lack of remote management capabilities made them expensive to service.
• Optimize the data center. The IT team looks for technologies that enable them to operate efficiently, drive down IT costs, and better support the business units.
Solutions
• Client refresh with Intel® vPro™ technology. Johnson Brothers is deploying new Lenovo* desktop and laptop PCs based on the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with vPro™ technology, and using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager* (SCCM*) to manage them remotely.
• Virtualize servers with Intel Xeon processor-based blades. Johnson Brothers has virtualized and consolidated on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series, and is looking toward the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series to virtualize enterprise applications.
Read the full Johnson Brothers Toasting End-to-End Savings Case Study.
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Johnson Brothers: Toasting End-to-End Savings
Liquor distributor stirs up a potent brew of efficiencies with Intel® technology-based PCs, laptops, and servers
Johnson Brothers Liquor Company proves the adage that even in a tough economy, an agile company can thrive. The St. Paul, Minnesota-based distributor adjusted quickly as consumers changed their drinking habits during the recession—fewer expensive restaurant meals, more home entertaining. As a result, while some of its competitors have folded, Johnson Brothers is experiencing double-digit growth and expanding into new territories. Supporting the company’s growth is a lean IT organization that relies on end-to-end Intel® technologies.
Challenges
• Improve PC manageability. Older PCs based on non-Intel technologies were experiencing high failure rates, and the lack of remote management capabilities made them expensive to service.
• Optimize the data center. The IT team looks for technologies that enable them to operate efficiently, drive down IT costs, and better support the business units.
Solutions
• Client refresh with Intel® vPro™ technology. Johnson Brothers is deploying new Lenovo* desktop and laptop PCs based on the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with vPro™ technology, and using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager* (SCCM*) to manage them remotely.
• Virtualize servers with Intel Xeon processor-based blades. Johnson Brothers has virtualized and consolidated on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series, and is looking toward the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series to virtualize enterprise applications.
Read the full Johnson Brothers Toasting End-to-End Savings Case Study.
