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Government Hires Robert Half Technology to Successfully Manage a Complex Windows Server^® Migration

Company Profile
The mayoral administrative office of a Midwestern city, with a population of 160,000.
This local governing municipality employs a large number of IT professionals who manage the city's wide range of services.

Industry: Government
Location: Midwest, United States

Technology Environment
Windows Server 2000

Business Dilemma
The city’s technology officials recognized the need to migrate to Windows Server 2003 from their existing Windows Server 2000. However, they did not have the internal resources and expertise needed to complete the project. The city used several complex back-end custom applications that were running on a SQL Server^® and had been previously developed on Microsoft .NET^™

Robert Half Technology’s Solution
Robert Half Technology was chosen for this project due to our longstanding relationship with this client and our ability to provide highly skilled professionals who are MCSE certified.

Leveraging our database of more than 450,000 IT professionals, we were able to quickly provide our client with the right MCSE-certified engineer for the three-month project.

The Robert Half Technology consultant quickly understood the client’s requirements and was able to help the city successfully migrate to Windows Server 2003.

Client’s Return on Investment
Our client's IT department was spending a great deal of time on application/server compatibility issues. Once the migration was complete, the client realized a more efficiently run IT department, saving time and money.

The Bottom Line
Our client is benefitting from increased network security and simplified network administration following this migration to Windows Server 2003. City officials were impressed by Robert Half Technology’s ability to quickly find the skilled candidate for this complex project and will continue to utilize our services for their IT consultancy needs.

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