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Success Stories

At MCPc, we work with a wide variety of customers helping them find the technology products and solutions that fit their particular business needs and objectives. This page houses some examples.

These short stories of customer engagements outline some of our most successful projects and ongoing relationships. You can search the case studies by Technology or Industry. 
 

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By  Industry

Assessment Services
Data Center
Imaging and Printing
Licensing Management
Managed IT Services
Mobile Devices
Network
Personal Systems
Service and Support
Virtualization
Visual Communications
Education
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Marketing/Advertising
Professional Services
Public Services















A complete list of case studies and customer video testimonials are listed below.  Just click on a topic of interest to view the full highlight.
 

Case Studies  


Accessible Remote Connections

Global container shipping company

The customer was looking to provide improved, more reliable remote access to its hundreds of traveling employees, as well as to those individuals at its smaller sites where lower quality Internet access was prevalent...more


Application Virtualization and Thin Clients

K-12 vocational school and adult career center

Vocational school in rural Ohio wanted to provide more reliable access to its students, who often access school systems from home dial-up connections. The customer also needed to update part of its computer fleet with newer, more reliable machines...more
 

Cisco SMARTnet Contract Renewal

Healthcare and pharmaceutical products provider

This healthcare services organization was approaching its Cisco SMARTnet contracts renewal. As a Cisco Gold Partner, MCPc helped the customer analyze the state of its current device coverage, secure a new agreement...more
 

Cisco Unified Communications for New Headquarters

Global supplier of merchandising systems and accessories

A leading global supplier of merchandising systems and accessories was in the initial stages of planning its corporate relocation and determined that increased collaboration between the headquarters and outlying office locations...more
 

Cisco Unified Communications Infrastructure

Healthcare technology and solutions company in northeast Ohio

This organization was looking to replace its current private branch exchange (PBX) phone system with a communication solution that would link its call center, in-house technical services group and field-dispatch locations...more


Cisco Wireless Upgrade for Law Firm

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

A 140-attorney law firm needed a next-generation wireless network to deliver ubiquitous mobile access and reliably support anticipated growth in wireless traffic. MCPc designed and deployed a Cisco wireless solution across seven locations...more


Citrix Desktop Virtualization Solution

National insurance and financial services provider

A large insurance provider needed to update its full suite of Microsoft business applications, which presented an ideal opportunity to virtualize the environment, enabling flexibility for end users and improved management for IT...more
 

Corporate IT Support Services

75-employee investment advisory firm

A Northeast Ohio investment advisory firm was seeking a local partner to enhance their IT support services. It was crucial that the provider offer both an everyday technical service presence as well as a proactive overall approach...more
 

Datacenter Design and Build

Malone University, northeast Ohio

As a result of physical expansion and significant growth in enrollment, Malone University was in need of a redesigned datacenter to ease the strain on its current system. MCPc secured an American Power Conversion (APC) InfraStruXure for the new design...more
 

Datacenter Infrastructure

Fortune 500 pharmaceutical supply company in western Pennsylvania

The customer’s core network equipment had reached its useful life expectancy. Over the past 10 years, the supply company had experienced significant growth and needed to engineer a solution that would accommodate its needs...more
 

Datacenter Infrastructure Redesign

Marketing firm in Atlanta, Georgia

This marketing firm was expanding its office to additional floors of its existing building and needed a redesigned datacenter. MCPc designed and installed a complete datacenter infrastructure, including proactive management...more
 

Datacenter Virtualization and Consolidation

Global manufacturer of electronic equipment in the Pittsburgh, PA area

When this manufacturer’s datacenter started running out of floor and rack space, consuming too much power, and experiencing heating and cooling issues, the company chose MCPc to lead its datacenter consolidation efforts...more
 

Desktop and Application Virtualization

Suburban city department in central Ohio

This city department had taken some initial tactical steps towards virtualization. It was utilizing XenApp 4.5 in a limited capacity and had recently completed a XenDesktop 5 proof of concept. MCPc helped the organization design...more

Desktop Virtualization and Support

National provider of corporate branding products in Cincinnati, Ohio

The IT organization of this customer was charged with expanding the capacity of its desktop environment to enable anytime, anywhere, any device access. It sought a partner that could provide a comprehensive virtual desktop solution...more

Fortune 500 facility management company in Cleveland, Ohio

The customer, who was contracted with a major downtown indoor sports and event arena to provide food and beverage services for all events held within the arena, desired to transform the appearance of their food concession stands...more
 

Dynamic Digital Signage For Advertising and Public Services

Corey Airport Services, Buffalo, New York

Corey Airport Services was looking to increase its ability to provide advertising and public serivces to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport utilizing digital signage and electronic public display technology to ensure that advertiser messaging...more
 

Fleet Management and Break Fix Service Program

Fortune 100 insurance group in eastern Pennsylvania

This customer has a long-term relationship with MCPC, so when they began having problems with their direct-from-manufacturer printer repair services, they contacted MCPc looking for a more effective solution...more
 

Fleet and Configuration Management for 11,000 PCs

Statewide online public school for grades K-12 in central Ohio

In 2004, this customer was looking for a new technology solutions partner to provide configuration management, kitting and help desk outsourcing services for its fleet of more than 7,000 PCs. State regulations required...more
 

FlexPod for Regional Bank

Mercantile Bank of Michigan

This regional bank in Western Michigan needed a data center platform with more reliable backup and recovery, scale and agility. MCPc recommended and executed on a FlexPod implementation, including NetApp storage, Cisco UCS...more


FlexPod IaaS Solution for ITC

Tri-Rivers Educational Computer Association

An Ohio provider of shared IT services to school districts needed to upgrade its infrastructure, but it also was looking for a way to avoid a large capital expenditure for this and future overhauls. MCPc designed and delivered...more


Infrastructure Upgrade for Energy Distributor

NOCO Energy Corp.

NOCO Energy needed to make upgrades to its core IT infrastructure to accommodate significant growth in the business, a new ERP rollout and plans for VDI down the road. MCPc designed and deployed a solution that included VMware...more
 

iPads and Mobility Managed Services for Global Sales Force

International healthcare technology provider

This customer wanted to make the iPad the primary personal device for its global sales force, which worked almost exclusively from home and the field. The sales team needed full and constant connection to the network through a Citrix-based infrastructure...more
 

Mobile Medical Carts

300-bed regional medical facility in central Indiana

To remain compliant with government HIPAA regulations to protect authentic data and patient records, the organization was migrating to a new electronic medical record system. Mobile medical carts were desired to provide wireless...more
 

MPLS Network Solution 

Pittsburgh-area facility services company

A Pittsburgh-area facility services company had added VoIP and videoconferencing to its IT environment that included eight offices located throughout the country and a separate data center. When chronic slow-downs began to choke their network...more


Multi-Level Approval Online Procurement System

Major international transportation and logistics company in southern Ohio

Prior to meeting with MCPc, this customer was using an outdated, inefficient process for hardware procurement. Printers and computers were ordered manually by calling individual manufacturers to obtain quotes...more
 

Netbook Deployment

Major metropolitan school district

This major metropolitan school district received a grant to provide each of its high school students with a personal WiFi-enabled netbook to expand access to class materials, improve communication between teachers and students...more 
 

Network Assessment and VoIP Solution

International food manufacturer in Buffalo, New York

This customer had aging phone systems at each of its locations that were no longer supported by the manufacturer. To cut down on phone costs and enable centralized management, it was seeking to replace the outdated phones...more
 

Network Infrastructure

Private educational institution in northeast Ohio

This private school district was building a new middle school with approximately 50 classrooms. It was seeking a complete technology build – including network infrastructure, server, wireless, phone, audiovisual, PCs and security...more
 

Network Infrastructure Assessment

Large pediatric healthcare system in northeast Ohio

The new CIO of a large pediatric healthcare system needed to assess the current state of a network infrastructure supporting more than 3,000 end users. MCPc executed an assessment that immediately addressed urgent infrastructure...more
 

Printer Management and Maintenance

Global Fortune 100 healthcare company in central Ohio

This customer had been working with MCPc’s Break fix Support team for several years in one of its three business units. In an effort to control costs and streamline processes, they decided to combine support needs for all units under one provider...more

Server and Storage Virtualization

Career education center in central Ohio

The IT department of this career education center maintained a sprawling, inefficiently utilized server environment. They needed a solution that would produce greater efficiencies in server utilization, management and maintenance...more

Server Consolidation

Private liberal arts college in South Carolina

This private college in South Carolina had a datacenter with limited space as they continued to add servers to meet the needs of a growing student body. The IT staff wanted to maximize floor space and data capacity...more


Software License Management 

Non-profit health solutions company in western New York

The healthcare benefit provider, who has been a long-time supply customer of MCPc, was approaching the end of its Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. It was therefore looking for a software license management partner that could...more

Streaming Video Solution

Public school district in southern Kentucky

This school district, a first-time customer of MCPc, was interested in streaming video to 15 area schools. By using the current computer network and projectors already in place in classrooms, the district hoped to eliminate the need for televisions...more

Technology Deployment for Hospital

Large healthcare system in Michigan

To get its new patient wing and children’s hospital both constructed and fully operational within their expected timeframe, this healthcare organization needed a partner to efficiently consolidate, provision, stage and deploy a range of equipment...more
 

Telecommute Solution for Nurses and ICD-10 Coders 

Global academic medical center based in Cleveland, Ohio

This major healthcare provider wanted to quickly scale up its on-call nurse service without having to add new office space. MCPc fully managed the implementation of a telecommute solution that allowed call-center nurses...more


Topaz Electronic Signature Pad Deployment

Major international academic healthcare organization

This healthcare institution needed a technology partner to install 1,600 Topaz electronic signature pads to various endpoints within its large campus, including emergency room environments. MCPc procured the devices...more

Total Print Management - Education

Private university in western Pennsylvania

This organization has been a valued MCPc customer for more than five years and recently identified a need to determine their total cost of print, due to tightened budgets and a lack of current print expenditure information...more

Total Print Management - Kentucky Hospital

60-Bed Hospital in Kentucky

This medical center had a fleet of legacy printers that was nearing the end of its lease term. A standardized fleet of multi-function devices was desired to decrease the current cost-per-page numbers...more

Total Print Management - Northeast Ohio Community Hospital System

Six-location community hospital system in northeast Ohio

A community hospital system needed a more strategic approach to print management. Its IT department looked to a long-term partner that understood the challenges of printing in an emergency room environment...more

Total Print Management and Printer Maintenance

World-renown healthcare delivery system in northeast Ohio

An aging printer fleet, poor workflow process and high cost of output prompted this organization to find a new partner to manage its enterprise imaging and printing environments. The customer's staff was unable to complete tasks efficiently...more

Total Print Management for Manufacturer

Fortune 500 manufacturer based in northeast Ohio

A Fortune 500 manufacturer had a complex print environment that spanned across multiple buildings within its corporate headquarters campus in Northeast Ohio. The client launched a high level initiative to significantly reduce its printing costs...more 


Unified Communications

Worldwide manufacturer of packaging equipment in northeast Ohio

This manufacturer was an existing Cisco customer in need of Unified Communications Manager and Unity environment upgrades. With its current servers and software reaching the end of their lifecycles, the company needed to update its call center...more 
 

Unified Communications and Centralized Data Center

Reed Smith, LLP, one of the world's 15 largest law firms

To better support its international growth initiatives and to streamline support and lower operating costs, Reed Smith was interested in consolidating its multiple servers and voice equipment in order to leverage the high availability...more 


Virtual Collaboration Solution and Digital Signage Installation

Branch office of federal government contract manufacturer in central Ohio

After building a new regional manufacturing and office facility, the customer required complete multimedia conference room technologies that would improve productivity and increase communications with other remote offices...more

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

World-renowned healthcare delivery system

Healthcare system required a more efficient solution for employees to access a standard set of programs and applications, with security requirements for viewing patient information. The customer was also looking to integrate thin client...more 


Virtualized Datacenter Assessment and Storage Solution

Consumer cable, phone and satellite information company in northern Georgia

This customer had been working with MCPc since 2000, and in 2007, determined they were quickly running out of data center storage space. The organization, which had recently implemented VMware, was concerned about cost...more

 
VoIP Solution

Independent human-behavior research center in northwestern Oregon

This customer, who had three offices located across two states, was in need of a solution to link each office to aid in data accessibility and communication. The locations currently had universal data connectivity through a Wide Area Network...more 


VoIP Solution: MPLS Project

International software development company in eastern Massachusetts

The customer had deployed Cisco VoIP in each of their 12 North American locations and was using VPN (Virtual Private Networks) over the Internet to connect the branch offices through inexpensive communication lines...more
 

Customer Video Testimonials 
 

IP Telephony Solution for 24-Hour Call Center

Envision Rx, a prescription benefit manager, was in need of a new phone system that would enable their 24 hour call center to employ a 30 second maximum call to answer and no downtime avoiding stiff penalties and fines...watch video 
 

24/7 Campus-Wide Wireless Network for John Carroll University

John Carroll University, a private liberal arts higher education institution in the Cleveland, Ohio area, required a campus-wide wireless network with high reliability and 100% uptime...watch video


Datacenter Design and Build for Malone University

Malone University, a growing Christian liberal arts university located in Northeast Ohio, had help from MCPc and American Power Conversion to design and build a new data center that was more robust, scalable to future growth...watch video 


Network Infrastructure for AmTrust Financial

AmTrust Financial, a Cleveland, Ohio-based provider of multinational property and casualty insurance, started with a phone system and grew to be an exclusive Cisco center from servers to routers to network infrastructure...watch video
 

VoIP for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport 

Cleveland Hopkins Airport required a VoIP system that would reduce cost of equipment and ongoing maintenance and with zero tolerance downtime as the FAA tower, Fire and Police stations need immediate connection 24/7...watch video
 

VoIP System for Chancellor University

Chancellor University gained an historic building as a new classroom  facility and was in critical need of a state-of-the-art network and phone system despite the structure and age of the existing facility...watch video 

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