Brandywine School District

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	Brandywine Schools achieve technology goals while gaining an improved total cost of ownership

"Our partnership with HP is based on how they meet our needs. What we buy isn't necessarily what HP needs to sell from a new product perspective, but they work with us to meet our business objectives nonetheless. That's the amazing thing; they put our needs first. HP is committed to our long-term success and we truly appreciate that. They are our true partners."

- Patrick Bush, Director of Information Systems, Brandywine (Del.) Schools

The Brandywine School District in Delaware suffers the same budget cuts and technology challenges as schools everywhere. But an innovative bottom-line approach, enabled by a partnership with HP, allows the district to meets its technology goals nonetheless.

Brandywine is the third largest school district in Delaware. The IS department serves nearly 11,000 students and 1,200 staff members spread across 20 school and administrative buildings. The infrastructure includes more than 70 servers and 3,800 workstations.

Challenges

Bring down total cost of ownership.
Simplify IS management.
Enable technology refresh on a four-year cycle.

Solution

Standardize hardware, software, network architecture.
Implement remote system management capabilities.
Add pre-owned desktop workstations to the equipment acquisition mix.

Results

Consistency across a reduced server population.
Workstation costs cut by up to 60 percent.
Print costs cut by up to 50 percent.
Faster response to users, including remote diagnosis.
Lower total cost of ownership.
Managed replacement cycle.

For more information on how working with HP can benefit you,
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© 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

5983-0925EN, 2/2005