Rainey-Kizer Reviere and Bell PLC is using HP Lerfthand VMware VSA. The INI Group interviewed Koie Smith IT administrator.This is how Koie describes his role:

My role here at Rainey Kizer is IT administrator. I've been here a little over five years. My overall responsibilities at Rainey Kizer are to manage our servers, our network, take care of desktops, manage the help desk that we have. Beyond that it extends into finding new technology for the firm, finding things that will enable our attorneys to practice law better than they do now, implement technology that enhances what our support staff is capable of doing. Just the basic IT administrator functions that most places have, budgeting, troubleshooting, that kind of thing."

The following is an overview of Rainey Kizer Reviere's IT environment:

• Law firm
• Thirty-six attorneys
  
• Fifty support staff
  
• Thirteen servers (majority Windows 2003
  
• Microsoft Exchange, Juris (accounting), Crescendo (dictation)
  
• Four to five terabytes storage
  
• vCenter ESX 4

Listen to individual answers by clicking on the following questions:

1. Why did you decide to implement VMware?
   
2. Since HP LeftHand VSA is tightly integrated with VMware, why did you decide to implement this solution as part of your VMware environment?
   
3. What was the process you went through to decide on implementing the HP LeftHand VSA?
   
4. Can you give us examples of how VMware provided real value to your company?
5. Can you give us examples of how the HP Lefthand VSA provided real value to your company?
6. How has VMware improved the overall economic effectiveness within your IT operations?
   
7. In terms of economic effectiveness - how has the HP LeftHand VSA improved your environment?
   
8. Can you give us any insights on the HP LeftHand VSA that would be useful for other IT professionals considering the solution?
   
9. The HP LeftHand VSA is a unique solution. What made you decide to implement it?
   
10. What are the next steps using the HP LeftHand VSA?
    
11. Would you recommend the HP Lefthand VSA to other IT professionals? And can you tell us why?

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