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KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform, today announced that Audi Japan Sales K.K. (Audi Japan Sales), an exclusive dealer network of Audi in Japan, has selected KVH’s IT Services to revamp its computing platform for over 400 employees and 23 locations in metropolitan Tokyo, Tokai, and Kansai areas of Japan. KVH customized a solution to address Audi Japan Sales’ IT requirements, covering a range of services from developing a secure computing platform to improving operational efficiency.
Audi Japan Sales is a subsidiary of Audi Japan K.K. (Audi Japan) and had been using the Audi Japan wide area network to access and host its core business applications. The major challenges were strengthening the security of its computing platform as its workforce became more geographically dispersed across its various domestic outlets and increasing accessibility to the corporate email system for sales representatives who regularly work remotely. Also, as the business continued to grow at a rapid rate, Audi Japan Sales wanted to improve IT operational efficiency by managing its IT environment from a central location by leveraging partner capabilities.
Audi Japan Sales decided to revamp its computing platform, including its network, email, file, and printing systems, as well as renew its desktop and laptop hardware by deploying Microsoft Windows Active Directory. KVH was selected as a valued outsourcing partner for its reliable and flexible service capabilities. KVH was responsible for transforming the existing workgroup computing infrastructure into a secure Windows domain-based network that leverages KVH’s IT Services, a combination of KVH IaaS, KVH network, and KVH Professional Services. The cloud-based services allow Audi Japan Sales to rapidly deploy industry best practices through its IT platform, tools, and operation processes and have enhanced scalability to deliver on-demand computing without significant upfront initial investment.
Mr. Andrew Dore, Manager of Audi Japan Sales said, “KVH excels in flexible service and technical consultation capabilities and is a trusted IT partner.
With the KVH IT Services, we have been able to smoothly transform to a new computing platform and streamline our IT operations. The services enable our workforce to spread across the country and gain a competitive advantage through fast access to business applications within a secure environment.”
Ted Higase, President and Chief Executive Officer of KVH said, “We are very pleased that Audi Japan Sales has selected KVH as its IT partner for revamping its nationwide computing platform. KVH IT Services address a wide range of IT requirements among enterprises and service providers and combined our high-quality IT infrastructure and Professional Services.
KVH will continue to support Audi Japan Sales to improve the security, scalability, flexibility, and efficiency of their IT environment.”
