Customers & Clients

Success Stories

Learn how Expedient customers are using our services to solve real world problems.

United way

Industry:
Not for Profit

Description:
United Way of Allegheny County is one of 1,900 local, independent United Ways across the country working to improve the quality of life for people in their communities. United Way of Allegheny County is a not-for-profit organization, which seeks to measurably improve the quality of life for those in need in the community. The primary activities of United Way are: 1. Raise funds through the annual campaign to sustain a core network of high quality human service programs for children and adults. Also to raise funds to address issues of importance to the community such as early childhood education and youth violence. These funds are set aside to achieve time-limited objectives and are raised through partnerships and collaboration. 2. Encourage and facilitate volunteers to assist those in need, directly or indirectly. 3. Provide information by telephone and the Internet to people who need help locating resources and services.

Solution:
The UWAC web site, designed and implemented by Symphony Interactive and hosted by Expedient Communications, is a community service portal that will allow supporters to donate online and creates an Internet forum to bring together people in need with those offering assistance. While some local United Ways in the U.S. offer online giving, United Way of Allegheny County is the first to Web-enable a regional health and human services data base and volunteer system. Expedient is responsible for supporting the infrastructure necessary to deliver the web site. The infrastructure includes 6 Sun Microsystems servers, Cisco load balancing technology, Expedient's Managed Firewall Service powered by CheckPoint, EMC Enterprise Storage, Managed Backup and Restore services, Advanced Monitoring and 24 x 7 Client Care support. This solution is colocated in Expedient's Pittsburgh Data Center and has been in continuous operation since November of 2000.

body media

Industry:
Health Care Services

Description:
BodyMedia provides personalized body monitoring tools, services, and support to help people live a balanced healthy lifestyle. BodyMedia is committed to creating an easy-to-use monitoring system that integrates seamlessly and delightfully into everyday life along with medically reliable, stylish, comfortable, wearable health tracking products. The BodyMedia web site enables users to interface with the BodyMedia Balance Center, a health and lifestyle portal. Users can enter their own personal health and lifestyle information into the database and, in return, receive advice and information to lead a healthier lifestyle. In addition, it will be used in conjunction with BodyMedia's new wireless device, named SenseWear. SenseWear will be worn on the arm of the user and information regarding pulse and heart rate, sleeping patterns, and other attributes can be wirelessly uploaded to the Balance Center website. All of this personalized information can be accessed through an Internet browser.

Solution:
Expedient is responsible for providing the infrastructure for the BodyMedia web site. The BodyMedia infrastructure includes 6 Sun Microsystems servers, Cisco load balancing technology, Expedient's Managed Firewall Service powered by CheckPoint, EMC Enterprise Storage, Managed Backup and Restore services, Advanced Monitoring and 24 x 7 Client Care support. This solution is colocated in Expedient's Pittsburgh Data Center and has been in continuous operation since June of 2000.

Ripple Effects

Industry:
Interactive Marketing and Communication

Description:
Ripple Effects Interactive is a full-service interactive development agency with national credentials. They provide powerful solutions with an emphasis on team work, partnerships and a refined development process. One of Ripple Effects clients is the State of Pennsylvania Department of Tourism.

Solution:
Expedient is providing Ripple Effects with a Managed Colocation Solution. Expedient is responsible for the management of the Ripple Effects web server through the Unix operating system. In addition, Expedient provides firewall, backup, monitoring, data center services and bandwidth. Ripple Effects was Expedient's first Managed colocation client, joining the Expedient family in November 1998.