Customer case
DEPLOYING SOFTWARE AND HAVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE PARK
PRIVATE SECTOR – B2PWEB
How do you deploy software and get an overview of the entire fleet? We explain it all through the case of Bastien HERMITTE, systems administrator at B2PWeb: infrastructure, issues, needs, use and gains with WAPT.
Presentation
B2P Web (formerly BDFWeb) provides a simple, efficient and cost-effective freight exchange tool for trucking professionals. B2P Web is a powerful platform with 30,000 daily users, with 70 new subscribers per month. A team of 50 people work at B2P Web with a sales force in the field. B2P Web is growing, and has seen no less than 15 new employees arrive over the past 12 months. B2P Web has about 60 Windows users, and upgrades the stations with WAPT.
60 administered stations
1 location
3 sysadmin
The B2P Web infrastructure
2 active directory
919 deployed softwares
Problems encountered:
B2P Web is a company that provides a Freight Exchange tool and is growing rapidly. This creates two issues on the information system side. The first one is the configuration of the workstations when a new person arrives in the company. This need was met by the WPKG solution that Bastien HERMITTE, system administrator, used to install the software base of a workstation.
The second problem is more common, it is the one of a classic SME : deploying software and updating it. According to Bastien, WPKG was less adapted to this problematic because maintaining and updating its park was not practical with this tool. Before WAPT, he did the maintenance of the workstations by hand.
Testimony
Before, I used to do the maintenance of my park by hand, today I can configure my stations from A to Z and have a view on the status of the park thanks to the WAPT console. The documentation is very complete, I went several times and found what I wanted. The Centos part is not very well documented at the moment, but I go to the mailing list every time I have a problem and I get an answer quickly.
What WAPT bring to B2P WEB
- Implementation of the WAPT solution in Community version
- Exploiting the WAPT documentation for WAPT implementation and package creation
- Active participation on the mailing-list for quick and efficient resolution during various blockages
Estimated gains using WAPT
60 up-to-date positions
Estimated gains using WAPT
Video feedback
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