2008
2008 Winner Profile
Sprint Nextel
- Project Description: Sprint Nextel incorporated virtualization into its Simplicity, Speed, Standards, Stability (4S) project to streamline deployment of new test and development environments. 4S is a server and storage farm. The company can deploy a three-tier server environment (consisting of three servers representing a database system, applications and Web environments, along with terabytes of storage) within 15 minutes. The company has cut equipment and software licensing costs in half and is currently applying the new architecture to provisioning production environments.
- Project type: Storage, Virtualization
- Business Functions: Research & Development/Product Development, Marketing, IT operations
- Business Goal: Strategic /Competitive Advantage
- CIO: $model.cio100.cioFirstName LeFave, CIO
- CEO: Dan Hesse, President & CEO
- Headquarters: Overland Park, Kan.
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Revenue (2007): $40.1 billion
- Website: www.sprint.com
