PROVO, Utah — 05 June 2003 — When you manage a fleet of more than 1,500 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the United States Army, system security and reliability top the IT requirements list. That's why the U.S. Army's Utility Helicopters Project Management Office (UH PMO) implemented a Novell solution including GroupWise 6.5, protecting the organization against hacks, cracks and virus attacks.

"As part of the U.S. Army, we are always a target of hackers so security is paramount," said Kevin Johnston, director of IT for UH PMO. "Novell products are reliable and secure. More than 95 percent of the patches and security alerts we receive from the Army don't even apply to Novell products."

With GroupWise 6.5, one IT administrator for UH PMO spends only 5 to 10 percent of his time managing the creation and maintenance of all network accounts. And since nearly half of UH PMO's employees connect remotely, users also have secure access to GroupWise from BlackBerry handheld devices so they can wirelessly send and receive e-mail at any time, without carrying a laptop.

"E-mail is the number one productivity tool in our office and our most critical application," Johnston said. "GroupWise 6.5 has been completely immune to recent e-mail viruses, and the downtime is so minimal we're not required to keep metrics on it. The new spam controls are also effectively reducing the clutter in our users' mailboxes."

For the UH PMO, GroupWise 6.5 is one part of a Novell solution for security, identity management, resource management and remote access, significantly reducing both time and costs to increase the productivity of its IT staff.

"We're in the business of procuring and sustaining helicopters, not the IT business," said Fred McMullen, network engineer for UH PMO. "With Novell, we can do more without increasing our IT staff and while maintaining a relatively flat IT budget."

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