Case Study

Improved Business Outcomes & Compliance

Improved Business Outcomes & Compliance

Service Management Excellence

Artech’s customer suffered from periodic outages of an application that faced more than 17,000 client-facing advisors. Artech quickly stabilized the platform and saved more than $100K/month for the customer.

Customer

<ul type=”circle-list”><li> Top financial service firm was experiencing high frequency of systems downtime across advisor community slowing down business operations</li><li>Slow issues escalation and resolution creating heavy financial impact</li></ul>

Problem

  • Increase uptime/efficiency of 17,000+ Financial Advisors, managing over $280B in Assets
  • Ensure support across a wide range of platforms, applications, and users
  • Ensuring data security and compliance with tight financial regulations

Action

  • Implemented mature 24×7 L1 & L2 support for Help Desk and Field Services
  • Assessed and baselined environment operations
  • Developed a shared knowledge base to improve quality and reliability
  • Transition services to Artech’s ITIL service center
  • Provided management and control for all technology deployments

Results

  • $100K YoY savings through VPN call reduction program
  • Customer satisfaction increased by 30%
  • 44% reduction in spyware-related incidents
  • Consistently achieving service levels
  • Strong operational governance ensured passed regulatory compliance audits monitoring with Service Desk