Case Studies

Case Study - McCarran International Airport

Business Needs

  • Improve decision making capabilities and access to the ‘inner workings’ through delivery of a real-time, web-based, remote access solution
  • A secure, open solution that connects a multitude of dbases, applications, and information
  • Fast implementation and ongoing support using current resources
  • Free themselves from the worries of VPN’s endpoint security

Technology Solutions

  • webNetwork 5e2

Benefits

  • Connects via Universal Connection Broker™ allowing anytime, anywhere, real-time, web-based access through any device, while removing the worry of endpoint security
  • Access to sensitive and proprietary business information for immediate decision making and improved service
  • Created new opportunities for teachers to access information without creating additional overhead
  • Improved productivity and cost savings

McCarran International Airport (LAS) is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County, Nevada. McCarran and the four general aviation facilities in the Clark County Airport System are owned by Clark County, Nevada and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation.

As a common use airport, McCarran’s IT staff is responsible for all the IT equipment and services provided for the facility, as well as the resident airlines. With over 200 servers and 2500+ PCs facilitating the fifth largest airport in the nation, controlling access to internal dbases and applications, safely and securely was a complicated and cumbersome process. With Stoneware’s webNetwork they reached a solution.

Challenge

Phillip Murray, Technical Services Manager for Clark County Department of Aviation had several goals for improvement. To safely and securely;

  • provide executive managers with easy access to their applications and data remotely when traveling, and offsite.
  • allow corporate airline executives to view very sensitive and proprietary data related to resident airline departures/arrivals and performance.
  • accommodate frequent collaboration of confidential files and data with outside IT contractors and other organizations like the Transportation Security Administration.
All with the goal of providing the highest quality IT services and support for the resident airlines and the staff of McCarran International Airport.

Solution

Stoneware’s webNetwork now provides McCarran the opportunity to quickly, safely, securely and individually provide remote, real-time access of data and applications to all airport and executive staff, transportation/safety organizations and external contractors for improved airport performance, cost savings and efficiency.

Through a single point of tiered, web-based access these audiences can view email, collaborate on large file documents, view security videos, review work in progress, keep close tabs on airline performance statistics, and much more – wherever they are, safely securely and individually.

“Initially we were very skeptical about what webNetwork could do for us. Once we got the product, we quickly learned it can do just what was promised and much more. Not only is it powerful, it was inexpensive. Of all the things we have spent money on, this has given us the biggest bang for the buck.”

Phillip Murray
Technical Services Manager
Clark County Department of Transportation