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Success Story: Nordic Capital

Nordic Capital Logo“We immediately realised that a Push email solution would not only be of convenience for our people but it would also have a potential for improving the efficiency of work and speed up decision making.”

David Jay, IT Director at Nordic Capital

Overview

Nordic Capital is one of the leading private equity investment firms in the Nordic region. Since its foundation in 1989, Nordic Capital has acquired over 50 companies. Therefore, the mem¬bers of Nordic Capital’s executive team are constantly travelling and they are in long meetings all over the Nordic region. Via email, they receive mission critical information that is very crucial for their business decisions and being always connected is a necessity.

Situation

“As an IT department, email and its security are one of the main areas we are currently investing on. Email is the main communication tool for our people and since it carries mission critical information, it has to be very secure,” says David Jay, IT Director at Nordic Capital. Due to the nature of the business, a capital investor must keep up to date with the latest changes in the market no matter where he or she is located. There¬fore, a mobile email solution is a natural choice. “We actually had a request for mobile email from a partner and quickly started looking at different options,” says David. “We immediately realised that such a solution would not only be of convenience for our people but it would also have a potential for improving the efficiency of work and speed up decision making.”

Solution

Nordic Capital reviewed different alter-natives for mobile email. They reviewed the Blackberry device, Extended Systems solution and reviewed and tested SEVEN Always-On Mail. They chose Always-On Mail for these reasons:
1 SEVEN’s solution is device independent enabling partners, directors and investment professionals at Nordic Capital to use the mobile device of their choice. It also enables the IT department to support a variety of mobile devices with the same mobile email solution.
2 The underlying real-time push technology of SEVEN’s solution enables fast access to the information with no delays unlike a sync-based solution.
3 Ease of Installation. David mentions that “it took only a few hours, for Always-On Mail Enterprise Edition to set up, including helping users with the installation of the client on SonyEricsson P900 and P910 phones.”
4 Product philosophy and road map. “We don’t necessarily go for the cheapest solution – we want to have the best one for our people which brings most value in long term. Always-On Mail has a good roadmap for further development which ensures that our IT investment is future-proof,” he concludes.


Nordic Capital Success

SEVEN has helped Nordic Capital in many ways. 

• It maximises the effectiveness of mobile workers by giving them access to the latest information at all times, wherever they are
• Accelerates response to customers and changing business conditions
• Ease of use saves users’ time – helping them stay focused on the job, not the technology
• Saves IT resources by minimising the need for training utilising familiar user interface and functions

Key Benefits

  • Enables anywhere, anytime access to critical information
  • Cuts response time to customer and technical support requests
  • Promotes more decision-making on site
  • Fits seamlessly with PDA or mobile device of choice
  • Offers proper screen views and user-friendly functionality
  • Works with existing Microsoft Exchange 2003 servers and Windows Mobile devices
  • Guarantees safe transfer of data between enterprise and mobile worker 

Core Solution Benefits

  • User-friendly – intuitive user interface and functions
  • Cost efficient – no need for costly IT training or hardware investments
  • Quick installation – up and running in less than one hour
  • Easy to expand – keeps up with corporate growth
  • Outstanding security – point-to-point encryption