CASE STUDIES: LIQUORLAND
RETAIL CHAIN
How Liquorland transformed its business with Pulseway
They have been able to become more effective and efficient by working proactively to maintain uptime, while responding faster to any issues that require their attention.
“Pulseway is so simple that anybody could run a network quite simply if they take this tool. There’s no complexity to set it up. It’s straightforward. It’s intuitive. The interface is great, and it really sells itself. Once people see it, it’s just like, “How can I get that?”
Steve Smith
Regional Executive, Advantage
Custom Patching
As a retail business, Liquorland uses specialist retail-focused applications, so one of the unique challenges they faced was ensuring these applications were kept up to date in multiple locations. Off-the-shelf patching solutions generally only support widely used software and not specialist, industry-specific titles. Pulseway’s third-party patching solution contains a custom titles feature that meant these software applications could be patched instantly along with other third-party titles.
In addition, the automation capabilities of Pulseway’s patching engine ensured that the productivity of the employees remained unaffected. This automation functionality has removed a lot of pressure from the IT admins and significantly reduced the volume of support calls.
Steve Smith, Regional Executive
Remote IT Management
Pulseway provides industry-leading mobile functionality, that allows its customers to manage their networks with nothing more than just a mobile phone. This has also been another benefit, especially when Covid-19 restrictions restricted travel to stores. With the remote desktop tool, technicians can access any user’s machine from their mobile device and fix the issue remotely.
Brett O’Hanlon, Finance & IT Manager
Simplicity Is the Key
When Liquorland was looking for a new IT management solution, one of the key things that distinguished Pulseway from other brands was its simplicity. Being simple and easy to set up, Pulseway’s robust functionality was the ideal solution for Liquorland as it made it simple and straightforward for them to manage.
Brett O’Hanlon, Finance & IT Manager
Licensing Structure
One of the major issues faced by Liquorland was that their existing remote management tool came with a complicated licensing structure and prevented them from performing critical issues. With the read-only view, they didn’t have access to the command line and other crucial functions. Pulseway, on the other hand, offered an easily understandable licensing structure for Liquorland. The admins had a clear idea of the functionalities they can access and the tasks they can perform.
Brett O’Hanlon, Finance & IT Manager
Liquorland is a New Zealand-based specialist liquor retailer formed in 1981. The company has over 130 stores nationwide and operates a franchise model. The company has retail operations in multiple locations, and there is a small internal IT team of four members managing the entire IT infrastructure.
Liquorland had engaged with Advantage, a leading New Zealand-based IT services company, to work on a different project. During this engagement, they asked Advantage for advice on how best to manage their remote stores.
Based on his previous experience with Pulseway, Steve Smith from Advantage suggested that Liquorland look at it. They were already testing a competitive RMM product that was significantly more expensive with no mobile access.
