Case Moonhill: Saving Time & Money with Proactive IT
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Moonhill saves time and money thanks to greater visibility into computer environments and proactive IT
Introduction
Moonhill lacked good visibility into the computer environments they manage, and that made solving issues challenging. With Applixure, they got the visibility they needed to be more proactive and were able to save time and money.
About Moonhill's Services
Moonhill is a Finnish IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) that offers comprehensive services ranging from consulting to hosting services, security, and moving. Moonhill's way of working is agile and flexible, and they have companies of all sizes as customers. Their operations are based on a strong customer orientation, which has been a source of long-lasting customer relationships.
Moonhill works with companies ranging from law firms to gaming to construction companies. Moonhill is a little bit differently than most MSPs in that they do not focus on day-to-day hands-on IT support. Instead, they are primarily a consultant for client companies to help them find problem areas.
In addition, Moonhill offers moving services. When a customer moves to a new location, Moonhill coordinates the renovation of the new office space, and sets up all the IT infrastructure so that customers’ employees can start working productively in the new spaces from day one.
Tommi Saarela, Senior IT Manager at Moonhill, has extensive experience in the IT industry. His main areas of responsibility are IT security projects, larger system takeovers, and consulting.
Piloting was quick and easy
Saarela had used Applixure at his previous workplaces and knew it could help with these kinds of issues. The decision to bring Applixure to Moonhill was easy. Saarela recalls:
Visibility into Computer Environments & Proactive IT
Today Applixure is an important tool for Moonhill because it provides visibility into their customers’ computer environments. Saarela is the main user of both Analytics and Workflow and reports his findings from Analytics to the customer’s IT support or MSP. If needed, Moonhill can also help in fixing issues.
The features Moonhill uses the most are tracking warranty information and identifying issues with software. Saarela explains:
Intuitive and Easy to Use
Applixure Workflow Is a Must-have for MSPs
Applixure Workflow is an add-on to Analytics. It takes data from Analytics and turns it into concrete tasks which are managed in a Kanban-style board. Tasks can be assigned to team members and include a list of all devices affected by that particular issue.
Before starting to use Workflow, Saarela, who is the main user of Applixure, went through Analytics’ reports on a monthly basis. Now Moonhill has automated the process with Workflow, which reports per customer each issue in the IT environment, whether the issue generates work or if it is a recognized issue, which is just accepted.
If it is not an accepted issue, then it is directed forward. In most cases, the client companies have an internal IT Support team or an outsourced partner who can fix the issues. If this is not the case, Moonhill offers their clients the option to have Moonhill resolve the issue.
Thus, Workflow has become a valuable tool for Moonhill because it automates the identification, processing, and reporting of problems in each IT environment. That’s why Saarela is happy to recommend Workflow for any MSP:
Time Savings: from 10 hours to one!
Applixure has saved Moonhill and its customers lots of time and money. Before Applixure, investigating problems in the computer environment took a lot of time and involved manually digging into the data in individual computers, the network, or the server.
Customers used to call Moonhill when problems arose and if the customers' own IT couldn't get to the root of the issues. When accurate data was not available, Moonhill had to ponder where the source of the problem was, and the process took a lot of time. Now Applixure has changed the situation. Saarela describes the time savings:
Saarela sees that Analytics and Workflow are extremely valuable tools especially for service providers who are responsible not only for their own computers, but for the computer base of all customers, which is difficult to gain visibility into without a proper tool.
To other MSPs who manage a large computer base, he sends greetings that Applixure is an excellent option:
Customer Support from Applixure
Customers Appreciate Proactive IT
About Business Finland's Jarmo
Jarmo Jonninen is responsible for Business Finland's system development, end-user services and devices as well as information security.

Jarmo Jonninen
IT Manager
Business Finland

Moonhill is a Finnish IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) that offers comprehensive services ranging from consulting to hosting services, security, and moving. Moonhill's way of working is agile and flexible, and they have companies of all sizes as customers. Their operations are based on a strong customer orientation, which has been a source of long lasting customer relationships.
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