Publicis Case Study PUBLICIS: A Modern Approach to Managing Fonts Across the Nation
May 19, 2015
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PUBLICIS: A Modern Approach to Managing Fonts Across the Nation
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David Plavin • Service Manager, Creative Applications
Publicis / RE: SOURCES Information Technology
• 17 Years Serving Creative Agencies
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Publicis • Top 4 creative agencies in the world
• O"ces worldwide Notable clients:
• Procter & Gamble • Toyota • Philip Morris
• Lenovo • Wendy’s
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Life Before Universal Type Server • Suitcase Server X1
• Font Reserve Server
• Desktop-based font management solutions
• Varied by creative group
10% Desktop 90% Server
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IT Goals of a Font Server • Management of multiple font collections
serving disparate creative teams
• Ensure font licensing compliance
• E"cient user access
• Consistent and reliable server
• Easy server con#guration
• Local administration
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From the End User’s Perspective • Easy access to font collection
• Ability to search and browse fonts
• Precise font activation
• Be$er ability to manage font libraries
• Very positive creative user feedback
• Custom con#guration to meet creative group needs
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Server Configuration • Virtual servers using Parallels Bare Metal
for Mac managed by ARD or Parallels Console
• Server Licenses: 24
• Client Licenses: 3,109
• Client deployed by automation so%ware
• Migrating to LDAP for user management
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Compliance Strategy • Licensing a large library
• Purchase request forms
• Deployment across multiple locations
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Disaster Recovery • Hurricane Sandy
• O&site CoLo
• Recovery plan
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Q&A + Contact • David Plavin
• Service Manager, Creative Applications
• Publicis Groupe