The project was conceptualized for the Aditya Birla Group, which has 60
manufacturing locations in India and abroad (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines,
Egypt, Canada, Australia, Indonesia and China), by 24X7 Learning. The Group felt
the need to build a high quality employee base for the success and training
needs of the organization. To achieve this, they required: global capabilities
and competencies; speed of learning; learning to reach remote pockets; and focus
on building a managerial base. The project caters to about 10,000 users
(managers). For this, 26 servers have been installed globally, and the
e-Learning solution has been 90% completed. To manage high volumes,
infrastructure related issues, penetration, network connectivity and speed, a
distributed architecture is deployed where the database is centralized, and
content and LMS Servers are distributed. With decentralized database, there
should be connectivity between various locations and the main server. To
overcome this, the architecture was completely decentralized and the data is
replicated once per day for centralized administration. The entire architecture
is based on Windows 2000 Server, IIS 5.1 Web server, SQL Server 2000 with
Replication.
Project Specs |
Business problem: Difficulty in
providing e-Learning courseware across multiple locations
IT solution:
Implemented a distributed architecture resembling a virtual campus
Impact: Connectivity speed has increased, large networks can be
managed easily
Implementation partner: 24X7 Learning
Project head: Ganesh Durupudi, General Manager, 24x7 Learning |
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