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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

•  David.plavin@us-resources.com