RUAG Switzerland: With the UMB Consultant to a Service-Oriented IT Organization.

You may be familiar with this scenario: Despite utilizing an effective IT service management tool, the service quality your business achieves still falls short of your expectations. This is often due to the absence of defined processes and communication with the relevant parties. The lack of clarity…

Bell Becomes More Secure: Thanks to UMB.

At Bell Schweiz AG, Switzerland's largest provider of meat, charcuterie, and seafood, safety is the top priority. That’s why the alarm system must meet the highest standards. The need was for discreet, fast communication options in emergencies and improved safety measures for employees. UMB provides…

Ballenberg Open-Air Museum: How the UMB Cyber Defense Center Helps Protect a Swiss Jewel.

Since its opening in 1978, Ballenberg has been telling the story of Switzerland in a unique way. Even this small, friendly Swiss institution needs to protect itself from attacks from cyberspace or malware. That's why officials at the open-air museum turned to UMB's security experts to set up…

Flexible, Secure, Future-Oriented: How Pratteln Optimizes Alerting and Communication with UMB.

Whether for handling dangerous situations in schools, evacuating public buildings, managing communications on construction sites, or facilitating remote working: UMB relies on technologies that redefine efficiency and user-friendliness.

Questions for VBZ? The AI Butler Assists Customer Service with Answers.

Contact's customer service. To streamline response times and ease employee workloads, the company tasked UMB with developing a proof of concept (PoC). The goal: use AI to handle 20% of rate-related emails. The solution leverages watsonx and IBM Cloud Services.

More Time for the CFO and Lower Costs for WESCO Thanks to IT Health Check From UMB.

It all started with the desire of the new CFO of the WESCO Group to gain a better understanding of his own IT. The ideal tool for this is UMB's IT Health Check. This service provides a 360-degree view and answers the question of how healthy a company's IT is. The result is a detailed as-is analysis…

Robot with Heart and Mind at the Swiss Paraplegic Center Nottwil

The Swiss Paraplegic Center (SPC) is focusing on innovative solutions to improve patient care and visitor experience. An important step in this direction is the acquisition of an interactive robot that guides, informs and entertains patients and visitors. The robot can be a great help in navigating…

More Time for KENDRIS: Successful Migration to the Azure Cloud.

«Concentrate on your core business - we at KENDRIS take care of the rest» - is the motto of the globally active Swiss consulting and trust company. To ensure that KENDRIS' specialists have the time to do this, UMB now supports their entire basic IT operations. In a successful cloud journey, all…

simplee Increases Cyber Resilience With UMB's Process and Vulnerability Analysis.

simplee, an up-and-coming start-up in the energy sector, prioritizes security for its innovative charging solutions. To establish a solid security foundation, the company engaged the UMB Security Angels to assess their security maturity against the NIST framework. UMB's expert analysis identified…

Ad interim Head of IT Operations from UMB leads transformation to customer-focused IT service management at BKW.

At BKW, 11,500 employees make an important contribution to sustainable social and economic development. They all depend on perfectly functioning IT, and problems need to be solved quickly. As part of BKW's innovation and digitalization processes, the service desk and the entire IT operation had to…

AKSO: UMB's CIO as a Service Rapidly Steps Into the Role of IT Manager.

The situation at the Compensation Office of the Canton of Solothurn, AKSO, was tense, press coverage was negative, and various management positions were vacant. In addition, the Head of IT had resigned. His superior and Deputy Managing Director suddenly found himself in the role of Managing Director…

Liberty Pension Ltd: With the UMB Business Consultants to a Clever New IT Strategy.

Liberty Pension Ltd is a well-established Swiss specialist in occupational and private pension provision. The company gained recognition in 2005 with the launch of the first independent pension platform in Switzerland, marking a significant milestone in the Swiss pension landscape. Consequently,…

Spaeter AG: High Data Center Performance Brings More Power and creates time for the Construction Industry.

Construction is a very demanding industry in terms of logistics and IT technology. Spaeter AG's existing IT infrastructure had reached the end of its life and no longer met the requirements for a high-performance, scalable IT platform. Now, two Huawei OceanStor Dorado 5000 HyperMetro are providing…

Grüezi! UMB Voicebot Supports Kreuzlingen Residents' Office through AI – and Understands Swiss German Too.

The town of Kreuzlingen in the Swiss Canton of Thurgau can now serve its 23,000 residents even better. As part of its smart city strategy, the residents' office is now using AI (artificial intelligence) to answer telephone calls. This digital assistant - the voicebot has a female voice - answers…

Hotel Prätschli Arosa has more time for guests and innovative ideas.

Nestled in the alpine panorama, way up above Arosa, lies the renowned Hotel Prätschli. Built at the beginning of the last century, the Hotel has undergone stylish renovations and is now considered one of the best addresses in Arosa. To ensure every guest’s wish is fulfilled, UMB is supporting the…

IBM and UMB AG: Dream Team for the SAP HANA Power Cloud from Switzerland.

On our own behalf: IBM has published an exciting case about the SAP Power Cloud at UMB. Read why we rely on IBM Power technology for SAP....

A Temporary Head of IT - to Avoid Losing Valuable Time.

Solvias AG, a high-tech company serving the biotech and pharmaceutical sector is growing rapidly and it is imperative that its IT systems keep pace with this growth. Therefore, when an IT manager was needed for the site in Switzerland and recruiting took longer than expected, UMB had the solution:…

More Time for Hyrock: UMB Optimizes Cloud Architecture for Customer Application in the Azure Cloud.

Swiss company Hyrock specializes in mortgages & financing, real estate and investments. Hyrock has developed a unique tool that enables advisors to process a business case over the entire case cycle and manage internal business processes. Together with the application partner, UMB has optimized the…

Dr. Risch: One of Switzerland's Fastest Medical Laboratories Accelerates Even More With UMB.

At Laboratory Dr. Risch, precision, safety and speed are paramount. When it comes to laboratory samples, every minute may count, and downtime is not an option. That's why Dr. Risch is renewing its hardware with the assistance of UMB. Three geo-redundant data centers in Switzerland, based on new and…

Transforming Training: Novae Restoration uses VR for More Safety and Quality

Vaud-based gastronomy company Novae is using a virtual training program to enhance employee safety and improve quality in its daily operations. In order to realize this pioneering project, UMB connected the company with suitable partners and supported the development of virtual reality scenarios. In…

Modernized unified communications and alerting solution for Triaplus

For Triaplus, telecommunications with emergency alerting is an elementary factor for optimal work processes and for the safety of its team and clients. UMB implemented an open platform with mobile communication, unified communications and customized alerting.

More Time for Business: Vitra relies on SAP S/4HANA and the UMB cloud.

For 25 years, SAP worked just fine at Vitra AG. Over the years, the company had perfectly aligned SAP with its needs until it reached the limits of these legacy systems. A modern solution with sufficient power to achieve Vitra's business goals was needed. Today, thanks to the migration to SAP…

WiFi 6, VoIP and UVV: Polytype Modernizes its Network and Communications

The network and telephone system of the machine manufacturer Polytype AG at the Fribourg site no longer met the requirements. UMB AG implemented a modern communications infrastructure that is characterized by comprehensive functionality, high performance, and reliable security.

Pro Senectute Canton Zurich is Approaching the Digital Future With a Clearly Defined Digital Strategy.

Every industry and every company will have to change over the next few years in order to successfully master the digital revolution. Those who properly approach this challenge will benefit from numerous advantages and opportunities. To this end, UMB has developed a digital strategy for Pro Senectute…

Multimedia Terminals for Balgrist University Hospital

Balgrist University Hospital is a highly specialized competence center for musculoskeletal disorders and is one of the leading organizations in orthopedic research. UMB AG was chosen to implement the Atos Unify OpenScape Health Station HiMed V11 solution in this innovative environment.

TPF is renewing its telephony and integrating it with modern collaboration tools

Mobility has been the existential basis of the Transports publics fribourgeois (TPF) since 1868. Today, it covers the entire canton of Fribourg with its trains, regional buses, and urban local transport. In 2020, TPF decided to modernise its office communications. UMB installed its new unified…

Performance up, Costs Down: UMB Migrates SAP for Condair.

Many companies face similar situations today: Outdated SAP systems and expiring contracts force a reorientation. The Condair Group, active in industrial air humidification, has opted for a sustainable SAP transformation and migrated with UMB to both the Azure Cloud and SAP HANA and the latest…

Leica Geosystems: UMB and Juniper Revolutionize the Network in the Areas of Core, Distribution and Access.

An outdated structure, growing data volumes, and increasing performance requirements led Leica Geosystems to commission UMB to find a solution for a new network. Today, a powerful, flexible, and easy-to-manage system from Juniper Networks ensures that plenty of performance will be available for…

Time for Digitization at ZHAW: Augmented Reality Lab Introduction with HoloLens 2.0.

For many, augmented reality glasses are either a gadget for gamers or a thing from the future. However, the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW has proven in a project with UMB that, with Microsoft HoloLens 2.0, innovative business applications are very much possible. Introduction to the bio…

WALO Leverages Collective Intelligence: Step by Step into a Digital Future with UMB.

Digital transformation is not a question of tools but of organization and culture, which must be fundamentally changed. The name WALO is synonymous with the Swiss construction industry. For more than a hundred years, this construction company has combined consistency and innovation. Today, with…

FC Basel 1893 and UMB: This is Why Team Spirit and Sportsmanship are Also Crucial in IT.

UMB enjoys a successful partnership with FC Basel. We create time through the smooth operation of IT. Because top sports performance and top performance in the business world are both built on the absolute will to perform as well as on successful teamwork. Find out why team spirit and sportsmanship…

WKS KV Bildung Digitizes Its Communication Channels

The Corona crisis has created challenges for many education organizations: Remote teaching, technical rearrangements, work away from the classroom, and difficult communication due to the home office situation. WKS KV Bildung in Bern therefore converted its operations over to digital and made its…

Basler and Hofmann Ready for the Future With a Modern Network for All Locations.

When it comes to IT infrastructure, Basler und Hofmann has relied on close cooperation with the experts from UMB for a whole decade. Consequently, UMB was also tasked with the planning, implementation and maintenance of the consolidation project with which the Swiss engineering and consulting…

World Market Leader Belimo Relies on Business Automation from UMB and CAS.

Belimo is the world market leader in the development, production, and sale of field devices for the regulation and control of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Only those who constantly develop innovative products will remain at the forefront. Thanks to UMB and CAS Case Manager for…

NUSSLI: Time for High Emotions Will Soon Be Here Again!

Grandstands, event structures, pavilions, halls, stages: There is virtually nothing that NUSSLI, a leader in event construction, cannot construct. For many years, UMB has taken total care of the IT of the company from Hüttwilen in the canton of Thurgau. We are happy with NUSSLI that the event skies…

An ISP Network for the Future: Powerful, Stable, Fast and Economically Scalable

Internet service providers are faced with ever-increasing demands in terms of technologies and network infrastructure. To thrive in this competitive market, they need high-performance, stable networks that can be scaled easily, quickly and economically. This is exactly why the infrastructure and…

Condair: UMB consulting ensures a healthy IT climate.

Condair Group is a leader in the field of commercial and industrial air humidification. The company, which is based in Pfäffikon SZ, has opted for a complete realignment of its IT via a CIO-ad-Interim mandate from UMB. This creates time, frees up space for core business activities and thus ensures a…

A New Campus Network: Powerful, Cost-Effective and Stable

High-availability and high-performance IT infrastructure is indispensable for modern school teaching. This is also known at the Kantonsschule Zug, where the demands on their IT network have increased massively in recent years. Despite high cost pressure and scarce resources, the optimal solution was…

Especially the Small Ones Need to be Protected!

Cyberattacks can strike any company any day. Recent experience has clearly demonstrated this. Although the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach is small, with just over 100 users, it rightly takes the issue of security very seriously - and places its trust in UMB and Sophos.

Mövenpick now has more time to create unique experiences with Wine

UMB has gradually separated the entire IT of Mövenpick Wein Schweiz AG from the existing environment and transferred it into the UMB cloud. UMB is thus laying the foundations for Mövenpick’s wine division operational excellence and creating more time to offer customers a unique shopping experience…

LUNGE ZÜRICH and COVID-19: A UMB Customer in Permanent Demand.

LUNGE ZÜRICH is dedicated to providing for healthy lungs and a high quality of life for people with lung disease. In times like the COVID-19 pandemic, it is particularly evident how important the services of organizations like LUNGE ZÜRICH are. With a tailor-made IT solution UMB LUNGE ZÜRICH gains…

Time for More Joy of Life.

Laughing with others is perhaps the best medicine against loneliness. The Lebensfreude Foundation is dedicated to providing humorous and respectful clown visits to homes and institutions. This is beneficial for people who suffer from dementia, are ill, elderly, or mentally and physically impaired.

UMB IT As a Service Is a Neat Solution for Vebego.

Vebego offers services in the field of facility management. This family business operating 22 locations ensures cleanliness throughout Switzerland. UMB now takes care of its IT. This leaves Vebego more time to ensure their customer’s clean appearance.

UMB Supports UBS Card Center.

The UBS card center is one of the leading Swiss providers of credit card transactions. UMB has been supporting IT operations since 2017, thus creating more time for customer-oriented innovations.

Hallenstadion: 3'500 Hours More for Pure Emotions!

The Zurich Hallenstadion, the star among Switzerland’s event locations, has transformed from a velodrome into a temple for popular culture. This is why the Hallenstadion relies on the UMB Cloud.

Time for blissful vacations.

58 Hapimag resorts in Europe, North Africa, Turkey and Florida have something in common: the flexible UMB private cloud. It ensures smooth and efficient IT services and operational excellence - the basis for perfect vacation pleasure for all Hapimag guests.

Arosa revolutionizes mountain tourism!

Arosa is in the UMB cloud utilizing a revolutionary IT pricing model. Applying business linked pricing, Arosa Tourism only pays when the beds are full and the tickets to the mountains have been sold.

More time for the People of Zurich.

The city of Zurich processes over 500,000 accounts payable invoices annually. UMB has implemented a digital solution that can be used throughout the city administration for the approval of invoices. This ensures operational excellence for the accounts payable workflow and creates more time for…

UMB Power for Medical Facilities in Ticino.

EOC - Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale - is a provider of IT services for hospitals and other medical institutions in the canton of Ticinos. As a result of its growth, its entire IBM Power infrastructure had to be brought up to date. This creates reassuring margins for nursing care and emergencies in…

Vitra: Excellent Design Even More in Focus.

Time and again, Vitra creates new furnishing icons in collaboration with its designers. The company stands for excellence in furniture manufacturing. Vitra also relies on operational excellence in IT. UMB operates the entire data center platform, providing IT as a service from the highly available…

Candrian: More Time for Guests.

Candrian, the long-established gastronomy company headquartered in Zurich, wants to focus even more on its core business and thus now obtains all IT services from the UMB Cloud as IT as a service. True to the company's motto, Candrian now has more time for their guests - even in the Clouds, Zurich's…

Confiserie Sprüngli: SAP Power for Exquisite Delicacies.

Confiserie Sprüngli has been pampering customers worldwide with its exquisite Swiss chocolate delicacies for over 175 years. Only the best is good enough. True to this principle, Confiserie Sprüngli relies on IBM Power technology and UMB for its ERP system.

Davos Klosters: More time for the perfect winter day!

Davos Klosters is one of the most famous and tradition-rich ski resorts in the world. In order to ensure operational excellence in the future and to be able to concentrate on its core business, the resort has outsourced all IT services into the UMB Cloud. And thus has time to organize the perfect…

Cellere: More Capacity for Living Spaces.

Road construction and civil engineering, conversions, renovations, and even riding arenas: At Cellere they know how to build really well. UMB ensures smooth SAP basic operation and thus creates additional capacity which Cellere can successfully use for its core business.

SPAR Enhances Customer Care.

185 SPAR neighborhood markets and SPARexpress convenience markets as well as 11 TopCC cash & carry pick-up markets would be at a standstill without SAP HANA. This is why SPAR opted for UMB when it came to hardware and database migration, release upgrades, replacement of the backup tool, and the…

Zur Rose: Largest Online Pharmacy Delivers Medications Faster than Ever Before.

Europe's largest online pharmacy "Zur Rose" ensures the reliable delivery of medications for thousands of MDs and patients. More than 50,000 medications are mailed out every day. This top performance is only possible with highly performant and scalable IT systems.