Case Studies
Larry Hunter, Director of Information Technology
www.mooney.com
Customer Profile:
Kerryville, TX Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd, (OTC BB: MNYG) through its wholly owned subsidiary Mooney Airplane Company, manufactures, markets, and supports high performance single engine aircraft. Founded in 1946 by Al and Art Mooney in Wichita, Kansas, the headquarters moved to Kerryville, Texas in 1953. Today Mooney Airplane Company serves 7,000 customers in the United States and 1,000 internationally. Mooney Airplane Company has manufactured and delivered more than 10,000 aircraft worldwide and the Mooney fleet has amassed more than 40 million hours of flight time.
Mooney engineering has always focused on producing the highest-performing, safest and most efficient aircraft. With aircraft market-tested for more than half a century, pilots fly their Mooneys with confidence. Over the years the company has built a stellar reputation for engineering excellence, safety and performance. Some of the performance records that Mooney Airplane Company hold are;
- Fastest transcontinental flight in a single-engine, piston-powered production aircraft
- Altitude record
- Fastest piston-powered aircraft currently in production
In August 2000, Mooney Airplane Company was ready to launch their new website which was supporting the company brand, a customer service/support database, and a e-commerce merchandising database. Mooney Airplane Company chose Irides LLC as their trusted business partner for a fully managed, customized hosting solution
The Irides solution:
The Irides solution consisted of a dedicated WinTel platform, MS OS, MS Internet Information Server (IIS), MS SQL Server, a burstable network connection and managed services. Managed services include: daily incremental and weekly full backup, OS updates and patch deployment, Cisco Intrusion Detection protection, server analysis, remote reboot, server maintenance reports, and service restoration response.
