Saudi-Telecom-Company-Case-Study1
Supplying internet and mobile services to over 160 million customers across the Middle East,
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is one of the largest providers in the region, extending as far as
Africa and South Asia. With millions of customers contacting STC daily for billing, payment,
network usage and support, all of this information has to be monitored somewhere. Located in
the headquarters of STC is a data centre which features a soccer-field-sized wall of monitors all
displaying information regarding network statistics, service analytics, and customer calls.
The Environment
When you have acres of information in front of you, prioritizing and contextualizing the data is
paramount in understanding it. STC needed to identify the relevant metrics, properly visualize
them, and provide them to the right people, often with time sensitive information. “The
executives didn’t have the ability to see key performance indicators” said Waleed Al Eshaiwy,
manager of the data centre at STC, “they would have to contact the technical teams to get
status reports. By that time, it would often be too late and we would be reacting to problems
ather than preventing them.”
The Problem
After carefully evaluating 15 vendors, STC made the decision to go with Dundas after observing
its data visualization techniques. Dundas’ Business Intelligence Consultants worked on site in
STC’s headquarters in Riyadh to refine the telecommunication dashboards so they functioned
properly. “Even if someone were to show you what was in the database, line by line, without
visualizing it, it would be difficult to know what was going on”, said Waleed, who worked closely
with Dundas consultants. The success that STC experienced led to engagement on an enterprise
wide, mission critical project to transform their data center and create a more proactive
monitoring environment. This project culminated with the monitoring systems in STC’s data centre
finally transforming from reactive to proactive.
The Solution
“Dundas allowed us to see trends and co
ect issues before they became problems” said Mr.
Eshaiwy, adding that “we decreased the amount of service tickets by 55% the year that we
started using the dashboard. The availability of the system increased, which meant customer
satisfaction levels increased, which led to an increased customer base, which of course lead to
increased revenues”. With new, custom KPI’s becoming visually available to the STC team,
Dundas Dashboards cu
ently occupy nearly a quarter of the soccer-field-sized monitor wall.
“Everything is on my screen, and I can drill down and find whatever I need to know” explained
Waleed, adding “because of the design and structure of the dashboards, we can very quickly
ecognize the root cause of the problems and take appropriate action.” According to Mr. Eshaiwy,
Dundas is a success: “The adoption rates are excellent, it’s easy to use and it’s one of the most
successful projects that we have implemented. Even visitors who stop by my office are gra
ed
ight away by the look of the dashboard!”
The Bene�ts
Company Name:
Saudi Telecom
Industry:
Telecommunications
Key Bene�ts:
Dundas Data Visualization
allowed the Saudi Telecom
Company to maintain its
complex daily operations
while decreasing the total
amount of service tickets
y half.
AT A GLANCE “We decreased the amount of service tickets by 55% the year
that we started using the dashboard. The availability of the
system increased, which meant customer satisfaction levels
increased, which led to an increased customer base, which of
course lead to increased revenues”
- IT manager, STC
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