Case Study: Global Ore Discovery achieves remote, secure, standardized device management with PolicyPak Cloud

Global Ore Discovery Uses PolicyPak to Support Extremely Remote Locations

Global Ore Discovery, an Albion, Australia–based mineral and energy geological consultancy, sends most of its staff to remote field sites worldwide. With about 90% of employees working between South America and the Asia–Pacific region—often on satellite links or off-domain machines—its sole IT manager struggled to maintain and standardize settings, deploy updates, and support a BYOD environment across extreme time zones and low-bandwidth conditions.

The company deployed PolicyPak Cloud, using pre-configured "paks" to push application and system settings remotely; it has already rolled PolicyPak out to field machines and continues to expand usage. The solution cut configuration time (halving new-computer deployment), centralized browser and app settings across IE/Chrome/Firefox, enabled BYOD support, tightened security with whitelists and macro controls, and reduced support tickets—delivering significant time savings and reliable remote management.

Global Ore Discovery

William Evans

Information Technology Manager