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Blundstone takes big step to modernize IT infrastructure with HPE SimpliVity

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Retail
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Infrastructure Inspection
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Blundstone’s aging IT systems were becoming increasingly inefficient, risky and costly. The retailer’s legacy IT infrastructure included virtualized legacy servers with iSCSI storage systems, running a variety of business applications. The IT team relied on several distinct backup and replication tools including Symantec Backup Exec and Veeam for data protection and recovery. Deploying new workloads–allocating compute and storage resources, configuring data protection policies–could take weeks using the company’s legacy tools. Worse still, disasters or equipment failures had the potential to impair IT services and disrupt business; restoring applications could take hours or even days using the disjointed data protection solutions. Read More
About Customer	Blundstone is an Australian footwear manufacturer and online retailer. The company was facing challenges with its aging IT systems which were becoming increasingly inefficient, risky, and costly. The legacy IT infrastructure included virtualized legacy servers with iSCSI storage systems, running a variety of business applications. The IT team relied on several distinct backup and replication tools including Symantec Backup Exec and Veeam for data protection and recovery. The process of deploying new workloads, allocating compute and storage resources, and configuring data protection policies could take weeks using the company’s legacy tools. Furthermore, disasters or equipment failures had the potential to disrupt IT services and business operations, with restoring applications potentially taking hours or even days. Read More
Solution	Blundstone replaced its legacy server and storage systems with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) SimpliVity hyperconverged solution infrastructure. The HPE SimpliVity solution helps Blundstone reduce TCO, streamline IT operations, and ensure high performance and availability for the company’s business-critical applications and data. HPE SimpliVity’s hyperconverged solution is designed from the ground up to meet the increased performance, scalability and agility demands of today’s data-intensive, highly virtualized IT environments. The solution eliminates cost and complexity by consolidating a variety of IT functions including compute, storage, network switching, replication, and backup onto virtualized, industry-standard x86 hardware, with global unified management. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Retail

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Infrastructure Inspection

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Blundstone’s aging IT systems were becoming increasingly inefficient, risky and costly. The retailer’s legacy IT infrastructure included virtualized legacy servers with iSCSI storage systems, running a variety of business applications. The IT team relied on several distinct backup and replication tools including Symantec Backup Exec and Veeam for data protection and recovery. Deploying new workloads–allocating compute and storage resources, configuring data protection policies–could take weeks using the company’s legacy tools. Worse still, disasters or equipment failures had the potential to impair IT services and disrupt business; restoring applications could take hours or even days using the disjointed data protection solutions.

About Customer

Blundstone is an Australian footwear manufacturer and online retailer. The company was facing challenges with its aging IT systems which were becoming increasingly inefficient, risky, and costly. The legacy IT infrastructure included virtualized legacy servers with iSCSI storage systems, running a variety of business applications. The IT team relied on several distinct backup and replication tools including Symantec Backup Exec and Veeam for data protection and recovery. The process of deploying new workloads, allocating compute and storage resources, and configuring data protection policies could take weeks using the company’s legacy tools. Furthermore, disasters or equipment failures had the potential to disrupt IT services and business operations, with restoring applications potentially taking hours or even days.

Solution

Blundstone replaced its legacy server and storage systems with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) SimpliVity hyperconverged solution infrastructure. The HPE SimpliVity solution helps Blundstone reduce TCO, streamline IT operations, and ensure high performance and availability for the company’s business-critical applications and data. HPE SimpliVity’s hyperconverged solution is designed from the ground up to meet the increased performance, scalability and agility demands of today’s data-intensive, highly virtualized IT environments. The solution eliminates cost and complexity by consolidating a variety of IT functions including compute, storage, network switching, replication, and backup onto virtualized, industry-standard x86 hardware, with global unified management.

Impact #1	Full data protection and disaster recovery for all applications
Impact #2	Backups and restores completed in minutes compared to hours or days
Impact #3	Increased IT agility; new workloads deployed in days compared to weeks

Impact #1

Full data protection and disaster recovery for all applications

Impact #2

Backups and restores completed in minutes compared to hours or days

Impact #3

Increased IT agility; new workloads deployed in days compared to weeks

Benefit #1	Reduced TCO; two equipment racks consolidated into two 2U units
Benefit #2	Reduces storage costs; 47:1 data efficiency

Benefit #1

Reduced TCO; two equipment racks consolidated into two 2U units

Benefit #2

Reduces storage costs; 47:1 data efficiency

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Blundstone takes big step to modernize IT infrastructure with HPE SimpliVity

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