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Delivering rapid return on investment with agile, available analytics services in the cloud

IBM

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Chemicals
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Following a corporate divestiture, one of Tech Mahindra’s clients – a specialty chemical company with several thousand employees and production facilities on four continents – needed to separate all of its IT systems from its former parent’s infrastructure as quickly as possible. The client’s previous IBM Cognos Business Intelligence environment had been installed on-premise at the former parent company’s data center. However, Tech Mahindra realized that moving to a cloud deployment could have significant advantages. The challenge was to deploy a new analytics environment as quickly as possible. Read More
About Customer	Tech Mahindra is a USD3.8 billion company with more than 103,600 professionals across 90 countries. They provide technology services, platforms, products, and solutions to over 750 global clients, including several Fortune 500 companies. One of their clients is a specialty chemical company with several thousand employees and production facilities on four continents. This client was facing a challenge following a corporate divestiture, where they needed to separate all of their IT systems from their former parent's infrastructure as quickly as possible. Read More
Solution	Tech Mahindra advised the client to take advantage of the full software-as-a-service offering of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence on Cloud. They were able to provision the new cloud environment in just four hours. The cloud-based Cognos application runs on virtual servers in a single-tenant SoftLayer environment that provides backup and recovery, load-balancing, and ISO 27001-compliant security features at the physical, network, and application level. Tech Mahindra then integrated the solution with the client’s on-premise data warehouse and single-sign-on system – and was able to start delivering the first reports and analyses to the client’s users within just five days. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Chemicals

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Following a corporate divestiture, one of Tech Mahindra’s clients – a specialty chemical company with several thousand employees and production facilities on four continents – needed to separate all of its IT systems from its former parent’s infrastructure as quickly as possible. The client’s previous IBM Cognos Business Intelligence environment had been installed on-premise at the former parent company’s data center. However, Tech Mahindra realized that moving to a cloud deployment could have significant advantages. The challenge was to deploy a new analytics environment as quickly as possible.

About Customer

Tech Mahindra is a USD3.8 billion company with more than 103,600 professionals across 90 countries. They provide technology services, platforms, products, and solutions to over 750 global clients, including several Fortune 500 companies. One of their clients is a specialty chemical company with several thousand employees and production facilities on four continents. This client was facing a challenge following a corporate divestiture, where they needed to separate all of their IT systems from their former parent's infrastructure as quickly as possible.

Solution

Tech Mahindra advised the client to take advantage of the full software-as-a-service offering of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence on Cloud. They were able to provision the new cloud environment in just four hours. The cloud-based Cognos application runs on virtual servers in a single-tenant SoftLayer environment that provides backup and recovery, load-balancing, and ISO 27001-compliant security features at the physical, network, and application level. Tech Mahindra then integrated the solution with the client’s on-premise data warehouse and single-sign-on system – and was able to start delivering the first reports and analyses to the client’s users within just five days.

Impact #1	The cloud-based Cognos application runs on virtual servers in a single-tenant SoftLayer environment that provides backup and recovery, load-balancing, and ISO 27001-compliant security features at the physical, network, and application level.
Impact #2	Tech Mahindra was able to start delivering the first reports and analyses to the client’s users within just five days.
Impact #3	The solution supports a hybrid infrastructure, where cloud services interact seamlessly with on-premise systems.

Impact #1

The cloud-based Cognos application runs on virtual servers in a single-tenant SoftLayer environment that provides backup and recovery, load-balancing, and ISO 27001-compliant security features at the physical, network, and application level.

Impact #2

Tech Mahindra was able to start delivering the first reports and analyses to the client’s users within just five days.

Impact #3

The solution supports a hybrid infrastructure, where cloud services interact seamlessly with on-premise systems.

Benefit #1	25% cost savings over three years, compared to on-premise alternatives
Benefit #2	Zero downtime and low latency enable a seamless experience for global users
Benefit #3	4 hours to complete cloud deployment, accelerating the overall go-live from weeks to days

Benefit #1

25% cost savings over three years, compared to on-premise alternatives

Benefit #2

Zero downtime and low latency enable a seamless experience for global users

Benefit #3

4 hours to complete cloud deployment, accelerating the overall go-live from weeks to days

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Delivering rapid return on investment with agile, available analytics services in the cloud

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