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Energija Plus Enhances IT and SAP HANA Services with Unistar PRO.cloud Supported by NetApp

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries	Apparel Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Maintenance
Use Cases	Inventory Management
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Unistar LC, a leading ICT provider in Slovenia, was facing a challenge in facilitating customer access to the cloud. The company had developed more than 10 brands, including Unistar PRO.cloud for hosted and managed IT services, but needed a scalable, cost-efficient, and reliable platform to enhance this offering. Despite being a NetApp partner for over a decade, Unistar LC was uncertain about choosing NetApp solutions. The company needed to ensure that the chosen solution would provide the best value for money, a quick return on investment, and compliance with Slovenia’s strict data protection regulation. Additionally, Slovenia's data protection laws do not allow personal data to leave the European Union or even the country in some cases, which ruled out the option of connecting to an Amazon or a Microsoft cloud. Read More
About Customer	Unistar LC, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Ljubljana, is one of the leading ICT providers in Slovenia. The company offers systems integration, fully managed IT services, and cloud computing solutions to businesses across the country and beyond. Unistar LC is highly experienced in IT technologies and partners with all key software and hardware vendors. The company has a team of more than 70 experts who help customers solve their IT and business challenges. Unistar LC continuously adapts its business to meet customer demand, leverage industry trends, and broaden its market footprint. Read More
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Solution	Unistar LC decided to deploy NetApp for a hybrid cloud 'made in Slovenia'. The company established PRO.cloud service across two data centers in Slovenia and used NetApp FAS8000 series systems to host and manage its cloud services. A mix of storage media enabled tiered service levels, while NetApp software catered to various service options. NetApp systems provided reliability and flexibility, allowing Unistar LC to act quickly and scale as needed. The company could also reduce costs with a secure shared storage model and great efficiency features. When customers expanded their SAP service scope and standardized IT operations on the SAP HANA platform, Unistar LC chose NetApp for the new SAP HANA PRO.cloud offering. NetApp solutions are SAP HANA certified, which allowed Unistar LC to leverage their capabilities for their unique SAP HANA service. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

Apparel

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Unistar LC, a leading ICT provider in Slovenia, was facing a challenge in facilitating customer access to the cloud. The company had developed more than 10 brands, including Unistar PRO.cloud for hosted and managed IT services, but needed a scalable, cost-efficient, and reliable platform to enhance this offering. Despite being a NetApp partner for over a decade, Unistar LC was uncertain about choosing NetApp solutions. The company needed to ensure that the chosen solution would provide the best value for money, a quick return on investment, and compliance with Slovenia’s strict data protection regulation. Additionally, Slovenia's data protection laws do not allow personal data to leave the European Union or even the country in some cases, which ruled out the option of connecting to an Amazon or a Microsoft cloud.

About Customer

Unistar LC, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Ljubljana, is one of the leading ICT providers in Slovenia. The company offers systems integration, fully managed IT services, and cloud computing solutions to businesses across the country and beyond. Unistar LC is highly experienced in IT technologies and partners with all key software and hardware vendors. The company has a team of more than 70 experts who help customers solve their IT and business challenges. Unistar LC continuously adapts its business to meet customer demand, leverage industry trends, and broaden its market footprint.

Customer Name

Unistar LC

Solution

Unistar LC decided to deploy NetApp for a hybrid cloud 'made in Slovenia'. The company established PRO.cloud service across two data centers in Slovenia and used NetApp FAS8000 series systems to host and manage its cloud services. A mix of storage media enabled tiered service levels, while NetApp software catered to various service options. NetApp systems provided reliability and flexibility, allowing Unistar LC to act quickly and scale as needed. The company could also reduce costs with a secure shared storage model and great efficiency features. When customers expanded their SAP service scope and standardized IT operations on the SAP HANA platform, Unistar LC chose NetApp for the new SAP HANA PRO.cloud offering. NetApp solutions are SAP HANA certified, which allowed Unistar LC to leverage their capabilities for their unique SAP HANA service.

Impact #1	The deployment of NetApp solutions allowed Unistar LC to provide customers not only with the usual single application on SAP HANA, but with many SAP applications and even business analytics as a service. This was highly attractive to customers who wanted to avoid the high complexity and costs of an on-premises platform for such applications. Unistar LC was able to provide customers from industry and commerce to government with high-quality services. NetApp solutions helped them build attractive offerings based on various IT consumption models. Reduced storage costs contributed to both attractive prices for customers and increased revenue. The reliability of NetApp solutions exceeded Unistar LC's expectations and helped them fulfill service-level agreements and save money.

Impact #1

The deployment of NetApp solutions allowed Unistar LC to provide customers not only with the usual single application on SAP HANA, but with many SAP applications and even business analytics as a service. This was highly attractive to customers who wanted to avoid the high complexity and costs of an on-premises platform for such applications. Unistar LC was able to provide customers from industry and commerce to government with high-quality services. NetApp solutions helped them build attractive offerings based on various IT consumption models. Reduced storage costs contributed to both attractive prices for customers and increased revenue. The reliability of NetApp solutions exceeded Unistar LC's expectations and helped them fulfill service-level agreements and save money.

Benefit #1	Unistar LC was able to jump-start the full stack within just three weeks.
Benefit #2	In case of a disaster, Unistar LC can provide SAP access within 60 minutes from their secondary site.
Benefit #3	An outage of the SAP service would cost Unistar LC €40,000 per day in lost revenues and penalties, which was avoided by using NetApp solutions.

Benefit #1

Unistar LC was able to jump-start the full stack within just three weeks.

Benefit #2

In case of a disaster, Unistar LC can provide SAP access within 60 minutes from their secondary site.

Benefit #3

An outage of the SAP service would cost Unistar LC €40,000 per day in lost revenues and penalties, which was avoided by using NetApp solutions.

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Energija Plus Enhances IT and SAP HANA Services with Unistar PRO.cloud Supported by NetApp

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