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	Insights for enhanced gaming, stronger communities Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Insights for enhanced gaming, stronger communities

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Cybersecurity Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence Inventory Management Predictive Maintenance
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services System Integration Testing & Certification Training
Challenge	Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) operates lottery and gaming activities on behalf of several provinces and territories in Canada. The non-profit organization's mission is to deliver increased revenue back to governments, which requires efficient budget planning and insights to understand players and optimize sales. However, WCLC's legacy stack was not ideal for gaming operations. Infrastructure had grown along with business needs through siloed purchases, leading to lifecycle management issues, where parts of the environment were off support or nearly there. To meet growing customer expectations, the organization needed to increase its systems' performance. Read More
About Customer	The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) is a non-profit organization that operates lottery and gaming activities on behalf of the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as the Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories. The organization's mission is to deliver increased revenue back to governments, which requires efficient budget planning and insights to understand players and optimize sales. WCLC is looking at data insights to expand and enhance player engagement, attract new markets, and respond to user demands. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the expansion of digital channels, leading to the launch of a new online subscription service. Read More
Solution	WCLC adopted a consumption-based platform, driving costs down to give more money back to fund services that benefit local populations. The organization and its partner Powerland found a solution to transform beyond the data center: the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, which accelerates and simplifies the way WCLC acquires, plans, and expands IT to support its business. With the HPE GreenLake platform, WCLC gets compute and storage as cloud services-fully deployed on-premises. The HPE GreenLake platform at WCLC also includes HPE Synergy, which accelerated application performance up to 3x compared to the previous system; HPE InfoSight with AI-driven infrastructure automation prevents potential issues or downtime; HPE StoreOnce for data backup; HPE SimpliVity running security and network tools to ensure high availability; and HPE Primera storage, which delivers 100% uptime guarantee. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence

Inventory Management

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Testing & Certification

Training

Challenge

Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) operates lottery and gaming activities on behalf of several provinces and territories in Canada. The non-profit organization's mission is to deliver increased revenue back to governments, which requires efficient budget planning and insights to understand players and optimize sales. However, WCLC's legacy stack was not ideal for gaming operations. Infrastructure had grown along with business needs through siloed purchases, leading to lifecycle management issues, where parts of the environment were off support or nearly there. To meet growing customer expectations, the organization needed to increase its systems' performance.

About Customer

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) is a non-profit organization that operates lottery and gaming activities on behalf of the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as the Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories. The organization's mission is to deliver increased revenue back to governments, which requires efficient budget planning and insights to understand players and optimize sales. WCLC is looking at data insights to expand and enhance player engagement, attract new markets, and respond to user demands. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the expansion of digital channels, leading to the launch of a new online subscription service.

Solution

WCLC adopted a consumption-based platform, driving costs down to give more money back to fund services that benefit local populations. The organization and its partner Powerland found a solution to transform beyond the data center: the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, which accelerates and simplifies the way WCLC acquires, plans, and expands IT to support its business. With the HPE GreenLake platform, WCLC gets compute and storage as cloud services-fully deployed on-premises. The HPE GreenLake platform at WCLC also includes HPE Synergy, which accelerated application performance up to 3x compared to the previous system; HPE InfoSight with AI-driven infrastructure automation prevents potential issues or downtime; HPE StoreOnce for data backup; HPE SimpliVity running security and network tools to ensure high availability; and HPE Primera storage, which delivers 100% uptime guarantee.

Impact #1	Increases predictable revenue returned to member governments to fund priority programs and services.
Impact #2	Enables more options for player engagement, paving the way for new data insights.
Impact #3	Accelerates innovation with 3x higher performance while avoiding a 6-month wait to deploy resources.

Impact #1

Increases predictable revenue returned to member governments to fund priority programs and services.

Impact #2

Enables more options for player engagement, paving the way for new data insights.

Impact #3

Accelerates innovation with 3x higher performance while avoiding a 6-month wait to deploy resources.

Benefit #1	Accelerated application performance up to 3x compared to the previous system.
Benefit #2	Delivers 100% uptime guarantee with HPE Primera storage.

Benefit #1

Accelerated application performance up to 3x compared to the previous system.

Benefit #2

Delivers 100% uptime guarantee with HPE Primera storage.

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Insights for enhanced gaming, stronger communities

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