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	Leading Dutch Manufacturer Simplifies IT Operations and Improves Data Protection with SimpliVity and Lenovo System x Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Leading Dutch Manufacturer Simplifies IT Operations and Improves Data Protection with SimpliVity and Lenovo System x

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Discrete Manufacturing
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Record Automatische Deuren, a leading manufacturer of automatic door systems, was facing challenges due to a fragmented multivendor IT environment resulting from a corporate acquisition. The combined IT implementation—with multiple vendors, technology platforms and administrative interfaces—was far too complex and costly. In addition, the company’s legacy data protection solutions were inherently inefficient. It took hours to backup or recover critical applications using the Oracle Secure Backup or Symantec Backup Exec solutions, exposing the manufacturer to excessive data loss and prolonged application downtime. Read More
About Customer	Record Automatische Deuren is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automatic door systems. The company was constrained by a fragmented multivendor IT environment resulting from a corporate acquisition. The manufacturer’s original IT infrastructure included Oracle servers, storage arrays, hypervisor and backup solutions. The newly acquired company’s IT environment included HP servers, Dell™ EqualLogic™ storage, Microsoft® Hyper-V® and Symantec™ backup solutions. The combined IT implementation—with multiple vendors, technology platforms and administrative interfaces—was far too complex and costly. Read More
Solution	Upon the advice of their trusted IT adviser Rhodix IT Services, Record deployed SimpliVity OmniStack Solution with Lenovo System x3650 to consolidate and unify their IT systems. The SimpliVity solution streamlines operations and improves the performance and availability of their business-critical applications and data. Rhodix implemented the SimpliVity solution and remotely administers and manages the system on Record’s behalf. SimpliVity OmniStack provides a scalable, modular, 2U building block of x86 resources that offers all the functionality of traditional IT infrastructure—including hypervisor, server, storage, and data protection functions—in a single device, with a unified administrative interface. 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) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Discrete Manufacturing

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Record Automatische Deuren, a leading manufacturer of automatic door systems, was facing challenges due to a fragmented multivendor IT environment resulting from a corporate acquisition. The combined IT implementation—with multiple vendors, technology platforms and administrative interfaces—was far too complex and costly. In addition, the company’s legacy data protection solutions were inherently inefficient. It took hours to backup or recover critical applications using the Oracle Secure Backup or Symantec Backup Exec solutions, exposing the manufacturer to excessive data loss and prolonged application downtime.

About Customer

Record Automatische Deuren is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automatic door systems. The company was constrained by a fragmented multivendor IT environment resulting from a corporate acquisition. The manufacturer’s original IT infrastructure included Oracle servers, storage arrays, hypervisor and backup solutions. The newly acquired company’s IT environment included HP servers, Dell™ EqualLogic™ storage, Microsoft® Hyper-V® and Symantec™ backup solutions. The combined IT implementation—with multiple vendors, technology platforms and administrative interfaces—was far too complex and costly.

Solution

Upon the advice of their trusted IT adviser Rhodix IT Services, Record deployed SimpliVity OmniStack Solution with Lenovo System x3650 to consolidate and unify their IT systems. The SimpliVity solution streamlines operations and improves the performance and availability of their business-critical applications and data. Rhodix implemented the SimpliVity solution and remotely administers and manages the system on Record’s behalf. SimpliVity OmniStack provides a scalable, modular, 2U building block of x86 resources that offers all the functionality of traditional IT infrastructure—including hypervisor, server, storage, and data protection functions—in a single device, with a unified administrative interface.

Impact #1	Streamlined operations; efficient remote administration and global unified management
Impact #2	Improved IT agility and reliability
Impact #3	Improved RTOs—critical applications and data restored in seconds or minutes compared to hours

Impact #1

Streamlined operations; efficient remote administration and global unified management

Impact #2

Improved IT agility and reliability

Impact #3

Improved RTOs—critical applications and data restored in seconds or minutes compared to hours

Benefit #1	Improved data protection; backup and restore times reduced from hours to minutes or seconds
Benefit #2	High performance and availability for critical applications and core IT services
Benefit #3	Low storage costs; 86:1 data efficiency

Benefit #1

Improved data protection; backup and restore times reduced from hours to minutes or seconds

Benefit #2

High performance and availability for critical applications and core IT services

Benefit #3

Low storage costs; 86:1 data efficiency

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Leading Dutch Manufacturer Simplifies IT Operations and Improves Data Protection with SimpliVity and Lenovo System x

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