Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Case Studies Manufacturing company displaces legacy IT Infrastructure with SimpliVity’s OmniCube

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	Manufacturing company displaces legacy IT Infrastructure with SimpliVity’s OmniCube Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Manufacturing company displaces legacy IT Infrastructure with SimpliVity’s OmniCube

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Maintenance
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Predictive Maintenance
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Wausau Coated Products, a mid-sized manufacturing firm, was looking to simplify its IT infrastructure while maintaining 24×7 uptime requirements. The company needed to improve its disaster recovery, business continuity, and backup capabilities, and reduce operational costs. The IT environment at Wausau is sophisticated, with the team custom writing all of their ERP and accounting software in-house. Given the ERP system's role in running the operations of the business, downtime could not be tolerated. The company was also looking for a solution that was simple to manage, enabled significant operational cost savings, scaled in simple, low-cost increments, maintained high performance under system load, enabled rapid clones, and provided 24/7 support. Read More
About Customer	Wausau Coated Products is a mid-sized manufacturing firm specializing in specialty coated papers and foils. The company prides itself on leveraging technology for competitive advantage, both in their manufacturing processes and in their IT environment. The IT team at Wausau custom writes all of their ERP and accounting software in-house, and is responsible for supporting the software and programs that drive critical business decisions. The company operates two facilities, connected via private fiber, and ships billions of square inches of specialty paper per year. Downtime in their operations can cause significant disruption and cost. Read More
Solution	Wausau Coated Products chose SimpliVity’s OmniCube as their solution. The OmniCube was able to provide a “data-center-in-a-box” solution that met all of Wausau’s criteria. The implementation was straightforward and quick, with all virtual machines and business applications migrated to OmniCube without any downtime or business impact. The company was able to decommission their legacy infrastructure, including costly third-party backups, service, and maintenance expenses. The OmniCube implementation also improved Wausau’s disaster recovery operation, with policies established for each VM to back them up to the remote site. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Maintenance

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Predictive Maintenance

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Wausau Coated Products, a mid-sized manufacturing firm, was looking to simplify its IT infrastructure while maintaining 24×7 uptime requirements. The company needed to improve its disaster recovery, business continuity, and backup capabilities, and reduce operational costs. The IT environment at Wausau is sophisticated, with the team custom writing all of their ERP and accounting software in-house. Given the ERP system's role in running the operations of the business, downtime could not be tolerated. The company was also looking for a solution that was simple to manage, enabled significant operational cost savings, scaled in simple, low-cost increments, maintained high performance under system load, enabled rapid clones, and provided 24/7 support.

About Customer

Wausau Coated Products is a mid-sized manufacturing firm specializing in specialty coated papers and foils. The company prides itself on leveraging technology for competitive advantage, both in their manufacturing processes and in their IT environment. The IT team at Wausau custom writes all of their ERP and accounting software in-house, and is responsible for supporting the software and programs that drive critical business decisions. The company operates two facilities, connected via private fiber, and ships billions of square inches of specialty paper per year. Downtime in their operations can cause significant disruption and cost.

Solution

Wausau Coated Products chose SimpliVity’s OmniCube as their solution. The OmniCube was able to provide a “data-center-in-a-box” solution that met all of Wausau’s criteria. The implementation was straightforward and quick, with all virtual machines and business applications migrated to OmniCube without any downtime or business impact. The company was able to decommission their legacy infrastructure, including costly third-party backups, service, and maintenance expenses. The OmniCube implementation also improved Wausau’s disaster recovery operation, with policies established for each VM to back them up to the remote site.

Impact #1	Seamless “data-center-in-a-box” implementation
Impact #2	Ease of training staff
Impact #3	Redundant infrastructure with improved uptime

Impact #1

Seamless “data-center-in-a-box” implementation

Impact #2

Ease of training staff

Impact #3

Redundant infrastructure with improved uptime

Benefit #1	Reduced operational costs
Benefit #2	Improved uptime
Benefit #3	Rapid clones for the test and development team

Benefit #1

Reduced operational costs

Benefit #2

Improved uptime

Benefit #3

Rapid clones for the test and development team

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Manufacturing company displaces legacy IT Infrastructure with SimpliVity’s OmniCube

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