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	Rapid Hybrid Services Deployment for Global Semiconductor Company Infoblox

Rapid Hybrid Services Deployment for Global Semiconductor Company

Infoblox

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries	Electronics Semiconductors
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	The U.S. manufacturer of engineered materials, optoelectronic components, and semiconductors was focused on growth through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). In 2019–2020, it acquired a global electronics firm and needed immediate connectivity and visibility into the acquired firm’s geo-distributed operations. The company had a highly compressed timeline, with only days to integrate the firm’s DDI operations, while deferring a full network migration to a future date. The company was actively engaged in acquiring and merging strategically aligned companies as a key global growth strategy. The company needed to rapidly integrate its new operations, which included significant remote locations in Asia. The company turned to Infoblox to quickly design a highly secure, available, and reliable solution that could deliver full visibility into new sites. It needed dynamic scalability to accommodate its growing operations and the ability to unify a disparate, geo-diverse infrastructure. Read More
About Customer	The customer is a U.S. manufacturer of engineered materials, optoelectronic components, and semiconductors. Founded in the early 1970s, the company has a 50-year record of innovation in researching and producing application-specific materials, integrated components, and advanced software for aerospace, defense, automotive, communication, consumer electronics, industrial, life sciences, and semiconductor markets. The company employs over 24,000 workers in 18 countries and 73 global locations, including manufacturing, research and development, sales, service, and distribution facilities in the United States and worldwide. The company is focused on growth through mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and in 2019–2020, it acquired a global electronics firm. Read More
Customer Name	Global Semiconductor Company Read More
Solution	The company worked with Infoblox to design a cloud-managed BloxOne DDI solution that allows immediate spin-up of virtual machines from the Infoblox CSP. The process is fast and efficient—access the CSP, download the VM, provision the on-premises host and it’s operational. The BloxOne DDI solution saves money, offers instant visibility and avoids the time and expense of sending engineers to deploy solutions at newly acquired sites. The new architecture includes two mini-hub sites in Europe, two in APAC, two in China and four in the United States to provide high-performing, local access DDI for distributed locations. Once the BloxOne DDI solution was delivered, and network merger and transition plans were defined, the company upgraded its NIOS DDI on-premises infrastructure for existing locations using a hybrid, four-tier design to expand visibility, scalability, and performance. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

Electronics

Semiconductors

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

The U.S. manufacturer of engineered materials, optoelectronic components, and semiconductors was focused on growth through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). In 2019–2020, it acquired a global electronics firm and needed immediate connectivity and visibility into the acquired firm’s geo-distributed operations. The company had a highly compressed timeline, with only days to integrate the firm’s DDI operations, while deferring a full network migration to a future date. The company was actively engaged in acquiring and merging strategically aligned companies as a key global growth strategy. The company needed to rapidly integrate its new operations, which included significant remote locations in Asia. The company turned to Infoblox to quickly design a highly secure, available, and reliable solution that could deliver full visibility into new sites. It needed dynamic scalability to accommodate its growing operations and the ability to unify a disparate, geo-diverse infrastructure.

About Customer

The customer is a U.S. manufacturer of engineered materials, optoelectronic components, and semiconductors. Founded in the early 1970s, the company has a 50-year record of innovation in researching and producing application-specific materials, integrated components, and advanced software for aerospace, defense, automotive, communication, consumer electronics, industrial, life sciences, and semiconductor markets. The company employs over 24,000 workers in 18 countries and 73 global locations, including manufacturing, research and development, sales, service, and distribution facilities in the United States and worldwide. The company is focused on growth through mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and in 2019–2020, it acquired a global electronics firm.

Customer Name

Global Semiconductor Company

Solution

The company worked with Infoblox to design a cloud-managed BloxOne DDI solution that allows immediate spin-up of virtual machines from the Infoblox CSP. The process is fast and efficient—access the CSP, download the VM, provision the on-premises host and it’s operational. The BloxOne DDI solution saves money, offers instant visibility and avoids the time and expense of sending engineers to deploy solutions at newly acquired sites. The new architecture includes two mini-hub sites in Europe, two in APAC, two in China and four in the United States to provide high-performing, local access DDI for distributed locations. Once the BloxOne DDI solution was delivered, and network merger and transition plans were defined, the company upgraded its NIOS DDI on-premises infrastructure for existing locations using a hybrid, four-tier design to expand visibility, scalability, and performance.

Impact #1	The company used Infoblox’s hybrid architecture with BloxOne DDI and the CSP to quickly provision newly merged sites and deliver instant visibility, faster supply-chain connectivity, and high-performing access at remote sites, with time for a more comprehensive data and infrastructure migration in the future. Not only did the Infoblox solution exceed expectations for challenging timelines, but it also provided modern, efficient, highly available hybrid core network services capabilities. It simplified and centralized network visibility and consistent DDI management and ensured automated DHCP failover for redundancy and resiliency on-premises, in the cloud and to existing and future remote locations. It also established the ideal networking model for the company’s future mergers and acquisitions to empower its technology leadership and boost its standing as leader in the global semiconductor industry.

Impact #1

The company used Infoblox’s hybrid architecture with BloxOne DDI and the CSP to quickly provision newly merged sites and deliver instant visibility, faster supply-chain connectivity, and high-performing access at remote sites, with time for a more comprehensive data and infrastructure migration in the future. Not only did the Infoblox solution exceed expectations for challenging timelines, but it also provided modern, efficient, highly available hybrid core network services capabilities. It simplified and centralized network visibility and consistent DDI management and ensured automated DHCP failover for redundancy and resiliency on-premises, in the cloud and to existing and future remote locations. It also established the ideal networking model for the company’s future mergers and acquisitions to empower its technology leadership and boost its standing as leader in the global semiconductor industry.

Benefit #1	The company can now spin up its newly acquired and future locations in a matter of days
Benefit #2	The company gained instant visibility into new sites
Benefit #3	The company enabled faster supply chain connectivity

Benefit #1

The company can now spin up its newly acquired and future locations in a matter of days

Benefit #2

The company gained instant visibility into new sites

Benefit #3

The company enabled faster supply chain connectivity

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Rapid Hybrid Services Deployment for Global Semiconductor Company

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