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	SUCCESS STORY Infraserv Höchst Broadcom

SUCCESS STORY Infraserv Höchst

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Technology Category	Networks & Connectivity - Ethernet Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software
Applicable Industries	Chemicals Pharmaceuticals
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Facility Management
Use Cases	Campus Area Network Energy Management System Infrastructure Inspection
Services	System Integration Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Infraserv Höchst, the owner and operator of Industriepark Höchst, a large industrial park in Germany, faced the challenge of building a highly available, multitenant campus network capable of delivering essential services to tenants. The park is a vital research and development site for over 90 companies from the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and crop science industries. The legacy IT environment of Infraserv Höchst was complex and cumbersome, consisting of 50 separate networks belonging to onsite customers and several Infraserv Höchst environments that provided telephony and data network management services. The company needed to invest in the modernization and standardization of its IT environment. Read More
About Customer	Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG (Infraserv Höchst) is the owner and operator of Industriepark Höchst, a prominent industrial park in Germany. The park, which celebrated its 150th anniversary, is a vital research and development site for over 90 companies from the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and crop science industries. It houses more than 22,000 employees within a 460-hectare facility west of Frankfurt. Industriepark Höchst provides all of the services that research and production companies need—from raw materials and waste disposal to logistics and IT services—in an integrated end-to-end solution. Infraserv Höchst acts both as a site operator and provider, offering its own network to resident businesses at Industriepark Höchst. Read More
Solution	Infraserv Höchst chose to deploy Brocade MLXe Core Routers and Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series switches. The company built an MPLS network that provides Layer 2/3 functionality for Infraserv Höchst and its onsite customers. This enabled affordable pricing of essential services for onsite customers and helped ensure compliance with security requirements mandated by the pharmaceutical industry. The MPLS network allows Infraserv Höchst to offer differentiated services to customers simultaneously, so that these customers view the Layer 2 or Layer 3 networks as their own. The company also reduced energy consumption by approximately 25 to 30 percent with the Brocade environment. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Networks & Connectivity - Ethernet

Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software

Applicable Industries

Chemicals

Pharmaceuticals

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Facility Management

Use Cases

Campus Area Network

Energy Management System

Infrastructure Inspection

Services

System Integration

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Infraserv Höchst, the owner and operator of Industriepark Höchst, a large industrial park in Germany, faced the challenge of building a highly available, multitenant campus network capable of delivering essential services to tenants. The park is a vital research and development site for over 90 companies from the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and crop science industries. The legacy IT environment of Infraserv Höchst was complex and cumbersome, consisting of 50 separate networks belonging to onsite customers and several Infraserv Höchst environments that provided telephony and data network management services. The company needed to invest in the modernization and standardization of its IT environment.

About Customer

Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG (Infraserv Höchst) is the owner and operator of Industriepark Höchst, a prominent industrial park in Germany. The park, which celebrated its 150th anniversary, is a vital research and development site for over 90 companies from the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and crop science industries. It houses more than 22,000 employees within a 460-hectare facility west of Frankfurt. Industriepark Höchst provides all of the services that research and production companies need—from raw materials and waste disposal to logistics and IT services—in an integrated end-to-end solution. Infraserv Höchst acts both as a site operator and provider, offering its own network to resident businesses at Industriepark Höchst.

Solution

Infraserv Höchst chose to deploy Brocade MLXe Core Routers and Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series switches. The company built an MPLS network that provides Layer 2/3 functionality for Infraserv Höchst and its onsite customers. This enabled affordable pricing of essential services for onsite customers and helped ensure compliance with security requirements mandated by the pharmaceutical industry. The MPLS network allows Infraserv Höchst to offer differentiated services to customers simultaneously, so that these customers view the Layer 2 or Layer 3 networks as their own. The company also reduced energy consumption by approximately 25 to 30 percent with the Brocade environment.

Impact #1	Built an MPLS network that provides Layer 2/3 functionality for Infraserv Höchst and its onsite customers
Impact #2	Enabled affordable pricing of essential services for onsite customers
Impact #3	Helped ensure compliance with security requirements mandated by the pharmaceutical industry

Impact #1

Built an MPLS network that provides Layer 2/3 functionality for Infraserv Höchst and its onsite customers

Impact #2

Enabled affordable pricing of essential services for onsite customers

Impact #3

Helped ensure compliance with security requirements mandated by the pharmaceutical industry

Benefit #1	Reduced energy consumption by approximately 25 to 30 percent
Benefit #2	Significant cost savings by reducing energy and maintenance requirements

Benefit #1

Reduced energy consumption by approximately 25 to 30 percent

Benefit #2

Significant cost savings by reducing energy and maintenance requirements

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