converged infrastructure and cloud services from Hitachi Data Systems. CHALLENGES. RESULTS ... flexible access to cloud
CUSTOMER SUCCESS
Hong Kong Broadband Network Hong Kong Broadband Network speeds up rollout of key business initiatives with converged infrastructure and cloud services from Hitachi Data Systems.
“ By leveraging Hitachi Unified Compute Platform, we seamlessly integrated our virtual and physical infrastructure, allowing us to centrally provision, monitor and manage servers, storage, networking components and virtual machines. We can now cater to an ever-increasing demand on computing and storage resources in a timely manner.” Eric Ho, Chief Information Officer and Co-Owner, Hong Kong Broadband Network
CHALLENGES
Infrastructure upgrades and maintenance
Difficulty rolling out new services and projects quickly
Lack of standardization across server environment
Lengthy collaboration requirements for server implementation
Concerns about migrating existing mission-critical services
Requirements
Requirements
Heterogeneous servers, vendors, hardware and operating systems
Disparate legacy systems incompatible with newer technologies
Costs of managing complex, inefficient IT infrastructure
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RESULTS
HDS delivered 99.999% service level agreement and 90-day implementation and migration Requirements
Simplified management of both physical and virtual resources
Ability to migrate 60 systems to the new platform within a week
Faster deployment of applications to customers - faster than competitors
New infrastructure gives HKBN seamless, flexible access to cloud support
Administrators can now manage 3x the number of servers as before Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP)
Before 30-50 each
After 100-150 each
UCP automation significantly shortens system provisioning
UCP for VMware vSphere hosts HKBN’s internal CRM system with 1,500 internal users
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Substantial reduction in number of racks (10 to 2) and physical servers
40% savings in related electricity costs
Less maintenance means that HKBN can redistribute IT resources to support other priorities and future IT projects Actionable Actionable Priorities
Actionable Actionable IT Projects
Unified Compute Platform Director software orchestrates, monitors and troubleshoots physical and virtual infrastructure within VMware vCenter
SOLUTIONS
Services
Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for VMware vSphere Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Director Cloud Migration and Implementation Services provided by Hitachi Data Systems Global Services Solutions
