Burgmann Anglican’s multivendor IT environment had become too costly and cumbersome to maintain and scale. The school’s legacy IT infrastructure included Dell® PowerEdge rack servers, Dell EqualLogic and QNAP NAS devices, and Veeam and IBM® Tivoli® data backup and recovery solutions. Administering the fragmented environment was a complex undertaking involving multiple devices and management interfaces. The school often had to call in outside IT consultants to assist with routine system planning, administration and maintenance. Joel Anderson, Head of Operations for Burgmann Anglican, initiated a data center modernization program to simplify operations and improve the economics and performance of the school’s IT systems.

Capitol Anesthesiology Association was facing challenges in managing multiple solutions and vendors. The management was manageable but not ideal. They were looking for a solution to implement Disaster Recovery (DR) and improve backup/recovery. The company decided to evaluate and ultimately select HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure to address these challenges.

The emergency communications center for a large U.S. county was facing challenges with its legacy Dell IT infrastructure. The disjointed IT environment, a collection of standalone servers and storage platforms deployed in a single data center, was becoming increasingly expensive, complex, and risky to operate and scale. The county needed to improve the reliability, economics, and agility of the region’s critical emergency communications infrastructure.

Dieseko Corporation, a Netherlands-based company specializing in the development and manufacturing of hydraulic vibratory equipment, was facing challenges with its existing data center. The company was growing rapidly, and the existing data center was unable to keep up with the increasing amount of data being produced. The existing system was three years old, and the data center couldn't expand to support the amount of data being produced. They were quickly running out of storage. The previous system employed Nimble for storage, along with SSD memory to improve performance. Other pieces of Dieseko’s infrastructure, like network switches, also needed an upgrade. The company needed a solution that would not only address these issues but also simplify the data center and provide an easy-to-install system.

Etablissement Francais du Sang, a healthcare provider based in France, was facing challenges with their existing infrastructure. They had to manage multiple solutions and vendors, which was manageable but not ideal. The need for a capacity purchase and upgrade of their existing infrastructure led to an overall platform review. This prompted them to consider HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

Eubelius, a law firm based in Belgium, was facing challenges with its outdated IT infrastructure. The firm's legacy infrastructure and storage arrays were running out of capacity, and the organization was also constrained by an antiquated tape-based data protection solution. Data backup and recovery procedures were inefficient, consuming a lot of storage capacity and taking hours to complete. The firm was in the process of implementing a VMware Horizon VDI initiative and needed to refresh its aging IT infrastructure as part of this initiative.

The financial services company was dealing with a fractured multivendor IT environment scattered across six, non-optimized data centers due to a series of corporate acquisitions. The disjointed collection of hundreds of independent compute, storage SAN, and data protection platforms was far too costly and complex to maintain and scale. The data centers were located in sites with high energy costs. Expanding capacity meant deploying and configuring separate server and storage platforms—an expensive and drawn-out proposition. Introducing or upgrading applications, configuring backup policies, and troubleshooting and resolving problems was a time consuming, resource-intensive process involving numerous low-level administrative interfaces. The company was unable to meet its Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives with its inefficient legacy data protection solutions.

Genia, a Danish hosted service provider, was struggling with its legacy IT infrastructure which was a collection of independent compute, storage and backup solutions with distinct administrative interfaces. This setup was proving to be too costly and complex to maintain and scale. Provisioning new customers or troubleshooting problems was a resource-intensive, time-consuming endeavor. Moreover, the provider was unable to meet its RPO/RTO goals using its legacy Veeam data protection solution. Concerned about the company’s ability to consistently meet its SLA objectives, CEO Kristian Hansen, decided to take a fresh look at the data center.

The division of a Global 100 Technology Firm’s IT department was facing a problem where its legacy IT infrastructure was preventing the delivery of the level of services that its internal customers expected. The IT team was managing three data centers that were already at 100 percent capacity, and was looking for ways to provide further value and innovation for its internal customers—all the while reducing the cost and complexity of its infrastructure. The primary function of the internal IT operations staff is to support global development—a team comprised of 150 support and product development engineers spread across multiple data centers. The IT operations staff is responsible for all of the applications implemented to support the team, including development tools, build tools and systems, bug tracking applications, and support applications; this includes Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), an application in the nascent stages of evaluation for productivity and efficiency for the global workers, many of which were located as far as India. Previous evaluations conducted by the team were not met with success as they did not provide the level of performance to the remote workers that they expected.

Guelph Hydro, a Canadian electric company, was facing challenges with its virtual desktop infrastructure. The IT team was receiving numerous complaints from users about slow system performance and frequent disconnections. Despite making incremental improvements every three to six months, the issues persisted. The company's data center was cluttered due to the use of SANs to run 60-70 VMware hosts on two networks, leading to a 'spaghetti' effect. The company was also keen on reducing its carbon footprint and saving power. The existing SAN took up half to three-quarters of a rack in the space the company had. Despite adding flash processors and hybrid flash arrays, then ESX hosts with NVIDIA cards, the problem remained unsolved.

NovAtel, a Canadian telecommunications equipment company, was facing the challenge of managing an outdated infrastructure that needed complete replacement. The management of multiple solutions and vendors was manageable but not ideal. The company was in need of a modern, efficient, and integrated solution to replace its old infrastructure.

Interland, a California-based real estate development and asset management company, was facing challenges with its aging Dell server and storage systems. The systems were nearing their end-of-life and were running out of capacity. The Dell EqualLogic storage arrays at the Interland facility in Davis, California, and the Jim Joseph Foundation office in San Francisco were nearly out of capacity. Furthermore, the IT team was unable to reliably replicate data across the two sites and had to rely on an inefficient cloud-based data backup service for disaster recovery. This was a risky proposition in an earthquake-prone area like Northern California. When Dell announced plans to discontinue support for the EqualLogic equipment, Blake Soiu, IT Director for Interland, initiated a technology refresh program to improve the reliability, performance, and economics of the company’s IT systems.

Iterum was facing challenges with their existing infrastructure which led them to evaluate and ultimately select HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure. The company was in the process of a capacity purchase/upgrade of their existing infrastructure which led to an overall platform review. Prior to deploying HPE SimpliVity, they found the management of multiple solutions and vendors to be manageable, but not ideal.

King Price Insurance, a medium-sized insurance company based in South Africa, was facing significant business challenges that led them to evaluate and ultimately select HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure. The company's current deployment time could not keep pace with demand or staffing resources, which was a major issue. Additionally, the management of multiple solutions and vendors was found to be a burden, adding to the complexity and inefficiency of their operations. These challenges necessitated a solution that could streamline their operations, improve efficiency, and keep pace with the growing demands of their business.

Lawlords, a UK-based full-service firm of costs lawyers, law costs draftsmen and costs consultants, was facing challenges with its aging IT infrastructure. The firm relied on a mix of non-redundant legacy HP and Dell servers with internal storage. This outdated infrastructure was becoming increasingly risky and costly to maintain. Equipment failures or catastrophes had the potential to impair critical IT services and disrupt business. Furthermore, Lawlords was constrained by inefficient tape-based backup procedures. Applications and data were backed up daily, after business hours. Manual restorations from tape took hours, and any changes that occurred since the last nightly backup were simply lost. Stuart Taylor, IT Manager for Lawlords, initiated a data center modernization program to improve the reliability and agility of the firm’s IT infrastructure.

Merlin Entertainments, a large entertainment company, was facing challenges with its fragmented IT infrastructure. The company relied on a mix of independent server, storage, and data protection solutions at its remote sites. Equipment configurations and vendors varied widely from property to property, making administration and support a complicated and time-consuming process. The company initiated a modernization program to simplify operations and improve the economics, performance, and reliability of the company’s distributed IT environment.

MyiOffice Corporation purchased HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure as a result of a new application deployment, including Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Prior to deploying HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure, they found the management of multiple solutions and vendors to be a significant burden.

The Mississippi Department of Revenue was facing challenges with its aging IT environment, which was a mix of Cisco servers and EMC storage arrays. The legacy system had become too expensive and complex to administer and expand. Moreover, the Department was unable to meet its Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) goals using its legacy EMC Avamar backup and recovery solution. The Department was increasingly dissatisfied with EMC’s products and customer support, leading Network Services Manager Patrick Welch to decide that the time was right for a technology refresh.

The Mississippi Department of Revenue was facing challenges with their existing infrastructure. The management of multiple solutions and vendors was proving to be a significant burden. The department was in the process of a capacity purchase/upgrade of their existing infrastructure which led to an overall platform review. This review led them to evaluate and ultimately select HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure. The department was looking for a solution that could consolidate their data center, modernize their infrastructure, and provide a solution for their remote/branch office. They also needed a solution for their production applications, test/dev and QA, and data migration.

Namibia Institute of Pathology decided it was time to bring all of their IT operations in-house to gain better management and control. They had been using physical servers, with storage associated to each, and relying on tape backups. NIP didn’t have any disaster recovery capabilities. They did have multiple sites and the need for modernization, consolidation, data protection, high availability, and of course, disaster recovery. The main criteria for NIP’s team was simplified IT. They needed migration from outsourced to in-house IT that could be done without additional skills and resources that the organization didn’t have. They didn’t have the budget that would be needed to get those skills through outside specialists and consultants, but they had to find a solution that could accomplish their goals.

The Northern California Carpenters Regional Council (NCCRC) was dealing with an aging multivendor IT infrastructure that had become too costly and risky to maintain and scale. The union’s core business applications were hosted on physical servers in a Sacramento colocation facility. Expanding capacity or introducing new applications often meant deploying additional servers and incurring additional monthly colocation fees. In addition, the IT organization relied on time-consuming, scripted file backup and restoration procedures. Hardware failures or administrative mishaps had the potential to disrupt business-critical applications for hours or even days while files were recovered.

Neil Medical Group’s multivendor IT environment had reached the end of its useful life. The Group’s legacy infrastructure—a mix of IBM® AIX® servers, Dell™ rack servers and Dell EqualLogic™ storage systems—was performance-constrained and running out of capacity. And the company’s data protection methodologies, which relied heavily on tape backups, did not provide efficient disaster recovery or full business continuity for critical applications. Chad Benfield, Director of IT for Neil Medical Group sought to improve the performance, reliability and economics of the Group’s IT infrastructure.

Neil Medical Group was facing challenges with their existing infrastructure. They had to manage multiple solutions and vendors, which was manageable but not ideal. The need for a capacity purchase or upgrade of their existing infrastructure led them to review their overall platform. This led them to consider HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

Omni Partners was in the process of a capacity purchase/upgrade of their existing infrastructure which led to an overall platform review. They found the management of multiple solutions and vendors to be a non-issue. However, they were looking for a solution that could help them consolidate their data center and modernize their infrastructure. They were running various types of applications including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, and VDI.

Nuh Cement, a global producer and supplier of cement, ready-mixed concrete, and building products, was facing challenges with its legacy IT systems. The company's IT infrastructure was becoming increasingly inefficient, risky, and expensive. The siloed IT infrastructure included legacy servers and stand-alone storage systems, all deployed in a single data center. The IT department relied on a variety of data backup and recovery tools for data protection. Disasters or hardware failures had the potential to disrupt critical IT services and business operations, with restoring applications potentially taking hours or even days using the legacy data protection solutions. Dissatisfied with the performance, reliability, and economics of its aging information systems, Nuh’s IT team launched a business transformation program to upgrade the company’s IT infrastructure.

The fourth largest Oil and Gas Company in the world as well as integrated energy company with a presence in 29 countries was faced with a major problem: their legacy infrastructure could no longer service all their mission-critical applications. Applications such as Microsoft SQL server, Remote Desktop servers, applications to monitor buoys and wave patterns, and other third-party applications were not running in an optimized or secure state. For disaster recovery, the company used tape backup which was extremely slow and provided no solution for off-site backups for their ships, 200 miles off-shore. Also the existing infrastructure was taking up too much space in the limited room onboard the ships. This Oil and Gas Company sought a technology refresh and a solution that could deliver best-in-class DR capabilities. The Oil and Gas Company had been using six HP servers, NetApp storage, and VSAT connectivity to host ten VMware VMs. The infrastructure was consuming two full racks on the resource-constrained Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) ship where power, space, and cooling were premiums. This design had been in place for six years. Not only was the rigid, legacy infrastructure inefficient, the architecture also lacked the capabilities and agility needed to support new application requirements their business demanded.

Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC), the largest and most comprehensive federally qualified health center in Maine, was facing challenges with its aging IT infrastructure. The existing infrastructure, a mix of HP servers and Dell Compellent storage arrays, was running out of capacity and becoming increasingly costly and risky to maintain. Applications and data were only backed up locally, so equipment failures or catastrophes had the potential to disrupt critical IT services for an extended period of time. With elements of the data center approaching end-of-life, Jason Lewis, Director of IT Infrastructure and Security for PCHC, decided the time was right for a technology refresh.

Practimed, a Belgian healthcare provider, was facing challenges with its legacy IT environment which was a mix of standalone servers and storage arrays. The existing system had become too costly and risky to maintain and scale. Expanding capacity meant deploying additional servers, storage arrays and SAN switches—an expensive and time-consuming proposition. Moreover, the healthcare provider was unable to meet its RPO/RTO goals using its legacy data protection solution. They had strict legal requirements for securing and archiving patient records, plus they needed to ensure critical data is always available for their medical teams. Therefore, finding a reliable disaster recovery solution had become one of their priorities.

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.

Rhodix IT Services, a small business located in the Netherlands, was facing challenges due to the management of multiple solutions and vendors. This was particularly burdensome during a data center migration or consolidation initiative. The company was in need of a solution that could streamline their IT infrastructure and reduce the complexity of managing multiple vendors.