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Türk Telekom's Digital Transformation with High-Performance Storage
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries
- Construction & Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
Use Cases
- Construction Management
- Infrastructure Inspection
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Türk Telekom, a leading telecommunications provider in Turkey, was faced with the challenge of modernizing its infrastructure to facilitate the delivery of agile cloud services for both internal and external customers. The company's goals were centered on digital transformation to enable the provision of agile cloud services. Getting the infrastructure right was key for business-critical systems that sit at the center of Türk Telekom’s digital architecture—including its core billing and charging applications and databases, its SAP applications, and its virtualization and cloud service platforms. The company's storage infrastructure included hardware from a variety of vendors, but when it decided to replace its legacy billing system with a more demanding new application, it was time to modernize the storage layer too.
About The Customer
Türk Telekom is a multiplay provider of mobile, internet, phone, and TV products and services and a leader in the Turkish market. With the vision of accelerating Turkey’s transformation into an information society, they serve over 17.1 million fixed-line, 14.6 million broadband, 2.9 million TV and 24.6 million mobile subscribers. Their goals are centered on digital transformation to enable the provision of agile cloud services to both internal and external customers. The company's infrastructure is key for business-critical systems that sit at the center of Türk Telekom’s digital architecture—including its core billing and charging applications and databases, its SAP applications, and its virtualization and cloud service platforms.
The Solution
Türk Telekom chose long-term partner Hitachi Vantara for most of its critical storage environments. The company opted for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) 5200 and 5600 arrays to modernize its storage layer. The new VSP 5000 Series arrays enabled Türk Telekom to switch from hybrid disk to non-volatile memory express (NVMe) storage, dramatically improving performance and reducing data center space, power, and cooling requirements. Türk Telekom also started using Hitachi Ops Center Administrator, Analyzer, and Protector. This software simplifies and accelerates storage management tasks, provides user-friendly analytics, and ensures data protection. It provides a common point of control for all the company’s storage arrays, as well as API libraries that enable integration with third-party tools such as Grafana, Ansible, and Micro Focus Operations Bridge.
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