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CBTS Enhances Cloud Services with Hitachi EverFlex Storage Solution
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云存储服务
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 私有云
适用行业
- 水泥
- 建筑与基础设施
用例
- 施工管理
- 基础设施检查
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
挑战
CBTS 是一家创新型 IT 托管服务提供商,面临着满足客户对云服务日益增长的需求的挑战。作为一家通过符合云优先战略的解决方案帮助客户实现业务和 IT 目标的公司,CBTS 需要灵活且可靠的 IT 基础设施。然而,与客户一样,CBTS 希望避免对基础设施的资本投资,如果客户规模缩小,这些投资可能会变得多余。该公司最初是一家当地电话公司的一个部门,经过过去 20 年的发展,现已与多个行业的 3,000 多家组织合作。该公司在美国、加拿大、英国、爱尔兰和印度拥有 1,500 名员工,因此对经济高效且敏捷的云服务解决方案的需求至关重要。
关于客户
CBTS 是一家创新型 IT 托管服务提供商,在过去 20 年中从一家本地电话公司的一个部门发展而来。该公司通过符合其云优先战略的解决方案帮助客户实现其业务和 IT 目标。 CBTS 在美国、加拿大、英国、爱尔兰和印度拥有 1,500 名员工,并与多个行业的 3,000 多个组织合作。该公司的主要目标是通过提供灵活、可靠且经济高效的 IT 基础设施解决方案来满足对基于云的服务日益增长的需求。
解决方案
为了满足其基础设施需求,CBTS 于 2010 年转向 Hitachi Vantara。该公司现在使用 Hitachi 的 EverFlex 根据效用定价采购约 20 PB 的存储。其中包括适用于 Cloud Scale 的 Hitachi VSP(虚拟存储平台)、H-NAS(网络附加存储)和 HCP(Hitachi 内容平台)。借助 Hitachi EverFlex,CBTS 可以为客户隔离域,从而使公司能够以一对一、一对多或多对一的方式将客户与硬件进行匹配。这种灵活性使 CBTS 能够以各种形式向客户提供基础设施——从高度安全的私有云环境到共享的公共云。 EverFlex 存储还支持 CBTS 的基于云的服务,例如托管通信、备份即服务和灾难恢复即服务。
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