Case Studies

 

The move to cloud computing is not easy, and its important to get it right the first time. Curtin University of Technology with the help of Optus Business, Alphawest, Cisco, EMC, and VMware, takes the first steps that will provide Curtin with an on-demand access to a fully virtualized private data center.

Asian sports associations looking to improve performance (winning gold medals) can take a leaf off the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA)'s book, when it comes to blending the best in both athletic and IT infrastructure.

SA Eagle, like all insurance companies, is dependent on its data and customer records. The company must be able to back up and restore all its data for its daily functioning, as well as to help with insurance investigations, and to meet disaster recovery regulatory requirements. But SA Eagle was having issues reliably backing up its data. It was using several different systems for overnight backups, and those backups did not always complete by morning, sometimes leaving the company without backups.

Learn how Opus Interactive, a managed service provider in Portland, Oregon, saw a 10-fold boost in CPU utilization, a 75 percent reduction in customer cost per server, and can carry out 95 percent of server administration remotely. The solution came in the formof virtualized servers and storage using HP Proliant server blades, the HP LeftHand P4000 SAN and VMware.

Datacraft clinched the first Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) deal in Vietnam for TaxOnline, including security and storage solutions.

The dramatic expansion of railways as the mass transportation solution of choice for the 21st century, fuelled by a perfect storm of population growth, urban sprawl and environmental concerns, is challenging the railway industry to manage a growing number of assets more effectively.

With the ARX file virtualization solution, SEGA conserves expensive storage resources, reduces backup time by 40%, and positions itself for further growth.

The benefits of a centralized, secure network platform connecting 44 branch offices to its Wellington data center - NZ government agency now enjoys higher efficiency, security and performance.

ABC Online is Australia’s leading supplier of digital content and is one of the largest podcast and vodcast providers globally. It has selected NCS to implement the CoreMedia content management system to drive greater workflow efficiency.

HP blades, which continue to dominate the TOP500 supercomputing list, enable the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute to advance research and drive innovation.

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Backup and archiving have changed over recent years partly riding on advances in technology. When do you perform backup and when to archive? What are the technical and operational considerations that need to be looked into for each. This paper looks at Simpana Software as a platform for achieving both.
This paper looks at Simpana as a platform for seamlessly extending local backup and archive to a new tier of cloud-based storage. Virtually unlimited storage capacity from our integrated cloud storage partners helps users dramatically reduce costs and operational complexity while improving long-term compliance.
 
The move to cloud computing is not easy, and its important to get it right the first time. Curtin University of Technology with the help of Optus Business, Alphawest, Cisco, EMC, and VMware, takes the first steps that will provide Curtin with an on-demand access to a fully virtualized private data center.
Asian sports associations looking to improve performance (winning gold medals) can take a leaf off the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA)'s book, when it comes to blending the best in both athletic and IT infrastructure.