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ACP IT Solutions AG
Challenge was to have a reliable cloud solution as part of service-oriented offerings meeting the needs of small and medium sized customers. Data Center as a Service based on VMware vCloud was the best solution.
“VMware vCloud offers great added value, especially for our small and medium-sized customers. Virtualized data centers let our customers benefit from technologies and security standards that they would not be able to achieve on their own.”
Case Study (PDF) EnglishCharles River Laboratories International, Inc.
Charles River Labs virtualized business critical help desk application that typically handles 100-200 tickets per day. First application to prove concept of public cloud deployment of business critical applications. Business impact was mainly for Capex reduction: capping internal datacenter spending and to deploy new systems on the public cloud & migrate others over the next few years. Able to co-exist with existing VMware environment and taking existing apps to public cloud without re-writing.
“I see Cloud being key to our overall strategy moving forward. The days of us investing heavily all of our capital into building hardware and infrastructure are past now. With the options that are available now from cloud partners, they bring agility, flexibility and in some case cost savings as well, for using that model.”
CloudOne, Inc.
CloudOne delivers IBM Rational development tools in the cloud using an elastic, highly scalable, and economical SaaS model, powered by VMware.
"At McDonald's we focus on what we do best - we are not in the IT business. We needed a Rational solution for development that was flexible and elastic; on that could manage the peak times, and the valleys where we do little development. By using CloudOne's Rational SaaS (Software as a Service) solution, we were able to easily adjust to varying demands; we didn't need to buy additional expensive tooling."
Consona
Global CRM, ERP Software IT Department Supports R&D Teams, Delivers SaaS Through VMware Technology, BlueLock Virtual Datacenters
“Consona’s need to be flexible and nimble is immense. VMware technology and BlueLock Virtual Datacenters in the public cloud enable fast deployment, management ease, and the ability to expand and shrink capacity as needed.”
Dublin Bay Power
VMware vSphere dramatically reduces capital and operating costs and maximizes IT efficiency while VMware Site Recover Manager improves business continuity. VMware vCloud Director enables the creation of secure private clouds
“Our plant produces 10% of the power in the Irish National Grid and it is therefore of utmost importance that we have a highly available IT infrastructure in place. Thanks to VMware we have now built a scalable, highly available and easy to manage IT environment that will stand the test of time and meet our business SLAs. Having used VMware vCloud Director to build our private cloud, we’re confident we are set to integrate public cloud services in the future and realise all the benefits the hybrid cloud model has to offer.”
Ducati
In this extended edition of their introduction video during the VMware 2011 keynote presentation in Copenhagen, Ducati provides additional description on how levering VMware technology has helped their IT out-perform their larger competitors.
“VMware has never failed us. We have grown in terms of demands and requirements, and VMware has grown in capabilities and ability to support us.”
Ducati
Ducati describes how levering VMware technology has helped their IT out-perform their larger competitors. Video from the 10/20/2011 Keynote at VMworld in Copenhagen.
“VMware has never failed us. We have grown in terms of demands and requirements, and VMware has grown in capabilities and ability to support us.”
Ducati
With a server virtualization rate approaching 100 percent, Ducati has embraced virtualization rapidly in just the past few years, with resulting benefits of application flexibility and reduced capital costs. Ducati has embraced private cloud models now across both its racing and street bike businesses.
"Private cloud is already a reality in Ducati. Over our private cloud, we supply services to all our commercial subsidiaries. We supply services to our assembly plant in Thailand or to our racing team at racing venues. So private cloud is already a reality."
EGIS
Targets set with regard to virtualisation • establishing the central infrastructure • all virtualised applications shall be installed on this infrastructure • catastrophy-proof operational safety • cost eff ective operations Results achieved with VMware’s solution • agressive virtualisation (e.g. 170 virtual machines running on the 3 blade servers of the Microsoft cluster) • in general 40-50 virtual machines running on the other clusters on each physical host • resource utilization of more than 50 percent in general (70-80 percent on certain clusters) • more than 500 virtualised systems • the performance of the SAP company management system increased from twice 2000 SAPS to 12000 SAPS • more than 10 million Forints savings yearly in energy consumption • 15-20 percent reduction of licence costs • serving business demand in 1 week instead of 4-6 weeks • catastrophy-proof operational safety by means of the virtualised systems to be moved between host servers of each site
”Due to the virtualised and centralised infrastructure, we save more than ten million forints yearly on energy costs.”
Experian
Experian demands constant innovation and nimble response to markets to maintain its profi tability and competitive edge. Its IT infrastructure team must support its developers’ eff orts to meet the business’ aggressive time-to-market requirements. A cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service model for Experian’s test and development environments will allow developers to quickly and fl exibly self-provision IT resources when they need them. Business Impact were: Provisioning times, already slashed from weeks to days through virtualization, now further cut to minutes; Developers can more easily collaborate; business units can leverage IT builds from other lines of business; Private cloud and VMware vShield security functionality ensure IT resources are controlled
“VMware vCloud technology will allow Experian to offer an internal, selfservice cloud to our development organization, leading to faster project turnaround and better levels of IT service.”
Fortrust
Discover how FORTRUST’s search for a VMware-based cloud solution led to PeakColo whose White Label Infrastructure-as-a-Service is based on VMware vCloud™ Powered infrastructure.
“Many FORTRUST customers also have VMware-based virtual clusters on premise that they want to extend out into the cloud. From a hybrid-cloud/colocation perspective, VMware technology provides natural synergy.”
FRITZ & MACZIOL
Schnelle Bereitstellung und transparente Abrechnung der IT-Ressourcen in der Cloud
“Um von allen Vorteilen einer privaten Cloud-Umgebung zu profitieren, war eine Projektumsetzung mit dem VMware vCloud Director die erste Wahl. Damit sind wir in der Lage, den jeweiligen Unternehmensbereichen sehr schnell isolierte virtuelle Rechenzentren zur Verfügung zu stellen.”
Groupe Adeo - Adeo Services
VMware vCloud Director supporting the deployement of a private cloud infrastructure de Cloud offering IAAS services
“With VMware vCloud Director, we now have a private Cloud infrastructure which enables us to provide our developers with test environments and pre-equipped development much quicker than before. The provisioning time of our IaaS services has been reduced from 2 weeks to less than 1 hour!”
JSR
“Virtualizing all our applications has provided us with a great foundation to expand our operations into the cloud and has given us a competitive edge by being able to offer our farming software as-a-service to our customers. Our old infrastructure was creaking at the seams, but we have now built a stable, reliable and highly scalable infrastructure that will stand the test of time.”
London Borough of Hillingdon
We chose VMware for the maturity and breadth of its products and its market leading position.
“Virtualizing with VMware has placed IT right at the forefront of driving the Council’s business transformation objectives. Not only do we have the flexibility to deploy new services more quickly and effectively than ever before, but IT is now seen as an enabler for delivering savings and efficiencies across the Council in line with the demands of the Comprehensive Spending Review. Thanks to VMware, the IT department now spends about 80% of its time on the innovative, strategic projects that help make a real difference to the Council, and 20% on the standard ‘keeping the lights on’ activity, a complete reversal of where we were on our old infrastructure.”
managedhosting.de GmbH
Challenge • Automate provisioning • Faster provisioning of infrastructure and platforms (PaaS/IaaS) at guaranteed service level Solution • vCloud Director
"It's critical that we provide our customers with complex virtualized infrastructures very quickly and with a guaranteed SLA. vCloud Director is an excellent tool for this."
National Democratic Institute
VMware vCloud Director Helps NDI Speed Technology Delivery Within Efforts that Support Democracy
“VMware vCloud Director helps us better serve our users, including those in developing countries. We can configure virtual servers, point to URLs, and fire up applications within a matter of minutes. It’s less costly for us and less time-consuming, and because it’s a virtualized deployment, the hosting costs are also low.”
Oxford Archeology
With VMware Zimbra, Oxford Archaeology is able to deliver email to the entire organization while reducing the cost per user by 50%. Furthermore, employees now have improved remote access due to the organization's decision to embrace Zimbra’s web-based client in place of existing desktop email clients. A collaborative culture is slowly but steadily emerging as people recognize the benefits of improved communication and knowledge sharing.
"The price of a solution is not just about what it costs to implement it today or support it going forward, but about how it impacts other choices you might want to make in future. By prioritizing openness and multi-platform support, you will maximize your options both in terms of supporting users today, as well as investing in technologies going forward."
Oxford University
Oxford University is one of the oldest universities in the world. Their Computing Service (OUCS) needed to administer a secure database-as-a-service (DBaaS) solution to manage and share research data. VMware’s Hybrid Cloud has enabled OUCS to build a DBaaS that is shared by Oxford Colleges and other research universities. Hybrid Cloud was the only solution able to overcome security restrictions on datasets which require on-premise location. Increased data protection and improved service levels have enhanced their reputation in research excellence and now proven in production, DBaaS will now be offered as a service to all major UK research universities.
“Access to information is critical to maintain our position as the world’s top university and we needed a flexible, scalable infrastructure. After doing our own research, we decided a Hybrid Cloud as best suited to our requirements. The vCloud datacentre service combined with Colt’s pedigree in information delivery, was the natural choice for us.”
Revlon
In a short span of two years, the IT team had a profoundly positive effect on Revlon’s overall business picture, saving and avoiding more than $70.4 million dollars in expenditures. Revlon’s cloud today runs approximately 531 applications across the globe including Oracle in various favors, Exchange 2010 and SharePoint 2010, making more than 15,000 automated moves a month. This helps keep pace with Revlon’s ever-expanding and diversified business, which reaches markets across 100 countries and six continents.
