Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 6.2 Informationshandbuch
Success Story
This solution provided by:
approaching end of life, daily outage and
recovery costs were approaching $3,000.
Based on hard-reboot rates, we calculated
that without new technology in place by
December of that year, we could be facing
business-disrupting failures.
recovery costs were approaching $3,000.
Based on hard-reboot rates, we calculated
that without new technology in place by
December of that year, we could be facing
business-disrupting failures.
“To avoid any negative business impact,”
Reed goes on, “we needed to quickly design
and build out a more reliable infrastructure.
Additionally, to ensure the best return on our
technology investment, we sought efficien-
cies that would allow us to reduce the time
and costs of delivering new services to
market, plus flexibility and scalability to
support the company’s eight-year plan for
continued double-digit annual growth.”
Reed goes on, “we needed to quickly design
and build out a more reliable infrastructure.
Additionally, to ensure the best return on our
technology investment, we sought efficien-
cies that would allow us to reduce the time
and costs of delivering new services to
market, plus flexibility and scalability to
support the company’s eight-year plan for
continued double-digit annual growth.”
THE SOLUTION
Build private cloud on Cisco,
NetApp, and VMware
Seven Corners considered proposals from
multiple service providers, ultimately selecting
a solution presented by Netech Corporation,
a network technology company, leading
NetApp, and VMware
Seven Corners considered proposals from
multiple service providers, ultimately selecting
a solution presented by Netech Corporation,
a network technology company, leading
CUSTOMER PROFILE
Seven Corners, Inc., is one of the most
experienced international travel health
insurance, trip insurance, and specialty
benefit management companies in the
industry. Since 1993, the privately held
company has provided protection and
professional-assistance services to hundreds
of thousands of international travelers,
including U.S. citizens traveling overseas
and foreign nationals traveling to the United
States. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana,
Seven Corners is a member of the U.S. Travel
Insurance Association and is a certified
General Services Administration contract
provider. (Source: www.sevencorners.com)
experienced international travel health
insurance, trip insurance, and specialty
benefit management companies in the
industry. Since 1993, the privately held
company has provided protection and
professional-assistance services to hundreds
of thousands of international travelers,
including U.S. citizens traveling overseas
and foreign nationals traveling to the United
States. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana,
Seven Corners is a member of the U.S. Travel
Insurance Association and is a certified
General Services Administration contract
provider. (Source: www.sevencorners.com)
THE CHALLENGE
Refresh servers and storage for
availability, agility, and efficiency
For a premier international travel insurance
company, well-traveled clients are a good
thing; well-traveled servers are not. In
mid-2010, when Seven Corners Chief
Information Officer George Reed was
challenged with building a future-enabling
infrastructure, existing physical-server
systems with direct-attached storage were
very near the end of the road. Reed says,
“We were still reliably delivering 24/7 services,
but with much of our technology footprint
availability, agility, and efficiency
For a premier international travel insurance
company, well-traveled clients are a good
thing; well-traveled servers are not. In
mid-2010, when Seven Corners Chief
Information Officer George Reed was
challenged with building a future-enabling
infrastructure, existing physical-server
systems with direct-attached storage were
very near the end of the road. Reed says,
“We were still reliably delivering 24/7 services,
but with much of our technology footprint
Seven Corners Meets Travelers’ Needs—
Fast and Efficiently—with a Private Cloud
Built on Cisco, NetApp, and VMware
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Industry
Insurance
Insurance
The Challenge
Refresh servers/storage infrastructure for
availability, agility, and efficiency.
Refresh servers/storage infrastructure for
availability, agility, and efficiency.
The Solution
Build private cloud on Cisco
Build private cloud on Cisco
®
, NetApp
®
,
and VMware
®
.
Benefits
• Use 60% less storage
• Run reports 96% faster
• Achieve 8-month ROI
• Eliminate $750K in downtime costs
• Slash 3 months, $200K off dev/test
• Provision resources in seconds, not
• Use 60% less storage
• Run reports 96% faster
• Achieve 8-month ROI
• Eliminate $750K in downtime costs
• Slash 3 months, $200K off dev/test
• Provision resources in seconds, not
weeks
• Support double-digit growth with flat
headcount
• Enable self-provisioned cloud services