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Challenge
With headquarters in Melbourne and revenues of more than AU$3 billion in 2010,
Tatts Group Ltd. is the leading provider of neighborhood-based gaming services
in the Australia region. The company has achieved this position by operating
and monitoring gaming machines, conducting wagering and sports betting, and
supplying jackpot and other services.
Tatts Group Ltd. is the leading provider of neighborhood-based gaming services
in the Australia region. The company has achieved this position by operating
and monitoring gaming machines, conducting wagering and sports betting, and
supplying jackpot and other services.
Tatts Group consists of six strategic business units, each with its own corporate
identity, CEO, and strategic plan. The challenge for Matthew Maw, general manager
for technical systems at Tatts Group, was providing a network infrastructure that
met the unique needs of each business while serving up an absolutely reliable,
completely consistent experience for all of them.
identity, CEO, and strategic plan. The challenge for Matthew Maw, general manager
for technical systems at Tatts Group, was providing a network infrastructure that
met the unique needs of each business while serving up an absolutely reliable,
completely consistent experience for all of them.
“Tatts Group was created through mergers and acquisitions,” says Maw. “For the
last five years, that’s meant bolting together various networks, connecting up the
front-end stuff, putting all the people in one place, and then saying, ‘Job done. Let’s
move on to the next.’”
last five years, that’s meant bolting together various networks, connecting up the
front-end stuff, putting all the people in one place, and then saying, ‘Job done. Let’s
move on to the next.’”
The resulting network was a heterogeneous mixture of devices from a multitude
of vendors. “Making all of that work to grow and move with the organization had
become impossible,” says Maw. “We needed to
replace infrastructure and revolutionize our approach
to data center management. Our vision was to unite
our various business units onto a single, highly
scalable network.”
of vendors. “Making all of that work to grow and move with the organization had
become impossible,” says Maw. “We needed to
replace infrastructure and revolutionize our approach
to data center management. Our vision was to unite
our various business units onto a single, highly
scalable network.”
Solution
Tatts Group knew that data center consolidation
would be crucial to making this vision a reality;
where it needed help was in developing a strategy
and blueprint, which is why the company turned to
Cisco Services. “We knew where we wanted to go,
but we needed someone to validate our goal and build
would be crucial to making this vision a reality;
where it needed help was in developing a strategy
and blueprint, which is why the company turned to
Cisco Services. “We knew where we wanted to go,
but we needed someone to validate our goal and build
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Matthew Maw
General Manager, Technical Systems
Tatts Group Ltd.
General Manager, Technical Systems
Tatts Group Ltd.
Customer Case Study
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Customer Name:
Tatts Group Ltd.
Industry:
Gaming
Location:
Brisbane, Australia
Number of Employees:
3700 employees
(with a network of 60,000 agents)
Challenge:
• Support needs of six different business
units with flexible, scalable network
architecture
architecture
• Simplify data center management and
improve reliability
• Ease integration of newly merged and
acquired companies
Solution:
• Cisco Services works with Tatts Group
to produce Tatts Group Enterprise
Architecture Blueprint
Architecture Blueprint
• Cisco Architecture Management Office
provides governance and oversight in
three-way partnership between Tatts
Group, Cisco, and Dimension Data
three-way partnership between Tatts
Group, Cisco, and Dimension Data
• Cisco Unified Computing System and
Nexus products form new data center
foundation
foundation
Results:
• Streamlined management by consolidating
data centers and segregating workloads
through zoning of network
through zoning of network
• Reduced network outages by 80 percent,
while gaining 10 times in core networking
capacity, helping enable business
capacity, helping enable business
• Slashed audit time by up to 20 percent,
lowered network maintenance costs by
30 percent
30 percent