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Size: 340 employees
Data Center Location: Norway and the Netherlands
Industry: Oil and Gas
Cegal is a leading provider of IT and geoscience solutions to the oil and gas
industry. It has over 340 employees, of which more than 50 are highly-skilled
geoscientists. This unique combination of expertise puts Cegal in an excellent
position to fill the gap between IT and exploration and production.
industry. It has over 340 employees, of which more than 50 are highly-skilled
geoscientists. This unique combination of expertise puts Cegal in an excellent
position to fill the gap between IT and exploration and production.
Focussing on stable and secure solutions, Cegal delivers systems that are
highly reliable. The data center infrastructure is part of its core and needs to
be state-of-the-art, easy to deploy, and managed at a reasonable cost level.
highly reliable. The data center infrastructure is part of its core and needs to
be state-of-the-art, easy to deploy, and managed at a reasonable cost level.
The Cegal infrastructure was stable, however it was time consuming and resource
demanding to maintain. For example, patches and upgrades had to be done
manually. “It affected everyone,” says Dag Ydstebø, senior IT Architect in Cegal.
demanding to maintain. For example, patches and upgrades had to be done
manually. “It affected everyone,” says Dag Ydstebø, senior IT Architect in Cegal.
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Client projects can require a big jump in compute levels. Now, we
are able to serve them much faster. We have the framework in
place and just add extra blades.
are able to serve them much faster. We have the framework in
place and just add extra blades.
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Eirik Madland, Operations Director, Cegal
The volatility and challenges of the oil and gas market require rethinking,
innovation, and technology to ensure cost efficiency and optimize available
resources. Cegal assists customers in developing business value through
technology. With three operating data centers in Norway, and one data center in
the Netherlands, Cegal relies on Cisco to insure secure and stable operations.
innovation, and technology to ensure cost efficiency and optimize available
resources. Cegal assists customers in developing business value through
technology. With three operating data centers in Norway, and one data center in
the Netherlands, Cegal relies on Cisco to insure secure and stable operations.
• A need for improved self-service
• Concentrate management in a single stack
• Cut administration time and overhead costs
• Concentrate management in a single stack
• Cut administration time and overhead costs
Challenges
Cegal data centers supply vital support to the
global oil and gas industry with Cisco servers.