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SENAI-SC provides technical training and vocational higher
education to citizens of the Santa Catarina state in southern
Brazil. Part of a national SENAI network that is funded at the
local level, the institute currently has more than 100,000
registered students, who learn both on-site, in 35 locations
throughout the state, and remotely; its facilities include 400
laboratories and 36 libraries.
education to citizens of the Santa Catarina state in southern
Brazil. Part of a national SENAI network that is funded at the
local level, the institute currently has more than 100,000
registered students, who learn both on-site, in 35 locations
throughout the state, and remotely; its facilities include 400
laboratories and 36 libraries.
With demand for IT services rising in the professional
education sector, SENAI-SC was looking for a new data
center environment that would enable growth without
adding complexity. To increase capacity and reduce costs,
the institute had already started consolidating several
physical servers onto a single device as “virtual” entities.
However, extending this approach throughout the data
center using the existing platform would be prohibitively
costly and complicated.
education sector, SENAI-SC was looking for a new data
center environment that would enable growth without
adding complexity. To increase capacity and reduce costs,
the institute had already started consolidating several
physical servers onto a single device as “virtual” entities.
However, extending this approach throughout the data
center using the existing platform would be prohibitively
costly and complicated.
In addition to simpler and more scalable IT systems,
SENAI-SC also wanted greater flexibility so that it could
better manage processing peaks such as those caused by
student subscription periods. The ability to provision, or
SENAI-SC also wanted greater flexibility so that it could
better manage processing peaks such as those caused by
student subscription periods. The ability to provision, or
Customer Name: Serviço Nacional de
Aprendizagem Industrial de Santa
Catarina (SENAI-SC)
Industry: Education
Location: Santa Catarina, Brazil
Number of Employees: 3000
Location: Santa Catarina, Brazil
Number of Employees: 3000
Business Impact
• Time to provision services reduced by nearly 90 percent
• Infrastructure costs are expected to be reduced by up to
• Time to provision services reduced by nearly 90 percent
• Infrastructure costs are expected to be reduced by up to
50 percent
• Energy consumption reduced by about 18 percent
• Return on investment enhanced by scalable platform
• Return on investment enhanced by scalable platform
Marco Antonio Dociatti
Director, SENAI Santa Catarina
decommission, services more quickly and cost effectively
was a top priority, together with streamlining the entire data
center environment.
was a top priority, together with streamlining the entire data
center environment.
A long-standing member of the
,
SENAI-SC had been using Cisco networking solutions
successfully for several years and had developed a reputation
as an early adopter of innovative technologies. “Being an early
adopter means putting trust in a manufacturer like Cisco, and
we were confident about doing that,” says Dociatti.
successfully for several years and had developed a reputation
as an early adopter of innovative technologies. “Being an early
adopter means putting trust in a manufacturer like Cisco, and
we were confident about doing that,” says Dociatti.
SENAI-SC already liked the
strategy and architecture for managing growth,
and eventually chose the
(UCS) as its new data center platform. UCS integrates
computing, networking, and virtualization elements and
provides a unified management environment. This integration
greatly simplifies both the data center operation as a whole
and the task of managing it, helping reduce costs and
improving efficiency.
computing, networking, and virtualization elements and
provides a unified management environment. This integration
greatly simplifies both the data center operation as a whole
and the task of managing it, helping reduce costs and
improving efficiency.
Because UCS was designed to enable rapid provisioning,
the IT team at SENAI-SC can now respond much faster to
the IT team at SENAI-SC can now respond much faster to
changing requirements from any part
of the organization or from outside.
“The time to provision services is
being reduced from eight hours to
one,” says IT coordinator Paulo Alberto Violada.
of the organization or from outside.
“The time to provision services is
being reduced from eight hours to
one,” says IT coordinator Paulo Alberto Violada.
In addition, skilled employees are spending less time on
routine tasks, which helps IT contribute more value to core
activities such as teaching and supporting students. It is also
possible to carry out preventive maintenance during business
hours, without interrupting or degrading services in any way,
making everyone more productive.
routine tasks, which helps IT contribute more value to core
activities such as teaching and supporting students. It is also
possible to carry out preventive maintenance during business
hours, without interrupting or degrading services in any way,
making everyone more productive.
Training Institute Adopts New Datacenter Architecture
SENAI Santa Catarina uses Cisco data center architecture to manage growth,
simplify operations, and offer cloud services.
simplify operations, and offer cloud services.
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