Cisco Cisco UCS Director 5.4 Guida Informativa
Customer Case Study
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NESIC uses Cisco UCS B-Series Servers
and Cisco UCS Director to transform how
it manages and delivers cloud services.
Challenge
NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation (NESIC) is a large-scale network and
system integrator for the NEC Group. With more than 7,000 employees, the company is
listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. NESIC works with corporations,
telecommunication providers, government offices, and social infrastructure organizations to
provide a wide variety of services, including implementation, maintenance, and operation of
ICT infrastructure, office solutions, and security solutions.
system integrator for the NEC Group. With more than 7,000 employees, the company is
listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. NESIC works with corporations,
telecommunication providers, government offices, and social infrastructure organizations to
provide a wide variety of services, including implementation, maintenance, and operation of
ICT infrastructure, office solutions, and security solutions.
Since 2009, NESIC has offered cloud services to customers, and cloud services quickly
became one of the company’s most important lines of businesses. In addition to hosting
applications on the cloud, the company offers infrastructure-as-a-service through “S-iDC
Cloud Hosting Service,” desktop-as-a-service through “Thin Client Service STclient,” and
email services. NESIC also offers procurement, implementation, and management of
servers and other ICT infrastructure.
became one of the company’s most important lines of businesses. In addition to hosting
applications on the cloud, the company offers infrastructure-as-a-service through “S-iDC
Cloud Hosting Service,” desktop-as-a-service through “Thin Client Service STclient,” and
email services. NESIC also offers procurement, implementation, and management of
servers and other ICT infrastructure.
As part of the company’s business strategy, each service is owned by a separate business
unit, but as cloud services have grown, the cost of deploying infrastructure to support these
cloud services was becoming a burden. The company needed a way to reduce labor costs
while meeting the changing demands of their business in a more flexible manner.
unit, but as cloud services have grown, the cost of deploying infrastructure to support these
cloud services was becoming a burden. The company needed a way to reduce labor costs
while meeting the changing demands of their business in a more flexible manner.
The company realized that in order to continue growing its business, it needed to unify
management of ICT infrastructure for its numerous cloud services. NESIC decided to
implement an internal cloud service as well as automate their infrastructure operations
and management.
management of ICT infrastructure for its numerous cloud services. NESIC decided to
implement an internal cloud service as well as automate their infrastructure operations
and management.
System Integrator Simplifies and Automates
Data Center Infrastructure
• Customer Name: NEC Networks &
System Integration Corporation
• Industry: System integrator
• Location: Tokyo, Japan
• Number of Employees: 7,100
• Location: Tokyo, Japan
• Number of Employees: 7,100
Challenge
• Unify infrastructure management
for both virtual and physical
environments
• Reduce time and labor involved with
deploying infrastructure
• Improve cost-efficiency of cloud
services and solutions
Solution
• Implemented UCS Director to
automate provisioning while
maintaining high quality governance
• Deployed Cisco UCS B-Series
Servers to reduce cabling and
simplify infrastructure
Results
• Delivered unified provisioning and
management to support cloud
environment with UCS Director
• Automated provisioning to reduce
server deployment time by 50% and
deliver cost savings in labor and time
• Enabled existing staff to manage
more workloads and projects
Executive Summary