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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge
The Landesbetrieb Liegenschafts- und Baubetreuung (LBB), the estate and
construction management agency of Rheinland-Pfalz, offers construction and
property management services to the federal state Rheinland-Pfalz. Its duties
are to provide property management services, including site-use optimization,
in accordance with sound business principles as well as the implementation of
construction projects initiated by the German federal government, its partners in
NATO and foreign armed forces, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and other third
parties. The agency has 1300 employees working in 25 offices in seven different
cities, including the headquarters in Mainz.
construction management agency of Rheinland-Pfalz, offers construction and
property management services to the federal state Rheinland-Pfalz. Its duties
are to provide property management services, including site-use optimization,
in accordance with sound business principles as well as the implementation of
construction projects initiated by the German federal government, its partners in
NATO and foreign armed forces, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and other third
parties. The agency has 1300 employees working in 25 offices in seven different
cities, including the headquarters in Mainz.
LBB currently stores about 2 Tb of data in each of its seven locations, and that
volume of data is expected to double each year from now on. Much of the data
consists of architectural drawings and plans in formats from applications such as
AutoCAD, although other applications such as Ariba and Oracle are also important.
Each of LBB’s locations used to have separate storage facilities based on individual
hard drives attached directly to servers, making it impossible to manage the data
from a central point or to automate processes such as backups.
volume of data is expected to double each year from now on. Much of the data
consists of architectural drawings and plans in formats from applications such as
AutoCAD, although other applications such as Ariba and Oracle are also important.
Each of LBB’s locations used to have separate storage facilities based on individual
hard drives attached directly to servers, making it impossible to manage the data
from a central point or to automate processes such as backups.
One of the agency’s goals was to improve productivity and enhance the working
environment by giving its employees faster, more convenient, and better access to
information. In the longer term, LBB wanted to introduce a document management
system throughout the organization, to automate several processes, minimize
errors, and eliminate inconsistencies. As an important first step, the agency
decided to adopt a centralized approach to data storage by creating a storage
area network (SAN). The SAN would provide an easier, more cost-effective way of
managing data than separate storage facilities, and create a foundation on which
to introduce a document management system.
environment by giving its employees faster, more convenient, and better access to
information. In the longer term, LBB wanted to introduce a document management
system throughout the organization, to automate several processes, minimize
errors, and eliminate inconsistencies. As an important first step, the agency
decided to adopt a centralized approach to data storage by creating a storage
area network (SAN). The SAN would provide an easier, more cost-effective way of
managing data than separate storage facilities, and create a foundation on which
to introduce a document management system.
“Instead of setting up a different network for storage, we wanted to converge the new SAN infrastructure with our LAN,” says
Rudolf Ritz from the Information Technology department at LBB. “At the time, the Cisco Nexus 5000 switch was the only
solution available that could do this.”
Rudolf Ritz from the Information Technology department at LBB. “At the time, the Cisco Nexus 5000 switch was the only
solution available that could do this.”
Customer Case Study
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Customer Name:
Landesbetrieb
Liegenschafts- und Baubetreuung (LBB)
Industry:
Public Sector, Regional Government
Location:
Germany
Company size:
1300
Challenge
• Improve data management by
centralizing storage
• Increase productivity throughout organization
• Support IT flexibility to enable new ways
• Support IT flexibility to enable new ways
of working
Solution
• Storage area network integrated with
existing computing and phone network
Results
• Improved IT efficiency by centralizing data
management processes
• Increased employee productivity by
improving access to information
• Provided platform that will scale up and
enable virtualization