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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge
From modest beginnings, Lonza has grown into a leading supplier to the
pharmaceutical, healthcare, and lifescience industries worldwide. It provides chemical
and biological active pharmaceutical ingredients to companies in health and hygiene,
personal care, water treatment, industrial preservation, wood treatment, and materials
protection. This expertise includes cell-based research, endotoxin detection, and cell
therapy manufacturing as well as agriculture, nutrition, and microbial control.
pharmaceutical, healthcare, and lifescience industries worldwide. It provides chemical
and biological active pharmaceutical ingredients to companies in health and hygiene,
personal care, water treatment, industrial preservation, wood treatment, and materials
protection. This expertise includes cell-based research, endotoxin detection, and cell
therapy manufacturing as well as agriculture, nutrition, and microbial control.
Based in Basel, the company has 45 major production and R&D sites worldwide. With
such a diverse product portfolio, Lonza has to manage a large and fast-changing
intellectual property database. Also vital is global collaboration, particularly for
research, production, marketing, and partnerships with the many companies that
depend on its products. With growth rates in decline and blockbuster drug patents
coming to an end, big western healthcare companies are looking toward emerging
markets. Likewise, Lonza is seeking to diversify into smaller segments, requiring a
more tailored approach.
such a diverse product portfolio, Lonza has to manage a large and fast-changing
intellectual property database. Also vital is global collaboration, particularly for
research, production, marketing, and partnerships with the many companies that
depend on its products. With growth rates in decline and blockbuster drug patents
coming to an end, big western healthcare companies are looking toward emerging
markets. Likewise, Lonza is seeking to diversify into smaller segments, requiring a
more tailored approach.
Twin data centers in Visp, Switzerland, are central to this strategy. Used around
the clock, they have to support various time zones and the growing demand for
core applications such as SAP and Microsoft Exchange, along with NetApp storage
technology and VMware virtualization software. As an early adopter of advanced
technologies, Lonza was keen to transform these critical facilities, not only to meet
growing network traffic and storage requirements, but also to improve performance
and make them fully future compatible.
the clock, they have to support various time zones and the growing demand for
core applications such as SAP and Microsoft Exchange, along with NetApp storage
technology and VMware virtualization software. As an early adopter of advanced
technologies, Lonza was keen to transform these critical facilities, not only to meet
growing network traffic and storage requirements, but also to improve performance
and make them fully future compatible.
“The primary driver for this project was attaining 10Gbps bandwidth, both to prepare
for future growth and to introduce the newest data center optimization technologies,”
says Fabian Reber, IT network manager at Lonza, “while an immediate priority was to
reduce latency and increase port availability.”
for future growth and to introduce the newest data center optimization technologies,”
says Fabian Reber, IT network manager at Lonza, “while an immediate priority was to
reduce latency and increase port availability.”
Customer Case Study
Lonza underpins business continuity and global expansion with Nexus capabilities such as FabricPath
and Virtual Port Channel
Customer Name:
Lonza
Industry:
Pharma
Location:
Headquartered in Basel,
Switzerland
Number of Employees:
More than
10,000
Challenge
• Transform data center network agility,
bandwidth, resilience, and scalability to
support 24-hour global business model
support 24-hour global business model
Solution
• Cisco Nexus 5500 series platform with
new capabilities such as FabricPath,
In-Service Software Upgrades, and
Virtual Port Channel
In-Service Software Upgrades, and
Virtual Port Channel
Results
• 30 percent performance improvement
for key business applications
• Ability to rapidly scale up and add ports
• New back-up data center can be
connected faster and with less risk
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