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Challenge
Parentix hosts business-critical applications for small and
midsize companies, specializing in Windows solutions from
Microsoft and Exact Software. Established in 2000, Parentix
has grown quickly, increasing revenues by as much as 50
percent in recent years.
midsize companies, specializing in Windows solutions from
Microsoft and Exact Software. Established in 2000, Parentix
has grown quickly, increasing revenues by as much as 50
percent in recent years.
The company’s top priority is to continue and accelerate
its rapid growth, while finding ways of optimizing the
customer experience and reducing costs. One of the main
barriers to achieving this was the traditional structure of
the company’s two data centers in Amsterdam, which had
separate servers and other components dedicated to
different services or customers.
its rapid growth, while finding ways of optimizing the
customer experience and reducing costs. One of the main
barriers to achieving this was the traditional structure of
the company’s two data centers in Amsterdam, which had
separate servers and other components dedicated to
different services or customers.
“Without a standardized and unified environment, it was hard
for us to grow quickly enough,” says chief executive officer
Pieter Gabes. “We wanted to be more flexible in how we offer
services to customers, by making our products cloud-ready.
The idea was to become more efficient by serving more
clients on the same platform and doing more business with
the same number of people.”
for us to grow quickly enough,” says chief executive officer
Pieter Gabes. “We wanted to be more flexible in how we offer
services to customers, by making our products cloud-ready.
The idea was to become more efficient by serving more
clients on the same platform and doing more business with
the same number of people.”
Because Parentix rents its data center space, the amount of
power that it uses is limited by contract. The company had
nearly reached that limit in both data centers and wanted to
power that it uses is limited by contract. The company had
nearly reached that limit in both data centers and wanted to
avoid opening a third facility. This meant doing more with the same level of power consumption, by virtualizing
the data center assets. However, two performance issues had made full virtualization impossible.
the data center assets. However, two performance issues had made full virtualization impossible.
First, some applications such as Exact Globe, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small businesses,
needed higher I/O performance than was currently available on virtualized platforms. Second, it was important to
have 10 Gb connectivity throughout the whole virtualized platform to support transaction processing on financial
and ERP applications, which tend to need periodic intense bursts of very high bandwidth.
needed higher I/O performance than was currently available on virtualized platforms. Second, it was important to
have 10 Gb connectivity throughout the whole virtualized platform to support transaction processing on financial
and ERP applications, which tend to need periodic intense bursts of very high bandwidth.
Customer Case Study
Creating Cloud-Ready Data Center
Parentix changes traditional applications hosting model to software as a service
using Cisco Unified Computing System.
using Cisco Unified Computing System.
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ExEcutivE Summary
Customer Name:
Parentix
Industry:
Service provider
Location:
Netherlands
Challenge
Accelerate growth and win new
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business
Reduce power consumption in
Reduce power consumption in
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data center
Optimize customer experience
Optimize customer experience
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Solution
Cisco Data Center 3.0 vision,
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architecture, and technologies
Cisco Unified Computing System
Cisco Unified Computing System
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Results
More flexible platform enabled
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faster expansion
Using less energy reduced
Using less energy reduced
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operating costs
Automation enhanced customer
Automation enhanced customer
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experience