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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge
Hi3G Access AB is one of Scandinavia’s fastest-growing and most innovative
mobile companies. Operating in Sweden and Denmark since 2003, the company
has amassed 2.4 million subscribers for its pioneering mobile phone and 3G/4G
broadband services, including the innovative offer of on-net free cross-border
calls. It’s been a key force in driving the region’s mobile sector forward and
reshaping the local market.
mobile companies. Operating in Sweden and Denmark since 2003, the company
has amassed 2.4 million subscribers for its pioneering mobile phone and 3G/4G
broadband services, including the innovative offer of on-net free cross-border
calls. It’s been a key force in driving the region’s mobile sector forward and
reshaping the local market.
All the company’s day-to-day administrative systems are housed and managed
at a highly secure 5000m
at a highly secure 5000m
2
data center on the outskirts of Stockholm. These
systems include mission-critical applications such as billing, customer relationship
management (CRM), resource planning, and business support.
management (CRM), resource planning, and business support.
The Stockholm data center needed a major overhaul. Many systems had dedicated
servers, most of which were running at only eight to 12 percent capacity.
Approximately 400 multivendor machines occupied some 150 chassis. This situation
presented major inefficiencies in space utilization, power consumption, and cooling,
while the whole environment was becoming increasingly costly and time consuming
to manage and maintain. In addition, deploying new servers took days or even weeks.
servers, most of which were running at only eight to 12 percent capacity.
Approximately 400 multivendor machines occupied some 150 chassis. This situation
presented major inefficiencies in space utilization, power consumption, and cooling,
while the whole environment was becoming increasingly costly and time consuming
to manage and maintain. In addition, deploying new servers took days or even weeks.
“We needed to find a better way to cope with the increasing volumes of business
that didn’t require ever more servers and expansion of the premises,” says Mikael
Vinberg, data center manager at Hi3G Access. “Moving to a virtualized cloud model
was key for consolidation, as well as to speed up and simplify networking and new
service deployment.”
that didn’t require ever more servers and expansion of the premises,” says Mikael
Vinberg, data center manager at Hi3G Access. “Moving to a virtualized cloud model
was key for consolidation, as well as to speed up and simplify networking and new
service deployment.”
Solution
To ease its transition to cloud, Hi3G Access opted to transform its data center using
Cisco® Unified Data Center Architecture. The foundation for this is the Cisco Unified
Computing System™ (UCS®), which integrates servers, networking, management,
virtualization, and storage on a single platform, bringing unprecedented efficiency
and flexibility.
Cisco® Unified Data Center Architecture. The foundation for this is the Cisco Unified
Computing System™ (UCS®), which integrates servers, networking, management,
virtualization, and storage on a single platform, bringing unprecedented efficiency
and flexibility.
Customer Case Study
Swedish mobile operator transforms data center to optimize application performance and maintain
market position
Customer Name:
Hi3G Access AB
Industry:
Mobile operator
Location:
Sweden
Number of Employees:
1500
Challenge
• Lower costs and simplify data center
management
• Improve scalability, resilience, and
application performance
Solution
• Virtualized cloud environment based on
Cisco Unified Data Center Architecture
and Cisco Unified Computing System
servers for ease of management
and Cisco Unified Computing System
servers for ease of management
• Cisco Nexus Switches for highly-available
10Gbps networking with ability to reach
100Gbps and beyond when required
100Gbps and beyond when required
Results
• Number of servers reduced from 400 to
75, and floor space cut by 75 percent
• Dramatic application performance
improvements, with billing system
running 300 percent faster
running 300 percent faster
• Improved security and record levels of
uptime, while server deployment has
been reduced from weeks to minutes
been reduced from weeks to minutes
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