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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge
Well-known worldwide as the Netherlands telecommunications carrier, KPN is also
present in markets such as Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain. Its enterprise arm,
KPN IT Solutions, employs around 3000 staff. Offering a wide range of data center
services, KPN IT Solutions used to support these through three teams for networking,
storage, and computing. However, these units operated in isolation, which meant that
customers could wait a very long time before a platform came together.
present in markets such as Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain. Its enterprise arm,
KPN IT Solutions, employs around 3000 staff. Offering a wide range of data center
services, KPN IT Solutions used to support these through three teams for networking,
storage, and computing. However, these units operated in isolation, which meant that
customers could wait a very long time before a platform came together.
KPN IT Solutions technology officer, Kevin Reeuwijk, says: “When the solutions were
actually up and running it was fine, but onboarding new customers took months. It
was our main customer complaint and therefore priority number one.” Management
cost was another issue. In the old environment, everything was custom made using
a variety of suppliers. Lifecycle management involved different operating systems,
applications, and middleware, which was complex and expensive.
actually up and running it was fine, but onboarding new customers took months. It
was our main customer complaint and therefore priority number one.” Management
cost was another issue. In the old environment, everything was custom made using
a variety of suppliers. Lifecycle management involved different operating systems,
applications, and middleware, which was complex and expensive.
The business and its customers needed a standardized hardware platform
with a single support package. This solution would also help KPN provide agile
cloud-based service models. “The old world of dedicated hosting was becoming
uneconomic,” says Reeuwijk, “so we decided to move to a shared service data
center platform.” Accordingly, a request for proposal was issued to four vendors
including Cisco.
with a single support package. This solution would also help KPN provide agile
cloud-based service models. “The old world of dedicated hosting was becoming
uneconomic,” says Reeuwijk, “so we decided to move to a shared service data
center platform.” Accordingly, a request for proposal was issued to four vendors
including Cisco.
Solution
FlexPod was selected as the KPN IT Solutions data center standard. “We chose
FlexPod for its standard design, high level of integration, and rich feature set,” says
Reeuwijk. Offering pre-validated data center architecture, FlexPod is built on Cisco
Unified Computing System™ (UCS®) servers, Cisco Nexus® data center switches,
NetApp storage components, and VMware virtualization software.
FlexPod for its standard design, high level of integration, and rich feature set,” says
Reeuwijk. Offering pre-validated data center architecture, FlexPod is built on Cisco
Unified Computing System™ (UCS®) servers, Cisco Nexus® data center switches,
NetApp storage components, and VMware virtualization software.
Since KPN had no prior experience of FlexPod or Cisco® UCS, Cisco Services was
engaged to help reduce risk in deployment and migration. Cisco Services aided in
high-level and low-level designs and project management.
engaged to help reduce risk in deployment and migration. Cisco Services aided in
high-level and low-level designs and project management.
Customer Case Study
Adoption of FlexPod helps KPN accelerate time to market while streamlining data center organization
for greater customer focus
Customer Name:
KPN
Industry:
Service Provider
Location:
Netherlands
Number of Employees:
25,000
Challenge
• Eliminate customer dissatisfaction with
long solution lead times
• Help enable introduction of new
cloud-based service offerings
• Transform IT organization for optimal
flexibility and efficiency
Solution
• Implementation of pre-validated and
standardized FlexPod data center
architecture based on Cisco Nexus
switching, Cisco UCS servers, NetApp
storage, and VMware virtualization
architecture based on Cisco Nexus
switching, Cisco UCS servers, NetApp
storage, and VMware virtualization
• Assistance from Cisco Services for fast
and risk-free deployment
Results
• Marketplace differentiation through ability
to offer cloud-based products
• Server deployment times cut from weeks
to minutes, along with 36 percent saving
in energy use
in energy use
• Improved disaster recovery capability,
with incident troubleshooting reduced
from weeks to days or hours
from weeks to days or hours
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