Authenticom, Inc.
Authenticom sought a solution to increase the efficiency of its storage solution, so it virtualized legacy servers onto Dell PowerEdge systems.
Date
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9/1/2011
Dell’s high-tech solutions simply augment our employee talent-base in such ways that we are rapidly becoming one of the only companies that can handle data polling from automotive Dealer Management Systems.
Jeff Stevens, Director of IT, Authenticom, United States
Challenge
Authenticom is a leading source for Dealer Management System Integration and Data Hygiene Services — an end-to-end data solution for OEMs, marketing companies and CRM systems in the automotive industry. Although updating its data center was not urgent, Authenticom sought a solution to increase the energy efficiency of its storage solution, reduce costs, improve scalability and enhance customer response times.Solution
Virtualize legacy servers onto Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers with eight-core Intel® processors and Dell EqualLogic™ iSCSI SAN storage. Use Microsoft® virtualization and systems management tools with Dell Management Packs to reduce costs and simplify administration.Benefits
• Met demand by scaling without adding physical servers• Utilized 90 percent less server space
• Realized reductions in power and cooling costs
• Reduced spend (Authenticom received a $50,000 grant from Wisconsin Focus on Energy)
• Minimized unplanned downtime and gained the ability to test patches before applying to production
• Saved time through integration between Dell and Microsoft management tools
