Dell & Stoneridge - Greater Than the Sum of its Parts
| “Having Dell as our global supplier simply eliminates many of our IT supply and integration challenges so that we can focus on our strategic architecture rather than tactical logistics.” |
| Challenge | Solution | Benefit |
| Stoneridge, a global manufacturer of automotive components, wanted to use state-of-the-art technologies to reduce complexity, reduce its IT footprint, and ultimately reduce the total cost of IT ownership. | The company eliminated more than 50 percent of its physical servers through server virtualization, using a combination of DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers supported by Dell EqualLogicTM Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area networks (SANs). | Grow IT Smarter: Virtualization architecture on Dell PowerEdge servers reduces uninterruptable power supply draw at the main data center by 58 percent; High-performance Dell PowerEdge servers help Stoneridge consolidate IT server infrastructure by more than 50 percent enterprise-wide, and more than 80 percent in the company’s corporate network operations center; Simplified infrastructure helps save approximately US$330,000 in annual IT life cycle replacement expenditures |
