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Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP)

Date : 7/1/2010
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For more than six years now, we have been acquiring Dell products due to their reliability, quality and good support. Dell was the first option when we decided to choose a vendor for the virtualization and consolidation projects.

— José Carlos Avelino, IT manager, Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP), Brazil

Challenge
Built more than 12 years ago, the data center had equipment occupying many shelves and old servers from several different vendors. Systems were difficult to manage with manual updating and troublesome backup processes using CDs and DVDs.
Solution
FECAP decided to move and upgrade its data center using state-of-the-art technology, including server virtualization with Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers running VMware®, Dell storage array, Dell PowerVault™ tape library, Dell Brocade® storage area network (SAN) switches and Symantec™ Backup Exec™ software.
Benefits
  • Reduced hardware space to one rack
  • Lowered energy costs
  • Reduced management time by 50 percent
  • Reduced backup time by 99 percent
  • Increased processing capacity by 50 percent