GEC NEWS WIREVirtualization ensures business continuity, reduces energy consumption, saves space
Through extensive VMware virtualisation and server consolidation, HP has boosted the Emirates Palace hotel’s IT efficiency, performance and business continuity while improving space utilization in the data center.
“To maintain our 5-star guest service levels and ensure that our guests enjoy their experience here, we needed to make our IT more dynamic,” says Mehmet Akdeniz, Director of IT/AV, Emirates Palace. “The benefits of virtualizing our infrastructure are clear. With their proven experience of large virtualization projects, HP and MDS have enabled us to increase the reliability, flexibility and availability of our IT platform while containing costs and saving space. In addition, this has made our IT more sustainable and “green” by cutting energy consumption.”
Working with local partner MDS, HP deployed a reliable, cost-effective virtual platform based on HP ProLiant blade servers and HP 3PAR storage powered by Intel Xeon processors to run the hotel’s business-critical applications, including finance, HR, reservations and IT support. To ensure that the migration from physical to virtual servers was achieved without interruption to the hotel’s daily business, HP Technology Services carefully tested all application servers before they went into production.
“HP helps businesses like the Emirates Palace transform their legacy infrastructure to achieve tomorrow’s goals,” says Herbert Zierl, HP UAE Managing Director. “HP simplifies the data center, making it more energy- and space-efficient while being less expensive to operate.”
