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Hardness Testing of Blade and Knife Material: This leading manufacturer of cutting blades and knives for industrial and surgical applications needed a hardness testing capability with maximum flexibility. The problem was that some customers specified Rockwell C hardness measures while other customers specified 30N or other different scales. Specialty Blades uses to assure accurate levels of hardness...; Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Instron, Rockwell, blade, C; Case studies
Stadco Develops Aerospace Tools in Three Dimensions: Stadco provides design and manufacturing services for defense, aerospace, and high-tech. With a design solution from IBM, Stadco successfully designed molds for large fuselage and weapons bay doors, helicopter rotor blades, and launch vehicle parts. From large aircraft composite tooling to helicopter rotor blade molds, computer-generated three-dimensional images are replacing...; Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Blade servers, IBM Corp., aerospace, mold, helicopter, blade, aircraft, manufacturing, tool, computer; Case studies
Trane: Trane is a leading global supplier of air conditioning systems and service with 31 manufacturing plants in 9 countries. At Trane traditional computer equipment occupied needed space around the assembly line. Optimal utilization of floor space is critical. Trane deployed ClearCube's computers to control approximately 30% of the equipment at...; Tags: Quality, PRODUCTIVITY, Trane, ClearCube Technology, quality control, blade, supplier, manufacturing, computer, benefit; Case studies
Auger Type Backhoes: Auger backhoes that are X Series planetary models are designed for heavy industrial use in hard soil to depths up to 20-feet, depending on conditions. Specify a standard-flow planetary model for 10-foot depths; chain drive units maximize productivity of low-flow skid steers for digging to five-foot depths. HDF style auger...; Tags: Depth, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware; White papers
Enterprise Management: The client is a leading agribusiness company. The client runs SAP at multiple locations globally. Because of multi-location and multi installation nature, the administration and supports costs were very high. There was an urgent need to have a resource pool of trained SAP resources and to reduce the total cost...; Tags: Infosys Technologies Ltd., enterprise management, SAP AG, SLA, TCO, help desk, outsourcing; Case studies

Intec Telecom Systems: Intec Telecom's Dallas service bureau faced growing pains in its PC environment. Reliability, a critical factor in Intec's business, is also a huge benefit of the ClearCube solution. By locating the blades in its server room, all of Intec's workstations are now backed up by UPS, which are backed up...; Tags: Blade servers, Workstations, Utility computing, Servers, Intec Telecom Systems, ClearCube Technology, blade, workstation, benefit, environment, PC, computer, server; Case studies
Duncan Regional Hospital: Control Over Mission-Critical Computing: Duncan Regional Hospital is a 142-bed hospital that serves the Southwest Oklahoma area. Looking for a better way, Duncan Regional Hospital turned to ClearCube PC Blade systems. ClearCube took the computer off the user's desk, shrinking it into a PC Blade form factor, centralized it in a secure location, and...; Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, HEALTHCARE, ClearCube Technology, blade, hospital, workstation, PC, performance, desktop, computer; Case studies
HP Stands Guard Over Lenze's Business: Lenze produces geared and servo motors, clutches, brakes and other automotive manufactured goods. In order to remain competitive, Lenze needs to maintain round-the-clock production at its global operations. This is only possible if its core SAP R/3 application is available on a 24x7 basis without interruption. To support its SAP...; Tags: Utility computing, HP StorageWorks, Hewlett-Packard Co., data replication, SAP AG, business continuity, knowledge management, storage system, server, storage; Case studies
Lackland Air Force Base: The Center, an Air Staff Forward Operating Agency (FOA), manages both classified and unclassified computer networks and needed a new PC system that would both increase security of technology and data assets while bringing across-the-board efficiencies and cost savings. The HQ AFSFC replaced the desktop systems throughout the organization with...; Tags: Blade servers, PRODUCTIVITY, Utility computing, Desktops, NETWORKING, ClearCube Technology, blade, computer network, cost savings, desktop computer, PC, computer, network, processor, desktop, security; Case studies
Virtualize and Optimize Your IT Infrastructure: "Connect 2008: Virtualize, Optimize" It is not how much you invest, but the strategy behind your investments that optimize your IT infrastructure. Register now to view the on-demand version of this premier online event from Thursday, April 10th and learn how strategies like virtualization can reduce your...; Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, PC Connection Inc., principal analyst, Forrester Research Inc., virtualization, webinar, information on-demand, senior analyst, IT infrastructure, rich content, data center, vice president, IT investment, information technology, st; Webcasts 2008-04-10
Virtualization in Education: When it comes to desktop computing in Education, flexibility is key. Availability of computers in classrooms, offices, labs, dorm rooms, and throughout campus is expected. Students, faculty and staff want to be able to access their own data, securely, from all of these locations. This white paper discusses how virtualization...; Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, IBM Corp., virtualization, desktop, computer; White papers 2007-10-01
VMware: The World's Busiest PR Team?: A couple of weeks ago, Forbes wrote that VMware had become the world's fifth highest-valued software company (behind only Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Adobe). Pretty incredible for a technology category ("virtualization") whose basic concept / definition ("abstracting the OS and software from the underlying hardware") ... is far beyond the...; Tags: IPO, Virtualization, Utility computing, Storage management, Travis Van, VMware Inc., PR team, public relations; Blog posts 2007-09-12
MAHLE Group Selects IBM DB2 as the Core Database Server for SAP Software: Automotive components manufacturer MAHLE Group wanted to reduce IT operational costs by finding reliable, high-performance core technologies to support its 4,500 SAP solution users. MAHLE migrated from Oracle to IBM DB2 Information Management Software as its core database technology for all SAP solutions, on IBM eServer p5 570 servers and...; Tags: Servers, Utility computing, Databases, SAP AG, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., storage server, database server, server, storage, database, software, information technology; Case studies 2006-06-01
The Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Gases Up With IBM: Bangchak Petroleum needed to integrate and modernize its IT environment for improved business efficiencies. Bangchak Petroleum migrated critical SAP for Oil & Gas solution from Sun platform to 1 IBM eServer p5 550 system and 1 TotalStorage DS4000, IBM Advanced POWER Virtualization on AIX 5L V5.3. As a result, Bangchak...; Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, Operating systems, virtualization, IT administration, IBM Corp., IT environment, information technology; Case studies 2006-05-01
dm-drogerie breaks through the performance barrier with DS8100: dm-drogerie needed to respond to the need for faster business intelligence while reducing costs. The company implemented an IBM TotalStorage DS8100 storage system linked via fibre-channel switches to an existing estate of IBM eserver pSeries servers. This improved data through...; Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, fibre channel, storage system, business intelligence, IBM Corp., storage, performance, server; Case studies 2006-01-17
Mercatone Uno finds e-commerce success with IBM WebSphere Express Edition: Mercatone Uno needed to expand sales to the Web quickly and painlessly. Working with Tecla, the company implemented IBM WebSphere Express Edition on IBM eServer xSeries model 345 servers, running Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server. With customers now able to browse and buy online...; Tags: Application servers, Servers, Middleware, Utility computing, OPEN SOURCE, IBM WebSphere, IBM Corp., enterprise server, e-business, server, sales, Web; Case studies 2005-12-14
IT Consolidation Initiative Streamlines Government in Pittsburgh, PA: The Chief Information Officer of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania strongly believes that with strategic planning and innovative technology solutions, any IT organization can dramatically boost its service levels and quality. He has implemented this idea by introducing new HP blade servers to replace legacy ones, a project that has enabled the...; Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, Strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., Pittsburgh, blade server, blade, IT consolidation, Strategic Planning, information technology, vision, server; Case studies 2005-08-01
Agile Airline Enterprise: Today's airline industry is undergoing more transformation than ever before. The combination of ongoing global economic events, "Wired" passengers and growth of low-cost carriers makes this market ever more competitive on price, cost and yield. As one assesses new and emerging trends such as business process outsourcing and utility computing,...; Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., BPO, utility computing, business process; White papers 2005-08-01
Automation at Auto Importer-Distributor Drives Better Cash Flow and Inventory Turnover: Plaza Motors' IT system for vehicle distribution needed replacement because it required a lot of manual intervention and didn't automate labor-intensive functions, such as volume planning and vehicle allocation. The solution consisted of DB2 running on IBM eServer iSeries 820 and Vehicle Distribution System 2.0 from Strategic Business Systems. This...; Tags: IBM Corp., allocation, information technology; Case studies 2005-07-01
El Al Gets Airborne With a Virtualization Solution on IBM eServer xSeries: El Al, the Israeli national airline, runs mainframe environments and around 30 IBM AIX-based platforms for its core business operations. El Al needed to control the proliferation of physical servers; improve ease of management and reduce need for routine administration; and increase flexibility and speed of response to new requirements....; Tags: Servers, Utility computing, server consolidation, IBM Corp., environment, mainframe, server, virtualization, CPU; Case studies 2005-03-24