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Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen Selects IBM Software Defined Storage [Travel & Leisure Close - Up](Travel & Leisure Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) IBM reported that Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen (SSB) has turned to IBM Cloud, Software Defined Storage and Flash to improve business application performance and customer response times. IBM noted in a release that SSB operates a network of light rail and buses that serves more than 171 million passengers a year. "Our data challenges were affecting our business," said Roland Wagner, Team leader for System Technology at SSB. "It was clear our IT issues were not relegated to a single system or component, but the infrastructure. It was simply not tuned for the volumes and expansion we were experiencing and projecting." SSB turned to IBM for a top-to-bottom infrastructure overhaul that included the renewal of the preexisting IBM Power Systems, and adoption of IBM Software Defined Storage, Virtualization and Flash. The company deployed IBM Power Systems to help manage the data loads and increase availability. It also established private clouds on IBM Power Systems servers running PowerVM to run its SAP ERP applications, including Human Resources and Financials. "Increasingly, organizations like SSB are realizing the positive impact that a strategic IT infrastructure can make on business results," said Jamie Thomas, General Manager, Storage and Software Defined Systems, IBM Systems & Technology Group. SSB adopted the IBM FlashSystem 840 and integrated it with SSB's existing IBM SAN Volume Controller storage virtualization software. With the integrated solution, known as Software Defined Flash, SSB achieved consistent uptime and the ability to weather peaks and valleys in internal and online business - all while keeping management overhead to a minimum. Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG (SSB) is a German public transportation company. More information and complete details: www.ssb-ag.de/ www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml. www.ibm.com www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/german-public-transportation-co- adopts-ibm-software-defined-storage-to-tackle-big-data- 797591235.html ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |