HPE JG896A Product Data Sheet
Objective
To deploy state-of-the-ar t technology
to transform the ICT services revenue
model from one-o orders to price per
month and utilise the latest hardware
to help retain the competitive position
on the market
Case Study
Imagine ICT successfully
switches to the cloud
HPE Hyper Converged 250, HPE Switch 5700
and HPE Financial Services lays foundation
Approach
Look for hardware and software
that migrate ICT ser vices to the cloud,
meet the highest requirements, are
constantly up to date and clearly
oer financial benefits
IT Matters
• To create an infrastructure that
can cope with the massive growth
in demand from clients for cloud
computing and storage, without an
increase in management costs
• To ensure a robust and scalable
cloud-based infrastructure that would
be feasible for one company on its own
Business Matters
• Move from the hourly-rate model
to one whereby clients pay per
month instead
• Guarantee a premium service is
provided during a period of rapid
client growth, without increasing
the number of employees
Challenge
Quick and easy access
Ron Stevens started Imagine ICT seven years
ago in Bladel, a small town near Eindhoven,
in the North Brabant province of the
Netherlands. His company now employs ten
people, occasionally supported by freelance
suppliers. Before setting up his own business,
Stevens worked for various internet service
providers and ICT companies.
Seven years ago, it was clear to Stevens
that a great deal of ICT services should
be migrated to the cloud. Imagine ICT’s
clients – businesses and organisations with
between five and around 150 workstations
– are scattered in and around the Brabant
region. These companies are too small to
maintain an in-house IT department, but
they still need to have quick and easy access
to data and close mutual communications
with their own customers.
Business operations under control
Stevens and his sta slowly but surely
discovered that their clients were becoming
more and more open to the idea of
outsourcing all of their IT services – mobile,
online and VoIP – as a package to a specialist
IT services provider. He accepted that, to help
companies make the switch, cloud services
could be charged per month instead of having
to make a large one-o investment in hardware
and software. “No more stress with outdated
servers, no worries about licences expiring, and
no need to have an in-house IT department
that is either rushed o its feet or completely
dead. Instead, business operations are
completely under control,” says Stevens.
Case study
Imagine ICT
Industry
ICT
Customer at a glance
Hardware
• HPE Hyper Converged 250
• HPE 5700 Switch
HPE services
• HPE Financial Services
• 24/7 support for five years
Solution
Attractive model
Stevens spent time searching for a solution
that would fit his company and his clients
like a glove. Stevens explains, “At a Hewlett
Packard Enterprise (HPE) seminar on finance,
all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
A financially-attractive model that no longer
requires us to make vast investments in
advance. We pay per month and we only
pay for the data that we actually use.”
Of course, the hardware and software must
meet the most stringent requirements.
“We opted for the HPE Hyper Converged
250 solution, together with the HPE 5700
Switch, supported by HPE Financial Services.
As a compact company, we can draw on this
solution to provide our clients with services
on a platform that would otherwise have been
far beyond their reach in terms of speed and
reliability. Another major benefit is that we can
start o rather modestly and then expand
without any trouble.”
More capacity in a flash
In addition to speed and reliability, another
massive bonus for Imagine ICT is the scalability.
This came to light in a case where the
hardware required for an IT project at
a school was seriously underestimated.
Stevens says, “When it came to delivery,
it turned out we were three servers short.
A quick email to the Imagine ICT help desk
and additional computing and storage capacity
was provided within the hour, so the project
had ample opportunity to continue running
to schedule. We could never have done that
without the HPE Hyper Converged 250.”
Benefit
Cash flow
However devoted Stevens is to technology,
the most significant benefit for him as a
businessman is working with a price per
month, whereby he only pays for the
computing and storage capacity that he
actually uses. “We looked at an array of
models to manage our IT in the best way
possible,” explains Stevens. “This was by
far the most attractive solution.”
Clients who use the cloud services that Imagine
ICT provides are just as enthusiastic about
them as Ron Stevens is. He has received
outstanding feedback on the speed at which
his clients can now work and how their systems
are virtually uninterrupted. They no longer
need to worry about investing in equipment,
software or licences, leaving them to focus
on their own customers.
Doing more with fewer people
Stevens continues, “Maintaining our
infrastructure has also become a lot easier.
We now work in a standardised environment,
not in ten dierent ones any more. This means
a smaller group of people can serve a larger
group of clients. We can expand our services
without needing to take on extra people.”
Imagine ICT has seen the need for data
storage and quick processing grow massively.
“The number of clients switching to the
cloud is impressive. These companies
can now make greater use of our services,
which is driving even further growth in traic.
By choosing solutions from HPE, we have not
just overhauled our business model. We now
have ICT infrastructure for the future that can
propel our clients forwards for years to come,”
says Stevens.
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