INDUSTRY WATCH more . “ We found that we had to move our ERP system to new hardware because the data centre wasn ’ t ready yet , but we plan to move this to Nutanix as well in about two years ’ time ,” he said .
Less admin , less energy
According to Foster , the main advantage of the Nutanix migration is an enormous gain in management efficiency and productivity .
“ We manage the entire IT platform in one place : hosts , virtual machines , storage and connectivity . Centralised monitoring and reports – presented on a centralised console – support the teams . We now have much more flexibility ,” he said .
OUR NUTANIX-BASED ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD OFFERS THE FLEXIBILITY , AVAILABILITY , AND PRODUCTIVITY WE NEED , WHILE WE KEEP CONTROL OF OUR DATA AND SECURITY .
He added that the provisioning of new requirements , for example , can be arranged really quickly . “ An OS upgrade on a host takes just one click . In the past , we had to upgrade 200 VMs on 50 hosts manually , one at a time . Can you imagine what a complex , risky and timeconsuming effort that was ,” he asked ? “ Overall , we have reduced our admin efforts by around 40 %. This has given our Group IT Department ’ s employees more time and freedom to focus on other needs of the business , as well as on creativity and innovation , and on the continuous improvement of the overall IT environment . At the same time , Nutanix has made an enormous contribution to the group ’ s sustainability objectives .”
He explained that since the company has been running Nutanix , its need for power and cooling has dropped spectacularly , resulting in 50 % energy savings .
Secure and efficient
Now , Nutanix is an integral part of Al Naboodah ’ s strategic IT vision . It ’ s really easy to access the public cloud , but getting out again can prove to be extremely difficult . For this reason , Foster said the company only runs a small set-up in the public cloud . “ For everything else , we rely on our own enterprise private cloud , based on Nutanix . It offers the same service , speed and efficiency as the public cloud , while we keep control of our data and security . That ’ s what makes the difference ,” he said . “ Our Nutanix-based enterprise private cloud offers the flexibility , availability , and productivity we need , while we keep control of our data and security .” p
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