
HP has designed and implemented a sophisticated IT solution for Saudi conglomerate, Zamil Industrial Investment Company (ZIIC).
By consolidating and virtualising its IT infrastructure, ZIIC is now able to meet current and anticipated future demand for responsive IT services across its own organisation and the three sector businesses its central IT function serves. In addition to the enhanced performance and reliability, the solution is scaled for growth and features a low total cost of ownership (TCO).
ZIIC’s sector businesses comprise Zamil Air Conditioners, Zamil Steel and Zamil Glass Industries. Leading its IT service organisation is chief information officer Zaki Sabbagh.
“HP understands our business requirements and our need to respond to continual market changes and dynamics, and it has delivered a world-class solution which provides the high-performance technology we require to optimise our people, processes and technologies,” said Sabbagh.
ZIIC chose to consolidate its Data Centre using HP’s Enterprise and Management solution including servers, software, StorageWorks systems and related services. The HP enterprise and management solution is widely used by enterprises worldwide to support mission-critical business operations.
By partnering with HP, ZIIC has incorporated the latest technologies into its Data Centre including virtualisation offerings - which allow IT resources across storage systems, servers, networks, and entire data centres to be pooled together.
The HP StorageWorks solution was specifically designed to meet ZIIC’s critical need for improved storage utilisation and scalability. The HP Integrity rx8620-32 server is known to deliver higher performance, lower total cost of ownership, increased utilisation and support for multiple operating systems.