A Healthy Approach to Server Sprawl

“The importance of our Dell enclosure and blades is that they allow us to provide seamless claims processing when supporting patients around the country. That means our customers can be confident we’re supporting them as they focus on their health and that of their families.”

- Charles Kibby, technical purchasing coordinator, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

Health care insurer BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York sought to consolidate its disparate claims processing server environment to reduce administrative complexity and speed the deployment of new applications and services.

Dell helped BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York migrate more than 100 physical servers to Dell^TM  PowerEdge^TM  blades without disrupting the business or end users.

• Get IT Faster: Dell Advanced Systems Group (ASG) Tiger Team helped install the blade environment, saving two days in installation time
• Run IT Better: Dell PowerEdge shared resources and remote management capabilities improve IT efficiency by an estimated 60 percent
• Grow IT Smarter: Dell PowerEdge enclosure and blades save an estimated 20 percent in hardware costs; Dell PowerEdge blade server consolidates racks by 75 percent, helping cut power costs by as much as US$40,000 per year