Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

“Having Dell as our global supplier simply eliminates many of our IT supply and integration challenges so that we can focus on our strategic architecture rather than tactical logistics.”

- Bill Johnson, chief information officer, Stoneridge

Stoneridge, a global manufacturer of automotive components, wanted to use state-of-the-art technologies to reduce complexity, reduce its IT footprint, and ultimately reduce the total cost of IT ownership.

The company eliminated more than 50 percent of its physical servers through server virtualization, using a combination of Dell^TM  PowerEdge^TM  servers supported by Dell EqualLogic^TM  Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area networks (SANs).

• Grow IT Smarter: Virtualization architecture on Dell PowerEdge servers reduces uninterruptible power supply draw at the main data center by 58 percent; High-performance Dell PowerEdge servers help Stoneridge consolidate IT server infrastructure by more than 50 percent enterprise-wide, and more than 80 percent in the company’s corporate network operations center; Simplified infrastructure helps save approximately US$330,000 in annual IT life cycle replacement expenditures