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Civica

Civica UK replaced outmoded storage with a Dell Compellent Storage Center storage area network (SAN). As a result, it consolidated storage while making major savings over a fibre channel solution.
Date : 2/1/2012
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With Dell Compellent and Civica, customers always come first. I can send an email to my Dell Compellent contacts and get a reply within 10 minutes.

Tony Ditchfield, Managed Services Department Leader, Civica, United Kingdom

Challenge
Civica wanted a powerful, cost-effective solution for dynamically managing the huge volumes of data generated by a broad and growing public sector client base.
Solution
The company deployed a Dell™ Compellent™ Storage Center™ storage area network (SAN) solution and selected Dell Compellent Copilot Support™ to maximise its performance.
Benefits
• Customer swaps outmoded storage for consolidated, centralised SAN
• Civica replaces full-time storage management team with minimum trained individuals with occasional responsibility
• IT gets savings of at least 75 percent over fibre channel solution
• Customer improves green credentials by virtualising servers