Northwestern Mutual
Customer - Northwestern Mutual
Industry - Finance & Insurance
Location - United States
Vision
Northwestern Mutual optimized their IT infrastructure by partnering with Dell Technologies. They simplified and standardized their systems, eliminating inefficiencies and reducing costs to deploy a more efficient and effective technology environment.
Solution
Northwestern Mutual replaced its legacy systems and tools with a consolidated, on-premises solution from Dell Technologies. Today, 80% of the firm’s key systems run on centralized infrastructure including Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell PowerMax storage and Dell VxRail HCI.
Impact
The infrastructure improvements resulted in a 40% increase in storage performance. Additionally, server performance improved while decreasing the footprint by 35%. These enhancements enabled faster customer request fulfillment and streamlined data migration, resulting in significant cost savings.
"There’s a level of synergy with the Dell Technologies team. We have a strategic partnership. Dell plays a key role in every phase of our innovation and modernization journey."
Adel Bekhiet, Sr. Director, Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Northwestern Mutual
Standardizing financial operations with modern datacenter infrastructure