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Technology Deals DiData wins $2.65m JD Edwards upgrade with Thiess
Technology Deals DiData wins $2.65m JD Edwards upgrade with Thiess | DiData wins $2.65m JD Edwards upgrade with Thiess |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 12 April 2006 | |
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Located in Brisbane, Thiess’ data centre is built on Sun Microsystems infrastructure and is one of the largest JD Edwards implementations in Australia. The site operates Thiess’ business systems, including its JD Edwards enterprise resource planning (ERP) system which manages the company’s $3 billion annual turnover. Thiess required an upgrade of its Sun JD Edwards production environment with expected growth over the next four years affecting the company’s production, training and backup capacity. An initial services engagement with Sun's consolidation partner, Dimension Data, presented Thiess with a roadmap for its future data centre and storage requirements taking into account specific Thiess business concerns. The winning technology solution presented by Dimension Data combines a complete Sun solution, including servers, software, storage and support. The current Sun JD Edwards environment will be upgraded to a Sun Fire E6900 server powered by Sun's UltraSPARC IV processor, and running on Solaris. The data storage platform will be updated with Sun StorageTek 9985 storage arrays and Sun StorageTek L500 modular tape library. In addition, Thiess’ processing platform for disaster recovery will be upgraded with Sun Fire E4900 server technology to provide additional processing capacity. "A Sun accredited consolidation partner, Dimension Data understood Thiess’ requirements and were able to quickly recommend the most time and cost effective solution," said Michael May, director partner sales, Sun Microsystems ANZ. “We worked collaboratively with Sun, who provided great assistance during the design phase of the engagement with Thiess, enabling our technical team to produce a compelling solution within very tight timeframes,” said Ronnie Altit, national business manager, Data Centres and Storage, Dimension Data. “Dimension Data was also able to combine a number of maintenance and support contracts incorporating multiple vendors, simplifying contract management and synchronisation for Thiess. By entrusting Dimension Data with the entire support role, Thiess can be confident of 24/7 uptime. Also, the support contract simplifies Thiess’ IT maintenance, allowing for Dimension Data to identify any areas that require technology upgrades or improvements.”{moscomment}
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