Global Insurance Company

Mission Critical Financial Data Centre with ‘Redundant’ Protection.

The client, a leading global insurance company with turnover of $25 billion, needed a way of remotely accessing their data centres to save time and costs and comply with financial regulations.
Data Centre

Problem

Following a series of mergers, the client conducted a global assessmentof their IT infrastructure to ensure compliancy with SARBANES-OXLEY and improve efficiency.  As a result it was decided that the European data centres required extensive upgrading.

Solution

The solution installed by AIT provided a Raritan Dominion KX II KVM-over-IP switch in each rack with Virtual Media support to remotely upload files and maintain servers without having to enter the data centre.

The KX IIs are integrated into Raritan’s CommandCenter® Secure Gateway (CCSG) to provide a single portal into Travelers IT Assets. This ensures that all access is logged and authenticated through Active Directory® services.

To meet the second part of the brief from AIT recommended that Raritan’s Dominion PX intelligent rack level power distribution units (PDUs) were installed so that accurate real live data on power consumption and heat output could be collected and reported using  Power IQ management software.

Result

The client has seen real savings as a result of implement the Raritan technology. It has also helped their IT and Facilities teams communicate. 
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