Customer Success Stories
See how our portfolio of products, solutions, software, and services deliver Smarter Technology for All.
Case Studies
Technische Universität Darmstadt
The Need
For universities, staying at the forefront of academic research depends increasingly on providing scientists with access to powerful, flexible and energy-efficient supercomputing facilities.
The Solution
TU Darmstadt deployed a new supercomputing environment based on System x® iDataPlex® dx360 M4, System x3850 X5, System x3550 M4, System x3650 M4 and System x3750 M4 servers.
The Benefit
The solution offers 38 times the performance of the previous supercomputer, and allows administrators to cut time spent on routine management. High energy efficiency reduces total cost of ownership.
Offerings: NeXtScale System, System x
Merkl IT / Virtual BackOffice
The Need
To respond to increasing competition, Merkl IT decided to enhance its customer service by expanding its offerings, but first needed to cut the time spent by staff on cumbersome administrative tasks.
The Solution
Merkl IT replaced its previous servers with the easy-to-manage Flex System™, allowing staff to spend more time on more productive activities, such as developing new business services.
The Benefit
Halving the time needed to provision new systems helps Merkl IT respond faster to customer requests, raising satisfaction; an 80 percent reduction in cable costs lowers operational expenses.
POV/Focus: Cloud, High Availability
Offerings: Flex System, Networking
MDlink
IT service provider MDlink online service center GmbH found that its networking equipment was struggling to cope with increased volumes of customer traffic and the demands of the company’s new cloud services. MDlink chose to replace its existing Cisco switches with Lenovo RackSwitch technology, based on its outstanding experience of Lenovo System x servers. Not only does this decision enable the company to
continue providing highly available hosting services, it also greatly simplifies MDlink’s data center infrastructure.
POV/Focus: Cloud, Infrastucture as a Service
Offerings: System x, NeXtScale System, Networking
Lenovo Global Business Intelligence
Inspired by the potential of big data, the Lenovo Global Business Intelligence team designed a selfservice platform to deliver real-time analytics that provide meaningful insights—across the business, and for all touch points along the customer’s journey. The team deployed a cloudbased solution called Lenovo Unified Customer Intelligence (LUCI Sky), using high-performance Lenovo technologies and the latest software to support data integration, data visualization and predictive analytics. LUCI Sky now enables business users to access high-value, actionable customer insights, often in a matter of seconds.
POV/Focus: Big Data & Analytics
GrECo JLT Group
After opening two new international branches in 2013, and with plans to keep growing across Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, major insurance broker GrECo JLT recognized the need to reorganize its central data warehouse to cope with increased demand.
By consolidating its server landscape and migrating its Microsoft SQL Server software to a single System x® server from Lenovo, GrECo JLT improved performance levels by 20 percent and reduced licensing costs by 90 percent.
Offerings: System x