Migration of Volkswagen data centre | ORBIT

Volkswagen financial services: how to plan and move DC

One weekend and it was done. No hitches, no consequences and 6 hours faster than planned. The client could finally breathe a sigh of relief - 18 months of analysis, optimization and testing had paid off. Judge for yourself what a lot of patience and care the migration of the Volkswagen datacenter (and elsewhere) takes. MOVING FOR A BETTER STANDARD Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS), also known as ŠkoFIN, specialises in sales support...

O2 & Network datacentre consolidation | ORBIT

O2: How to properly consolidate a network datacenter

When it comes to deciding how to consolidate the data centre of a telecommunications giant that operates nearly eight million mobile and fixed lines, provides internet connections and operates digital TV broadcasting, you really need a lot of information, experience and courage. This case study is about one such decision. AN ARCHITECT IS BEING SOUGHT. NO MORE Infrastructure spread across multiple sites, different hardware ages and running on different platforms....

Czech Insurance Company & Data Centre Relocation | ORBIT

Česká pojišt'ovna: How to move 1300 servers to Italy

FAST FACTS BACKGROUND At the beginning of the project, Generali Group decided to centralise its IT infrastructure from six countries in a data centre in Italy. The IT team of Česká pojišt'ovna (now Generali Česká pojišt'ovna) thus needed to analyse about 1,150 applications, virtual desktops of about 14,000 users and data centres with more than 1,300 servers in a short time. As the supplier of the data centre relocation study with the appropriate...

Consolidation of the O2 data centre | ORBIT

O2: How to proceed with data centre consolidation

PROJECT STATUS The O2 Data Centre is one of the largest and most complex facilities of its kind in the Czech Republic. Its operation is complex and costly, as it has been built over two decades, its administrators provide services to 4,000 employees and look after more than 2,000 servers. Against this backdrop, O2 commissioned ORBIT to develop a proposal that would examine viable consolidation scenarios and quantify the financial savings...