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HP Renew boasts a track record of nearly 30 years of longevity and credibility in satisfying
customers' needs. One such customer is Yodobashi Camera Co. in Japan. Rapid company growth at
Yodobashi has resulted in a substantial increase in the volume of transactions and data handled
by the company's mission-critical system. To cope with this situation, Yodobashi introduced HP's
virtualization technology using the HP Integrity Superdome featuring dual-core
Intel® Itanium® 2 processors. The new system was developed using HP Renew products which
were quickly delivered, allowing the system to be operational in a very short time frame.
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Kenji Hirota, Director of Yodobashi Camera, was pleased with the refurbished equipment supplied by HP Renew.
He remarked that "Our new system was constructed with HP's refurbished products in order to start system
operations as soon as possible. Refurbished hardware is delivered very quickly as long as they are in stock.
There is no need to wait for products to be assembled in a factory. They are also inexpensive. For a company
that would like to take quick action after a decision is made and wants to install servers immediately like
our company, HP's refurbished products are ideal."
Yodobashi Camera has been expanding the scope of services to better serve customers' needs, and also has been
opening large-scale retail stores, including the Akiba Multimedia Store. As the company continues to grow,
the volume of transactions and data handled by its mission-critical system have also rapidly increased. To
cope with this situation, Yodobashi Camera introduced HP's virtualization technology using the
HP Integrity Superdome featuring dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors into its information system,
with the aim of reducing the time needed for system construction and improving resource utilization efficiency.
Eiji Asai, the chief editor for ITmedia Executive, asked Yodobashi Camera how and why the company came to this
decision, and how it utilizes the new system.
Objective
- Improvement of flexibility of the company's IT infrastructure to enable prompt response to business requirements.
- Increase of speed and efficiency of system construction.
- Improvement of resource utilization rates.
Approach
- Deployment of virtualization technology on servers.
- Deployment of virtualization technology on storage systems.
IT Improvements
- Precise sizing and detailed resource management are no longer necessary.
- The system was constructed in a short period of time.
- Development and verification can be executed with a fewer number of physical servers.
- Server resources can be utilized easily for various applications, thus significantly increasing the resource utilization rate.
- Storage resources, including existing assets, can be utilized efficiently.
Business outcomes
- Timely launches of new services are now possible.
- The system management burden on the IT Department has been decreased, thus allowing staff members to spend more time on creative work.
See the full story.
www.hp.com.
© 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change
without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty
statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting
an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions
contained herein.
4AA1-8814ENW, March 2008
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