English Premier League Club Scores the Winner with EMC Unified Storage

EMC Corporation today announced that Barclays Premier League side Fulham Football Club has implemented a new physical security system based on EMC® unified storage with VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies, forming a private cloud environment. EMC has introduced a wireless IP Closed Circuit Television system on EMC unified storage, working with video management software provider Genetec: the solution is accessible on mobile devices, just as Apple iPads, allowing Fulham's security team to more effectively monitor crowd safety and improve stadium security.

Fulham F.C. before used a network of six VHS recorders and 27 cameras to observe the many thousands of visitors to the famous Craven Cottage ground. Based on a stand-alone storage infrastructure, this system was costly and difficult to manage and maintain, each camera required maintenance earlier every match and video tapes would have to be manually scanned after all of a security incident.

Nicolas Pendlebury, Head of IT Projects at Fulham F. C., said, "We were incredibly impressed by EMC's proposal, which presented us with an entire security package from storage to cameras.  Should the contingency arise, it was based on an open-architecture model, allowing us to choose best-of-breed products. The cloud environment is key to the success of the new system, which we estimate will pay for itself in two years. It has enabled us to increase the agility, speed and functionality with which the security team can monitor our sites remotely and safely, and new cameras can be connected to the network at any time."

The CCTV security network

To support the CCTV security network, EMC has deployed two cloud environments with VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies and EMC unified storage. This has enabled Fulham F.C. to condense its 20 servers earlier installed at Motspur Park and 16 servers at Craven Cottage to just 6 servers, resulting in the Club being able to save vital floor space and lower operational expenses during also reducing server racks from five to one.

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