Services Provider Core Services Selects HP to Host Business Applications

HP today announced that hosting services provider Core Services has chosen HP BladeSystem innovation as part of an HP Converged Infrastructure to support increased service-level commitments for its global clients.

Core Services delivers third-party business operations solutions, information systems and support to customers worldwide. A major shift in the managed hosting landscape meant the company needed an infrastructure that could handle new customer demands for cost-effective and energy-saving solutions.

The Ergonomic Group

Core Services partnered with The Ergonomic Group, an HP Elite Business Partner, for infrastructure recommendations to improve application performance and deliver better services. Afterwards an evaluation, EGI concluded that Core Services' current Oracle/Sun infrastructure was unable to meet its customer needs. EGI assisted the company in designing the new infrastructure based on an HP Converged Infrastructure. It as well provided guidance with installation requirements and ongoing support of the new architecture for its data centers.

Core Services selected an HP BladeSystem platform to virtualize its environment, which includes eight HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosures, 60 HP BL460 G6 and G7 blade servers, and an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet Module for BladeSystem. The configuration delivers the compute power, energy efficiency and performance per watt required for CPU-hungry Oracle applications.

Core Services as well installed HP Virtual Connect, a network module in the HP BladeSystem enclosure that ties LAN and SAN information to the server bay instead of the server. This allows Core Services to add, remove or change servers in minutes, saving hours of delay that would be spent on LAN and SAN coordination. HP Virtual Connect as well reduces cabling by 75 percent, from 16 cables per enclosure down to four.(1)

Key foundation of an Instant-On Enterprise

HP Converged Infrastructure is a key foundation of an Instant-On Enterprise. In a world of continuous connectivity, the Instant-On Enterprise embeds innovation in everything it does to serve clients, employees, partners and citizens with whatever they need, instantly.

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