HP Converged Infrastructure Delivers for UPS

When UPS needed to modernize IT and stay one-step ahead of an ever-evolving business, long-time partner HP knew Converged Infrastructure was the answer.

UPS didn’t just slash IT maintenance needs and power usage. It also freed up their resources to make UPS even more responsive.

UPS progress towards an HP Converged Infrastructure started with upgrading their networking using HP 3500s.

Next were HP ProLiant Gen8 DL380 servers. Finally, backup and recovery was improved with HP StoreOnce B6200s and Data Protector software.

All this was done while limiting idle time for the system overall.

Results? Processing power more than doubled but now uses 40% less energy. Backup moved from tape to a centralized hub, for enhanced recovery and data security. All told, UPS will be saving over 3,000,000 kWh a year.

“UPS’s broad service portfolio and global network allows us to go further to provide unique logistics solutions to our customers”Dave Barnes, SVP & CIO, UPS

A Partnership for Continuous Results
UPS needed to modernize IT operations in other ways too. Their HP Converged Infrastructure now helps them better meet tough corporate and industry sustainability benchmarks.

These standards are part of UPS culture and they take them very seriously.

As a technology forward company, UPS knows they need to innovate every day. Easy expansion of IT capabilities, flexibility of resources and speed to value is key.

That’s why a Converged Infrastructure works so well. Importantly, it also frees up resources to power even more growth.

HP did all this with “strategic replacement”-taking the best of what UPS had, combining it with the best of what HP offers.

Now new distribution centers can be set up in hours, not days, with no disruptive “rip and replace.“Resources dedicated to the old process are now tackling other projects.