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Achieving always-on systems for just-in-time excellence with IBM and Oracle

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

Asia

Country

Taiwan

Product

IBM AIX
IBM PowerSC
IBM PowerVM
IBM Systems Director
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle Database
IBM Power 720
IBM Power 750
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express
IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library

Tech Stack

IBM AIX
IBM PowerSC
IBM PowerVM
IBM Systems Director
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle Database

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Customer Satisfaction
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

Electronics

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing
Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation
Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
System Integration

About The Customer

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Taipei City, Taiwan, Getac Technology Corporation is a leading manufacturer of rugged computing solutions for extreme environments. The company generates annual revenues equivalent to approximately USD26.4 billion and employs 11,500 people worldwide. Through acquisition and organic growth, Getac has expanded its operations significantly in recent years. Today, the company manages a global base of manufacturing, assembly, and distribution facilities to serve customers around the world. To help manage its global enterprise, Getac uses an end-to-end solution based on Oracle E-Business Suite software.

The Challenge

Getac Technology Corporation, a leading manufacturer of rugged computing solutions for extreme environments, was facing challenges with its aging IT systems. The company's Oracle solutions supported all of its processes, from the factory floor to final delivery to customers. However, if these Oracle solutions were to go offline unexpectedly, practically every business process would be forced to stop, causing severe delays. Being unable to meet delivery schedules would jeopardize customer relationships, posing a significant risk to the business. To safeguard its customer relationships, Getac wanted to ensure the smooth running of its global business. To achieve this goal, it looked to refresh the infrastructure for its mission-critical Oracle applications with a robust, reliable, and scalable solution.

The Solution

After reviewing solutions from a number of different vendors, Getac decided to implement a new platform based on high-performance IBM Power Systems servers. For its Oracle application production, development, and test environments, Getac designed a new IT infrastructure based on IBM Power 720 and IBM Power 750 servers, running the IBM AIX operating system and virtualized with IBM PowerVM software. The new platform includes a storage area network running on IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express fabric switches, with IBM Storwize V7000 disk systems. To ensure the resilience of critical business data, Getac selected IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software, which enables regular, automated back-ups to an IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library. With the specification for the new Oracle software platform in place, Getac engaged IBM Business Partner Asgard System, Inc. to help it to migrate from its existing UNIX-based Sun servers to the new solution.

Operational Impact

With IBM servers and Oracle software driving its global business processes, Getac has achieved its aim of creating a robust platform to deliver a high-quality service to customers.
The high-performance IBM platform is now helping Getac to accelerate core business processes.

Quantitative Benefit