Manx Telecom стандартизует ИТ-инфраструктуру на Red Hat Enterprise Linux для повышения производительности и доступности критически важных для бизнеса приложений

Очередной пример использования технологий Red Hat для повышения производительности и надежности работы ИТ-инфраструктуры телеком-оператора.

Manx Telecom Standardizes on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Superior Performance and Availability of Mission-Critical Systems

FAST FACTS

Customer: Manx Telecom – part of O2 and the Telefónica group of companies

Industry: Data Centre & Global Telecommunications Solutions

Geography: Isle of Man

Business Challenge: Needed a reliable, high-performing, flexible platform to deliver an optimized enterprise platform to customers

Migration path: Microsoft Server 2003 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, including clustering and file system technologies

Solution: Utilized Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, after migrating from Microsoft Server 2003, to provide its customers with a cost-effective solution with 99.999% uptime

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, including built-in clustering and file system technologies, Red Hat Training, and Red Hat Consulting

Hardware: HP, Cisco, Nokia Checkpoint, Zeus ZXTM

Benefits: Achieved superior performance on the managed service platforms. Delivered enhanced stability, resiliency, and flexibility of platform equipment and by doing so, enabled the company to offer cost-effective, flexible solutions to its customers

“In the telecommunications world, users expect ‘dial-tone’ reliability and a user experience that is second to none. We were impressed by Red Hat’s reliability, ease-of-use and speed of applications on the platform that completely outperformed the previous solution. We have also realised numerous savings in terms of power, hardware support costs, and licensing costs.”

–Stephen Trimble, Enterprise Hosting & Solutions Technical Manager, Manx Telecom

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BACKGROUND
Manx Telecom is part of the O2 Telefónica S.A. group. With an annual revenue in excess of €60Bn the group is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. Manx Telecom provides a full range of data centre, global telecommunications, fixed line, mobile, and data services to its customers, both on and off the Isle of Man.

Manx Telecom was the first company to offer Data Centre services on the Isle of Man, and now has multiple on and off-island Data Centre and Disaster Recovery facilities, each providing the highest standards of data security, exemplary resilience, and expandable hosting capacity.

Manx Telecom provides its customers with Data Centre excellence, consummate security, exemplary connectivity, and a wide range of services and solutions to companies of all sizes; including, hosting co-location, fully managed outsourced enterprise platforms across multiple geographically diverse sites, and business continuity platforms.

Manx Telecom’s customer portfolio includes the world’s largest poker operator, online bookmakers, e-money providers, online payment providers, e-music platforms, leading high street financial institutions, and a variety of Public Sector Departments.

Manx Telecom can offer customers a range of hosting facilities and services unparalleled on the Isle of Man, and in many other on and offshore jurisdictions. A crucial factor in providing the highest level of managed service environment is excellent relationships with core suppliers, and Red Hat and Red Hat’s products have played a critical role in the growth and development of Manx Telecom’s Data Centre solutions.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE
Manx Telecom’s Data Centre solutions are customer-driven to address the specific services and business needs of its end clients. Manx Telecom works tirelessly with each of its customers to ensure the platform, operating systems, and performance of the managed services it provides continually meet the technical and commercial needs of their business.

Manx Telecom has used Red Hat Enterprise Linux since the inception of its hosting services division and has gradually experienced more and more of the benefits of open source, not least of which is its high availability. There has also been an increase in demand for open source solutions from its customers.

Manx Telecom’s Data Centre was recently awarded a prestigious contract that includes the development, deployment, and management of a leading-edge geographically diverse Managed Service Platform for a leading global online payment solutions provider and regulated e-money issuer. Utilising the latest in SAN replication technology, this multi vendor hardware and software platform is heavily reliant on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform and its included clustering and file system capabilities.

“Having provided managed service platform solutions to the customer for over five years, we were approached to develop and implement a high-availability platform that would scale to meet the ever changing demands on our customers business and would be a catalyst for the delivery of new products and services across their group,” said Stephen Kane, e-Gaming & e-Business Development Manager, Manx Telecom.

SOLUTION
Because Manx Telecom provides numerous diverse managed service platforms to its customers, it can evaluate all solutions available on the market, in order to choose, and or recommend, the best and most appropriate technologies for its customers’ business. Due to Red Hat’s consistently superior performance, many of Manx Telecom’s managed service Linux platforms are now based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Manx Telecom utilises the full breadth of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux portfolio, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform.

As Manx Telecom’s customers operate global businesses in a variety of markets with stringent customer SLA’s of their own, one of the key differentiators in the selection of Red Hat Enterprise Linux was excellent 24×7 global support. Furthermore, Manx Telecom’s Enterprise Hosting Division continually seeks to develop its hands-on skills and vendor accreditations. Having recently completed Red Hat Training courses, including onsite customised training labs and material, the feedback was very positive, with many of Manx Telecom’s engineers commenting that “it was the best training course they have ever attended.”

“We have experienced a tremendous commitment on the part of Red Hat certified trainers. They have provided excellent labs at Manx Telecom’s Isle of Man Headquarters, allowing us to remain near to our core business and to still achieve the highest standard of Red Hat Training available,” said Kane.

BENEFITS
Since implementing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, Manx Telecom has achieved superior performance of its systems, enabling the company to deliver enhanced stability, resilience, and flexibility of platform equipment. With this, Manx Telecom has been able to offer cost-effective, flexible solutions to its customers.

“In the telecommunications world, users expect ‘dial-tone’ reliability and a user experience that is second to none. We were impressed by Red Hat’s reliability, ease-of-use and speed of applications and transactions that completely outperformed the previous platform. We have also been able to realise numerous savings in terms of power, hardware support costs and backup licensing costs. The flexibility of the Red Hat subscription model has proved to be particularly important,” said Stephen Trimble, Enterprise Hosting & Solutions Technical Manager, Manx Telecom.

Manx Telecom and its customers have, together, leveraged the flexibility and manageability that Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers within a managed services environment. Many of Manx Telecom’s managed customer systems now enjoy increased application performance, enhanced platform resilience and greater flexibility. This, in turn, provides Manx Telecom’s customers with the opportunity to deliver their core business applications at an exceptionally high standard.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform enhances Manx Telecom’s ability to deliver client projects ahead of schedule and with even greater flexibility and capacity for future growth. The project also involved Red Hat Training and Consulting for Manx Telecom’s engineering personnel, assisting them, in turn, in delivering enhanced product support to customers.

“Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform is a key element of Manx Telecom’s managed services offering and has provided an excellent platform on which to further develop and deliver our customer’s projects,” said Kane.

“We were impressed by the reliability, ease-of-use, and speed of applications and transactions which completely outperform the previous platform. We have also been able to realise numerous savings in terms of power, hardware support costs, and backup licensing costs. The flexibility of the Red Hat subscription model has proved to be particularly important,” said Stephen Trimble, Enterprise Hosting & Solutions Technical Manager, Manx Telecom.

When delivering high availability Fully Managed eBusiness platforms with greater than 99.999 percent guaranteed service, the level of stability that must be designed into every aspect of a platforms hardware and operating systems is of paramount importance. This is the guarantee Red Hat has been able to deliver, giving Manx Telecom a competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

“We are indebted to Red Hat for the invaluable help and support they have provided during the design and implementation of this platform. Red Hat is an extremely professional organisation with the highest quality adaptable products. It has delivered a basket of products and support which are truly world-class,” said Trimble.

“Red Hat’s support has played a key role in the growth and development of Manx Telecom’s Managed Service product offering. Our Data Centre Solutions customer base continues to deliver exponential growth, and is a key strategic priority for the future,” said Kane.

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