Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 18 | Page 74

INDUSTRY WATCH TWO SPECIFIC BUSINESS RESULTS WHICH NEED TO BE EMPHASIZED UPON ARE: CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY OF OUR BUSINESS AND MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS USED IN VARIOUS COMPANY AREAS WITH 0 RPO AND MINIMUM RTO. With this deployment, KNPC observed major improvements on shorter backups and data compression reduction rates. This has resulted in efficient storage optimization, providing more room to sustain data growth. This also helps KNPC to sustain its business services availability against unforeseen data loss that can impact customer experience and its overall brand equity. KNPC came full circle with its transformational journey with the deployment of ViPR controller and ViPR SRM that eliminates the need to adopt multiple storage systems, allowing automation of applications and services through centralized management and enabling the company to deliver storage-as-a-Service. With regards the benefits of the implementation AlDuaij summed up “Two specific business results which need to be emphasized upon are: continuous availability of our business and mission critical applications used in various company areas with 0 RPO and minimum RTO. This is followed by, enhanced performance of our storage, backup and archive infrastructure.’’ KNPC has successfully created a truly connected, next generation storage infrastructure that is resilient to support the needs of a rapidly changing economy. IT SYSTEMS USED IN THIS PROJECT • • • • 74 74 VPLEX metro VNX 5800 or VMAX 100K on the backend Stretched vLAN across 2 datacenters VMware high availability and Oracle Virtualization (OVM) technology INTELLIGENTCIO AS AN ICT ENABLER, WE ARE PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH AN INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THE KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY (KNPC) AND SUPPORT THEIR AMBITIOUS VISION TO REDEFINE THE COUNTRY’S ENERGY SECTOR. AT DELL EMC, WE ARE COMMITTED TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS REMOVE BARRIERS BETWEEN THEIR BUSINESS AND DATA. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING ON THIS EXCITING JOURNEY OF GROWTH, AS KNPC CONTINUES TO ESTABLISH AN ADVANCED DATA PROTECTION ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL FURTHER REINFORCE THE CONSOLIDATED STORAGE ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE BACKUP AND ARCHIVING CAPABILITIES THAT REMAIN CRITICAL TO PROVIDE OUTSTANDING AND COMPLETELY TRUSTED OFFERINGS. SAMER SABER, KUWAIT COUNTRY MANAGER AT DELL EMC www.intelligentcio.com