FEATURE
Jackson D ’ Souza , CIO at MNH
“ In addition to a resource-intensive ERP , we have several vertical-specific applications that enable everything from customer service and order booking to inventory management and delivery tracking ,” said Jackson D ’ Souza , CIO at MNH .
To ensure the performance and availability of these critical services , MNH invested in a hyper-converged infrastructure ( HCI ) solution which despite being from a leading vendor , had several shortcomings that impacted the smooth operations of its various lines of business .
“ Once during planned shutdown , it took three hours to restore our systems . As a 24 / 7 operation with so many retail outlets , every minute of downtime translates to lost sales , frustrated customers and a direct impact on revenues ,” D ’ Souza added . “ We were convinced HCI was the solution but we needed the support of the best provider in the market .”
Solution
Having received an overwhelming number of positive reviews for Nutanix from his regional peers , the decision was clear to D ’ Souza .
“ Initially , our intention was to only deploy Nutanix in our main data centre , but after experiencing the incredible ease of deployment and use during the POC , we immediately expanded the scope to include our DR site as well .”
“ The cost benefits were also impressive , with our estimates showing the TCO with Nutanix to be 60 % less than the offering from our previous partner ,” said D ’ Souza .
While it had taken its incumbent vendor six months to deploy the HCI solution in the main data centre alone , MNH needed just a month to deploy Nutanix at both sites and migrate all applications to the new environment . All the group ’ s core services , as well as its vertical-specific business applications , run on Nutanix .
Customer outcome
Simplicity stands out
“ Previously , we had to manage solutions from multiple vendors which
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