Pernod evolv's its virtualisation strategy

Issued by evolv networks
Cape Town, South Africa, 05 Feb 2012

Pernod Ricard is the world's co-leader in wines and spirits distribution based in over 70 countries and employing more than 18 000 staff globally.

Over the years, Pernod has deployed many solutions in order to streamline delivery to the business and clients; however, due to a lack of flexibility and redundancy in infrastructure, adoption and deployment has always taken longer than the agile company required.

As the business started relying on technology as part of the business processes, other challenges arose. These ranged from limited back-up/change-control windows, lab testing environments, rollback capability on changes, redundancy and deployment lead-times.

“After looking at various options, it was decided that VMware's virtualisation solution addressed the needs best and suited the overall group strategy in regards to disaster recovery and availability," says Francois Conradie, Technical Director, evolv networks.

Not only does the solution address some of the primary challenges, the hardware refresh intervals have been increased and hardware utilisation optimised. For the first time, Pernod is now able to perform proper testing and roll-out of technology and services in a structured fashion. This means cost savings from deployment in regards to capital expenditures, as well as controlled deployment schedules. The ROI should be met within the first year of deployment at this rate.

“The solution has allowed us to streamline our operation and increase availability beyond our best expectations," says Christopher Dick, IT Management Team, Pernod Ricard South Africa.

evolv networks

evolv networks was founded in 2005 with the goal of supplying superior IT consulting and support services to small (one to 50 computer users) and medium (50 to 250 computer users) size companies. Equipped with industry leading technical skills, it has remained committed to this strategy. It strives to better understand its customers and through this it is able to align technology with their business needs and processes.

As an IT service partner, it also knows that technology never stands still, and through its own evolution, it has brought value-adding technologies to its customers. Through careful maturity testing and entrenching new technology in its environment, it ensures the solutions it supplies are business ready. This methodology comes from deep technical roots in ensuring that solutions are tried and tested.

evolv networks also has skills in the enterprise management field utilising Microsoft System Center technologies such as System Center Operations Manager and Configuration Manager. These skills have unlocked benefits for its small/medium and large customers who utilise its skills with these systems as well as enabling small/medium customers to have truly enterprise management solutions without the need for in-house skills.

As experts in the design, deployment and support of IT infrastructure, evolv networks continues finding innovative ways to use technology to add value to its customers.

Contacts:

Evolv Networks
08611 38658 / 08611 evolv
sales@evolvnetworks.com
www.evolvnetworks.com

Pernod evolv's its virtualisation strategy

Pernod Ricard South Africa, together with evolv networks, has recently upgraded and advanced its IT infrastructure with the deployment of an enterprise-class VMware virtualisation solution.