Celeris Group Powernet EMC chooses to base its virtualization project

Powernet is a partner who will carry out the deployment of virtual environment

Celeris Group, a financial institution specializing in consumer loans, has selected infrastructure solutions EMC information infrastructure to develop a high performance shared storage virtualization to enable its systems. Powernet, a company specializing in data centers, storage and virtualization projects, is responsible for carrying out the deployment of the virtual environment which houses over 40 servers in the bank.

Celeris Group has experienced great development in recent years, which has led him to consider the need for information management more efficient and capable of absorbing large volumes of information it generates.The company required a high availability solution, efficient, fast, which will provide cost savings and simplicity in management. Given these variables, Celeris has opted for a new fully consolidated virtual infrastructure and scalability for the future.

The solution proposed by EMC, which is expected to be installed in the coming months, consists of two unified storage systems that incorporate flash drives, fast cache technology, and automated tiered storage.The storage system is also replicated asynchronously to achieve greater security of information and meet the demanding requirements of contingency plan.

According to David Garcia, IT Celeris Group, "shared storage is the cornerstone of any virtualization project as it will allow us to provide high availability of our servers.It is also important to have a powerful shared storage as the demand for data in a virtualized environment that they live in the DB servers, Exchange, etc. is very high. "

In the vendor selection process involving five major companies that offer storage solutions in our market and EMC were selected, in the words of the head of Group Celeris since "EMC solution offered us, besides being a product with a very high performance, is a well established solution in the market. The vast experience and dedication of EMC storage solutions gives us peace of mind. "

"We are delighted with the opportunity to work with Celeris, a leading company that has allowed us to propose innovative solutions and a clear focus on efficiency.Having a partner of the stature of Powernet ensures the implementation and integration of unified storage systems make significant cost savings for Celeris in information management, "said Ignacio Martin, director of Partners and Medium Enterprises EMC Spain .

"Celeris selected us as long-distance partner, has given us the infrastructure of your business and we are very grateful for the confidence placed in Powernet" said Miguel Angel Valley, Powernet partner.

"We expect EMC solutions we offer high performance for data access and great robustness and reliability.What we seek is a high performance shared storage for our virtual environment, "concluded the head of Celeris.

About Celeris

Celeris, a leader in consumer finance with more d e20 years of experience, is an organization specialized in addressing the financing needs of individuals. More than 300,000 people and 25,000 employees have relied on Celeris products and its continuing ability to innovate.The Company has a workforce of 240 employees and its shareholders include 16 first-class financial institutions.

About Powernet

Powernet born in 1989, initially founded by a small team of highly qualified, get quickly become pioneers in the creation of the first local network Client / Server environment. From those beginnings Powernet   has evolved constantly offering more and better solutions to our customers, growing from a small group to a large staff.Powernet currently provides nationwide coverage, having recently opened its headquarters in Barcelona

About EMC

EMC Corporation is the world leader in systems, software, networks and services
storage management and storage solutions and provides automated network to help companies get the most out of their information, at lower cost for every stage of the life cycle of information.

EMC Computer Systems Spain, the Spanish subsidiary of EMC Corporation, is responsible for business activities in Spain.EMC's customers include many of the major Spanish companies and institutions. For more information on products and services of the company, visit: www.emc2.es .