IBM - Case (ppt)

IBM customer kika/Leiner faced several business requirements as it studied the options for a new corporate data center: 1) Improve the growth capacity, security, and data backup capabilities of its IT operation; 2) save energy and money through more efficient design, equipment, and operation; and 3) support the company’s overall green positioning by reducing the environmental impact of the company’s IT infrastructure.

IBM provided green IT expertise — risk analysis, business case design, construction plans and execution, and ongoing operational support — that enabled its customer to meet all three of these requirements. And in doing so, IBM provided a clear example for other vendors in recognizing its corporate customers multiple goals for pursuing greener IT, including more resilient and efficient infrastructure, saving money but cutting energy usage, and aligning with a corporate green initiative.

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The kika/Leiner Group is a family-owned, nearly 100-year-old furniture retailer based in St. Pölten, Austria, with annual turnover of €1.25 billion and approximately 8,200 employees. It operates 66 furniture stores and is expanding into Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. When the company’s growth put critical strains on its 25-year-old data center, it turned to long-time supplier IBM to craft a design that would not only expand and modernize its data center but that would also create one that could boost the company’s green credentials in its branding. The organization chose IBM from two competing bids because of its incumbent-supplier status within kika/Leiner; its fast reaction time; and because it could act as a one-stop general contractor for the design, outfitting, and operation of the new data center.