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Travelport
“We are now able to free our teams from the daily management grind to work on the challenges that we know are coming our way. We will continue to see benefits in network, server, and OPEX savings year after year, which enables IT to become more efficient and responsive to the business’ needs.” Gregory G. Sheperd, Director, Network Infrastructure and Security for Travelport
• Located in Parsippany, New Jersey
• Operates in 160 countries
• Provides travel business services for airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, travel agents, and Internet travel sites
• Denver and Atlanta data centers among world’s largest non-military data centers
CUSTOMER STATS
CHALLENGE• Business goals were outpacing infrastructure capabilities
• Server and network management was increasingly time-consuming and complex
• Infrastructure performance and resiliency did not meet the company’s standards
WHY CISCO DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS• Implemented Cisco Unified Computing System and Cisco Nexus
7000 Series Switches, and Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches.
BENEFITS• Reduced cabling and hardware implementation time by 87 percent
• Consolidated switches from 12 to 4, reducing hardware, port, cabling, cooling, and power costs
• Reduced server deployment time from weeks to hours
CISCO DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENT• Cisco Unified Computing
System
• Cisco Nexus 7000
• Cisco Nexus 5000