Providing affordable IT outsourcing with the
HP BladeSystemUsing HP technology, ITonCommand is positioned to accommodate rapid business growth while keeping its power and space requirements to a minimum.
"With blades that use less power from the start and plug into a regular 110-volt circuit, HP solved the power problem for us." -Jonathan Smith, CEO, ITonCommand
Objective Provide compact and scalable infrastructure to host customer applications using existing data center space and power
ApproachInstall HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure, a.k.a. "Shorty," and HP storageHP customer case study: power and IT improvementscooling, space . Three enclosures packed in one rack for a total management of 24 servers per rack. 50% reduction in cabling using Industry: technology HP Virtual Connect(IT services) . Two weeks/year reduction in IT staff time for server administration. One week in IT staff time saved year-to-date by Outsourced IT on a fixed budgetHP remote management tools Information technology is essential to business today-but it's easy to wonder if the inventors and Business benefits captains of industry who rose to prominence before . Better ability to meet customer SLAs for the information revolution would have accomplished application uptime all that they did if they'd had to worry about server . 12-month payback per blade when assigning a patches and software upgrades.full blade to a customerITonCommand, a Denver-based networking and Making the most of 110 voltsAbout hosting company founded in 1995, is allowing small- ITonCommand is able to effectively serve the needs ITonCommand and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to get back to of the SMB market because it shares many of the basics. The company name and the catchy slogan same challenges as its clients, including getting the Based in Denver, CO, ITonCommand is an award- "Run Your Businesses, Not Your NetworkT" say it all: most from its IT budget and laying a solid foundation ®winning Microsoft Gold Certified Many companies would rather pay a reasonable, for growth. The company follows its own advice and Partner. The company is dedicated to enabling businesses of all per-user fee for bundled IT services and let someone concentrates on its core competency, which does not sizes to access the enterprise- else deal with the hardware and maintenance. include maintaining its own data center. Instead, the class technology they need, but company splits its hosting between two collocation without the expense, frustration, Since 2001, ITonCommand has offered its eponymous or distraction of managing an facilities.internal IT department. hosted desktop solution to companies that want to get maximum value from IT without investing precious The HP BladeSystem c3000 appealed to Smith internal resources in its day-to-day operation. because it offers scalability without requiring the company to expand its server footprint or power All the same airplanes needs at its hosting locations.CEO and founder Jonathan Smith realized early on that standardizing on one hardware provider "We had considered blade servers in the past for made sense. "We figured that most techs know HP, space reasons, but chose not to go that route because so around the time we launched ITonCommand, we they always required 220-volt power," he explains. decided to buy only HP," he says. "We wanted one "Most of the data centers out there want to charge you platform so we could simplify training, maintenance, a heck of a lot more per month if you're using 220-volt and systems administration. It's like Southwest power, which makes the power savings that blades Airlines-I want all the same airplanes." offer totally irrelevant for us."Using one hardware platform in the data center is In early 2008, ITonCommand's HP reseller, CDW, a good thing, but narrowing it down to one server suggested the c3000 enclosure. "Our CDW rep told line within a platform is better. In early 2008, Smith us we should try the Shorty, and that it runs on regular decided to run the core of his business on the 110-volt power so data centers are none the wiser," HP BladeSystem, using the space- and power-saving says Smith. "With blades that use less power from the BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure, a.k.a. "Shorty." start and plug into a regular 110-volt circuit, HP and CDW solved the power problem for us."
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