Founded in 1916 as Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG and later changed to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the company is now the world’s leading premium manufacturer in the automotive industry.
- The efficiency of the international BMW Group production network forms the basis for the continued growth of the company. With 24 production sites, the BMW Group is active in 13 countries
- In addition to the development, production and marketing of automobiles and motorcycles, the BMW
Group offers its private and business customers a comprehensive range of financial services, including finance and leasing offers, insurance and capital investment offers.
Challenge
Migrating for the future. Intel helped the BMW Group to simplify management and reduce the total cost of ownership of the server infrastructure powering its SAP enterprise software and business solutions.
Solution
Industry-standard x86 architecture. Intel and the BMW Group deployed 400 IBM System x3650* and IBM System x3850* rack-mounted servers powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor 7300 series. This new x86-based architecture runs on a Linux operating system, alongside an Oracle 10g* database and replaces its old proprietary RISC-based infrastructure.
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