Atos Origin is a leading international information technology (IT) services company, providing hi-tech transactional services, consulting, systems integration and managed operations to deliver business outcomes globally.
Challenge
Atos Origin wanted to assess whether SSDs were more than a nice-to-have technology. The company also wanted to establish both total cost of ownership and return on investment for SSDs. tos Origin aimed to measure SSDs against traditional hard disk drives (HDDs).
Solution
The company launched a three-month pilot with laptops using Intel X25–M 80GB High-Performance Solid-State Drive. The pilot measured the performance of Intel SSDs against existing Atos Origin laptops that used HDDs.
Benefits
Tests showed Atos Origin could save up to 540 unproductive user and engineering hours each year that were currently spent re-imaging computers. The company could save at least 2,000 unproductive hours from fewer disk crashes and related economic benefits.
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