IEEM: A Vote for the Future
HP customer case study: Instituto Electoral del Estado de Mexico
Industry: Government
Instituto Electoral del Estado de Mexico switches from Sun to HP systems to build advanced election management solution.
Objective
To ensure prompt, accurate processing of votes and efficiently coordinate elections in the State of Mexico.
Approach
Streamline and modernize infrastructure with move to HP Integrity servers.
Business technology improvements
Achieved superlative performance on HP Integrity rx3600 with Intel Itanium processors
• Moved to cost-effective Red Hat Linux Advanced operating system to run Oracle 10g database and custom election processing software
• Monitored network connecting 170 offices using Operations Manager
• HP Implemented custom application in time for election by tapping HP and partner expertise
• Moved to systems with smaller footprint to help reduce costs
Business outcomes
• IEEM is saving US $20,000 annually in maintenance costs and has reduced power and cooling costs.
• Election votes can now be counted faster and more reliably to help ensure that there are no questions about the results.
• 170 dispersed offices have an additional safeguards that they will be able to communicate reliably during elections.
Read the full IEEM: A Vote for the Future Case Study.
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IEEM: A Vote for the Future
HP customer case study: Instituto Electoral del Estado de Mexico
Industry: Government
Instituto Electoral del Estado de Mexico switches from Sun to HP systems to build advanced election management solution.
Objective
To ensure prompt, accurate processing of votes and efficiently coordinate elections in the State of Mexico.
Approach
Streamline and modernize infrastructure with move to HP Integrity servers.
Business technology improvements
Achieved superlative performance on HP Integrity rx3600 with Intel Itanium processors
• Moved to cost-effective Red Hat Linux Advanced operating system to run Oracle 10g database and custom election processing software
• Monitored network connecting 170 offices using Operations Manager
• HP Implemented custom application in time for election by tapping HP and partner expertise
• Moved to systems with smaller footprint to help reduce costs
Business outcomes
• IEEM is saving US $20,000 annually in maintenance costs and has reduced power and cooling costs.
• Election votes can now be counted faster and more reliably to help ensure that there are no questions about the results.
• 170 dispersed offices have an additional safeguards that they will be able to communicate reliably during elections.
Read the full IEEM: A Vote for the Future Case Study.


