Travelport Gains World-Class Efficiency and Scalability
Travel Services Provider Gains World-Class Efficiency and Scalability
Travelport saves time, cost, and resources with Cisco Unified Computing System and Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Challenges
• Business goals were outpacing infrastructure capabilities
• Server and network management was increasingly time-consuming and complex
• Infrastructure performance and resiliency did not meet company standards
Solutions
• Cisco® Unified Computing System™ with Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series–based blades
• Cisco Nexus® 5000 and 7000 Series Switches
• Cisco Services’ Unified Computing System Implementation Service
Impact
• Increased cabling and hardware efficiency by eight times
• Consolidated switches from 12 to 4, reducing costs for hardware, ports, cabling, cooling, and power
• Reduced server deployment time from weeks to hours
Challenge
Travelport is a leading provider of transaction-processing solutions for companies in the global travel industry. It provides technical operations support and content-processing services for 420 airlines, 60,000 travel agencies, and online travel services. Travelport’s expansive Linux* and Windows* systems already serve millions of customers annually. As the company looked forward five years, the Travelport Technical Operations (TTO) organization realized that its current server and network infrastructure strategy would require considerable manpower and significant equipment expansion to meet anticipated growth. The network and server teams were already operating at near capacity.
Read the full case study on Travelport.
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Travelport Gains World-Class Efficiency and Scalability
Travel Services Provider Gains World-Class Efficiency and Scalability
Travelport saves time, cost, and resources with Cisco Unified Computing System and Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Challenges
• Business goals were outpacing infrastructure capabilities
• Server and network management was increasingly time-consuming and complex
• Infrastructure performance and resiliency did not meet company standards
Solutions
• Cisco® Unified Computing System™ with Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series–based blades
• Cisco Nexus® 5000 and 7000 Series Switches
• Cisco Services’ Unified Computing System Implementation Service
Impact
• Increased cabling and hardware efficiency by eight times
• Consolidated switches from 12 to 4, reducing costs for hardware, ports, cabling, cooling, and power
• Reduced server deployment time from weeks to hours
Challenge
Travelport is a leading provider of transaction-processing solutions for companies in the global travel industry. It provides technical operations support and content-processing services for 420 airlines, 60,000 travel agencies, and online travel services. Travelport’s expansive Linux* and Windows* systems already serve millions of customers annually. As the company looked forward five years, the Travelport Technical Operations (TTO) organization realized that its current server and network infrastructure strategy would require considerable manpower and significant equipment expansion to meet anticipated growth. The network and server teams were already operating at near capacity.
Read the full case study on Travelport.
