Holcim Philippines Implements IBM Storage

IBM Corporation announced
that Philippine cement manufacturer Holcim
Philippines, Inc. recently migrated to IBM System Storage N series storage
solutions to achieve a more efficient implementation of tiered storage
infrastructure.

This move,
according to IDM Philippines has improved cost savings, integrated data
security, and effective resources management.

The new
system seeks to enhance data management across the Holcim network and at the
same time provides enough flexibility should the company expand capacity to
address growing business needs.

"With
the IBM storage solutions in place, we now have a more efficient use of our
storage resources, enterprise class data integrity, and savings in operational
costs brought by consolidation." said Reywen delos Reyes, Information
Technology manager of Holcim Philippines.

"IBM’s goal is to provide leading technologies
and solutions for storage, servers, software and services – to address the
business and IT challenges customers are facing," said James
Velasquez, Country General Manager, IBM Philippines. "This IBM storage solution has enabled Holcim to establish a highly
resilient, high-performance, next generation network infrastructure."

The IBM
System Storage N series products are designed to meet the needs of customers
who desire a unified storage solution where a single storage system has the
capability of supporting mission critical applications using FC,
iSCSI and NAS protocols. One System Storage N series solution instead of three
separate boxes, can help simplify IT device management. The unified
storage architecture of N series is intended to help organizations reduce
investment, operational and management costs by reducing complexity.

"Apart from the fact that IBM provides
industry-leading IT solutions, we are also very pleased with how Equicom, Inc., an
IBM Business Partner, has delivered excellent support and service to our
company," delos Reyes said.

Data now
enter the enterprise in more ways, from more sources. For
example, billions of RFID tags are currently used in asset management, mobile
solutions and services, and Web 2.0 platforms. These devices generate important
new classes of data unknown to the enterprise, with an estimated tenfold
increase in digital data since 2006, and the rate of increase is expected to
continue.

"Clients are looking at IBM to play a more
consultative role and provide them with a total IT solution which will help
their business become easier to manage, more efficient and secure, while also
enabling them to create competitive advantage and post a fast return to their
bottom line. IBM’s end-to-end solutions portfolio and the skills and expertise
of our business partners, ensures total customer satisfaction," added
Velasquez.