Tonkin Consulting Replaces HP Hardware with IBM PureFlex

IBM
Corp.
announced that Tonkin
Consulting
will replace its existing HP switching hardware and servers with IBM
PureFlex.

The company selected IBM to be the core component of its enterprise
IT strategy to address its future needs and growth strategy because
it integrates server, storage, networking and software into an
automated system.

Working with Vintek
LLC, IBM provided
Tonkin Consulting with a PureFlex solution that includes integrated
v7000 storage and additional IBM system networking, System x and tape
storage products.

The solution is expected to reduce IT costs, potentially halving
management costs, while increasing its ability to scale up and down
operations. The solution will enable Tonkin to create and
deploy a private cloud providing DR for its offices in South
Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

"Our incumbent systems had grown out-of-date and lacked both
the reliability and functional integration needed to serve growing
client demands. The IBM PureFlex System is far superior to anything
else currently in the market and represents the next generation of
computing with the reliability and scalability to meet our future
demands, ranging from more granular project control to increased
operational visibility," said Gerry Doyle , CEO, Tonkin. "IBM’s size and strategic direction, coupled with
the expertise of its local business partner Vintek, aligned perfectly
with Tonkin’s own corporate vision of contributing to our clients’
successes through innovation, value and relationships."

The end-stage of the solution will see Vintek deploy IBM management
and data systems across all Tonkin operations sites and
assets. The company also has plans to expand its work with Vintek and
IBM to support its modeling applications and a new ERP/CRM system due
to launch in mid-2013.

"Our objective in working with Tonkin Consulting has been to
deliver a holistic approach to infrastructure, which supports the
firm’s long-term growth strategy," said Paul Vinton, MD, Vintek. "IBM PureFlex provides a fully integrated and
optimized infrastructure that radically simplifies computing."

The deal was signed in October and the implementation of the new
system will be completed in December.

For IBM Business Partners, PureSystems creates services opportunity
to help clients solve the complexity of enterprise IT, reduce costs
and encourage innovation. From resellers to distributors and
Independent Software Vendors, more than 2500 Business Partners have
received PureSystems certifications. It currently run tens of
thousands of existing ISV applications across four operating
environments including Windows, Linux, AIX, and IBM i OS. Business
Partners have created more than 250 new solutions and applications
that are optimized to run on PureSystems. These patterns of
expertise, which span 20 industries, can be accessed through the
PureSystems Centre. They include solutions from some of the world’s
largest ISVs, including ERP systems and applications for the banking,
marketing, healthcare and energy industries.

Partners are able to perform the configuration and deployment
services that previously came only from IBM and are optional and
optionally available to be performed by qualified business partners.

To help address
the new opportunity that it presents, IBM provides training,
marketing, certifications and technical validation support to its
Business Partners. For instance, dozens of IBM Innovation Centers in
cities such as Bangalore, Dublin, Johannesburg and Shanghai are
helping Business Partners develop and test their applications using
IBM PureSystems. Business Partners can also bring their clients to
IBM Innovation Centers to see PureSystems technology at work.