COMPAREX Austria GmbH Uses Extreme Performance Infrastructure as Foundation for New Proof-of-Concept Services Practice
 
 

COMPAREX Austria GmbH Uses Extreme Performance Infrastructure as Foundation for New Proof-of-Concept Services Practice

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COMPAREX Group is a manufacturer-independent IT service provider operating in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in creating and deploying IT infrastructures, COMPAREX is a trusted partner to midsize enterprises, public-sector organizations, and large corporations. In addition to software procurement and license management, the group’s portfolio includes cross-vendor consulting and services. COMPAREX Austria GmbH, the company’s Austria-based operations, employs 69 professionals and logged US$84 million in revenue during FY2010/2011.

COMPAREX Austria, an Oracle Partner, decided to create a new consulting and services practice focused on conducting proofs of concept (PoC) for organizations evaluating new technology investments. It deployed Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 as the foundation for its new PoC environment. Clients can now rapidly and securely launch PoCs using leading edge-technology on either Oracle Linux or Oracle Solaris 10 operating systems.

Comparex is an Oracle Platinum Partner and has been trained on all hardware- and software-related aspects of Oracle Exadata as well as on providing services around it. This specialization includes a wide range of skills, resulting in a major benefit for itscustomers: A wholistic and complete view on many issues, from energy consumption, to consolidation of third party systems.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from COMPAREX Austria GmbH

  • “The benefits Oracle Exadata Database Machine were obvious to the customer with the very first use. Our proof of concept was a true reality check, Our consultants provided excellent support on site and the results were impressive. The run time on the applications tested was reduced by 75%—without having to adapt or migrate the applications in use.” – Wolfgang Flögel, Business Consulting, COMPAREX Austria GmbH

  • Provide an environment that enables organizations, ranging from midsize businesses to large enterprises, to rapidly, conveniently, and securely conduct PoCs for planned IT initiatives
  • Conduct customer workshops to showcase Exadata in live demonstrations of the fastest technology today
  • Hold customer seminars to determine the business value, cost benefits, and five-year total cost of ownership
  • Meet PoC prospects’ requirements for IT infrastructure optimization despite customer reluctance to release data externally and finance extended business trips.
  • Provide the optimal solution, Exadata technology, for PoC use in Austria.
  • Offer realistic conditions for PoC benchmarking to help customers make sound IT investment decisions
  • Expand IT service portfolio and revenue potential by creating a state-of-the-art PoC consulting practice and test environment

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Created a new consulting practice that runs comprehensive PoC initiatives onsite or at a client’s data center 
  • Deployed Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 Quarter Rack as the IT foundation for the company’s new PoC environment and provided clients with the flexibility to run their PoC on Oracle Linux or Oracle Solaris
  • Complied with Department of Defense requirements by ensuring that customer data is permanently deleted from Oracle Exadata Database Machine upon PoC completion
  • Ran the first PoC for a financial services organization whose systems were running at capacity and had to deliver 100% up time
  • Carried out different benchmarks at a customer’s data center using examples from the customer’s data warehouse and OLTP that mirrored production one-to-one, with a data volume of 1 TB each
  • Demonstrated for a large financial services institution that it could reduce the daily extract, transform, load process from approximately eight hours to two-and-a-half hours; cut monthly analysis compilation from 24 to 48 hours to only 12 to 24 hours; and complete installment calculations in just 5 minutes, down from 30 minutes
  • Shortened database-based OLTP application run-time for above mentioned customer by 50% to 70% over legacy environment
  • Achieved 9,125 transactions per second, or 580,000 transactions per minute, using the swing-bench test