a. Seric Systems Ltd, Studio 2004, Abbey Mill Business Centre, Mile End Building, 12 Seedhill Road, Paisley, PA1 1JS.t. 0141 561 1161 e. [email protected] w. seric.co.uk tw. @sericsystems
CASE STUDY
City of Glasgow CollegeN Series
BRIEF
The City of Glasgow College was
formed out of a merger of several
colleges and as a result required a
scalable and reliable solution for
critical services including a new
deployment of Groupwise email.
Flexibility was also key as exact
usage and uptake of the new system
was not known.
SOLUTION
The Seric solution was an IBM Blade
chassis and IBM N Series storage.
The Blade chassis gave the ability to
quickly and easily deploy more servers
as and when required. The IBM
N Series, as well as being highly
available and reliable, combines both
block and file level access, working
as a NAS and a SAN, increasing the
flexibility of the solution.
As IBM N Series solution award
winners, Seric Systems were well
experienced to carry out the project
and worked closely with the other
stakeholders to ensure full satisfaction
of the solution.
“After installing the basic infrastructure
we worked closely with the Groupwise
consultants to optimise the email
solution. We then worked with the
colleges technical team on their
VMware deployment onto the Blades
and N Series to ensure an easy and
successful migration.”
Martin HumphreyConsultant, Seric Systems
OUTCOME
City of Glasgow College was left
with a consolidated, scalable
solution that can rapidly adapt to
suit the requirements of the merger
and changing business needs.
It is important for any solution to be
flexible and scalable, to rapidly
adapt to changing business needs.
We work hard to ensure all our
solutions achieve this and it's
made so much easier with the
IBM N Series".
William MacLeod,Technical Director, Seric Systems
I just want to take the time and
thank Seric, it's always
good to have a knowledgeable
local IBM partner who can
assist and this is much appreciated.”
Craig Dowling,Head of Infrastructure,City of Glasgow College
PREDICTIVEANALYTICS
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