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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

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