“Using Windows Server 2012 allows us to further leverage virtualization and provide greater agility, mobility and availability to our business.”

Shaun Phillips, GM for IT Operations and Infrastructure, Europcar

Europcar delivers car rental solutions to its customers that are personal and easy. Its portfolio of products and services include free 24-hour road assistance, international rentals and touring services - just to name a few. In order to provide an even higher level of service to its clients, the firm needed a virtualization solution that was fast, stable, flexible and cost-effective. By using Windows Server 2012, the company ensured itself of a powerful cloud platform that can meet their needs.

Business NeedsWith more than 120 branches throughout

South Africa and a fleet of 15,000 vehicles,

Europcar is one of South Africa’s leading

car rental companies. It also offers car

rental access in 150 countries as well as

strategic partnerships in the travel

industry. The company’s IT infrastructure

provides services to the business. These

include file and print services, Exchange,

SQL services, backup facilities and

collaboration services. In addition, 90% of

the company’s IT services are running on a

virtualized platform. It therefore, needed a

versatile and powerful cloud solution that

among others, would:

take virtualization technology to the next level

provide greater agility and high availability

deliver seamless replication of VMs with no downtime

offer a highly comprehensive disaster-recovery solution

be cost-effective and easy to maintain

SolutionTaking into account their present as well as

future needs, the company decided to

implement Windows Server 2012 with

assistance from BUI, a consulting company

based in South Africa.

“Using Windows Server 2012 allows us to further leverage virtualization and provide greater agility, mobility and availability to our business,” says Shaun Phillips, General Manager for IT infrastructure and operations at the company.

To ensure that there was a perfect fit with

Customer: Europcar South AfricaWebsite: www.europcar.co.zaCustomer Size: 1000 employeesCountry or Region: South AfricaIndustry: Transportation and LogisticsPartner: BUIPartner Website: http://www.bui.co.za/

Customer ProfileEuropcar is based in South Africa. It was voted as Africa’s Leading Car Hire Company at the 2011 World Travel Awards – for the sixth consecutive year. The company is owned and managed by the Imperial Group.

Software and Services Microsoft Server Product Portfolio

- Microsoft Windows Server 2012- Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V

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Customer Solution Case Study

Global Car Rental Company Becomes More Agile by Using a Powerful Cloud Solution

the company’s needs, several tests were

conducted, including:

Hyper-V Replica (provide seamless

replication of VMs across storage

systems)

NIC Teaming (lets multiple network

interfaces work together as a team)

Hyper-V Live Migration (ability to

move entire banks of VMs

simultaneously)

Hyper-V Storage Migration (allows

transfer of VHDs with no downtime)

Windows Server Hyper-V (enables hosting of multiple VMs on a physical server)

Benefits cost-effective storage

management solution quicker response time to new

business needs lower IT costs a powerful disaster-recovery tool greater density of architecture high infrastructure availability no disruption to the end-user or

application even during storage migration of (VHDs)

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