Sophisticated Virtualization Technology to Improve Productivity and Economic Efficiency

Dubai, UAE, August 30, 2006 - Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT manufacturer and a pioneer in mission-critical computing, has announced that T-Systems is operating its e-service area platform on a PRIMERGY BladeFrame powered by Egenera system. T-Systems customers are utilizing this platform for their e-mail systems, e-shops, Internet portals and data warehouse applications.

PRIMERGY BladeFrame supports the B2B services platform with flexible IT resources that adapt themselves dynamically to changing requirements. T-Systems customers profit from the installation in the T-Systems data centers, which are linked via fast, flexible networks. As a result, T-Systems can provide customers with swift, reliable and affordable services operated on Internet and intranet servers as well as corresponding server-based applications. T-Systems customers can now take advantage of on-demand services in their intranets.

E-service area based on PRIMERGY BladeFrame

T-Systems decided to use the Fujitsu Siemens Computers enterprise server solution as it fulfils their requirements for short-term cost reduction and at the same time represents a step towards realizing the company's long-term strategic vision of a flexible and responsive data center infrastructure.

The flexible T-Systems IP transport platform combines cost-effective infrastructure, hosting and application solutions from individual data centers in the e-service area. The BladeFrame technology and MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) network connection also help reduce costs.

"PRIMERGY BladeFrame helps us to provide our customers with e-service area services in a quick, reliable and fail-safe fashion. For many of the enterprises we serve, the improved service quality and more efficient IT are decisive criteria in selecting e-service area services. Of course, cost savings also play an important role. So far, customers have been able to save up to 30% of costs over their own operations. At the same time, they benefit from a high-availability solution instead of a single server and can also, within a matter of minutes, utilize an additional server for business intelligence applications or for intranet or Internet services," explains Ulrich Kemp, responsible for handling business with major and medium-sized enterprises at T-Systems.

Cross-application server virtualization

As part of an exclusive, strategic OEM arrangement with Egenera, Inc., Fujitsu Siemens Computers integrated the Egenera BladeFrame solution into the PRIMERGY server product line. This enables its customers to not only increase the productivity of their IT infrastructures, but also flexibility and economic efficiency of the dynamic data center.

Equipped with x86 processors, PRIMERGY BladeFrame is an Enterprise class system that can support three operating systems. The special feature of this solution is its sophisticated virtualization technology, which allows for virtual server resources across several applications. A BladeFrame system implements a pool of anonymous servers which can be defined virtually and separates the processor, network and storage components from each other. As a result, the server hardware, operating systems (Linux/Windows/Solaris) and application software are fundamentally independent of each other, thus creating a dynamic pool of computing resources. Operating systems and applications can be flexibly allocated or removed as required.

Additionally, RedHat Linux, SUSE Linux, Microsoft Windows and Sun Solaris can run on a single PRIMERGY BladeFrame - on both AMD and Intel-based blades.

This solution provides special advantages in heterogeneous application environments such as maximizing IT system flexibility and improving responsiveness of the IT infrastructure in line with changing business requirements. Servers can be reassigned without any effort which increases capacity and in turn reduces costs. With virtual architecture, blade servers used for batch processing overnight can be used for transactions during the day.


PRIMERGY BladeFrame also enables configuring applications with little extra effort while maintaining high availability. Virtualization of hard drives and networks combined with the option to freely allocate and replace CPU resources makes backup servers, redundant network, memory connections and complex clustering software required by traditional HA deployments unnecessary. The N+1 failover implemented to ensure high availability in hardware can be used at the system level to enable disaster recovery. The mirroring function makes it possible to back up several BladeFrames in different locations on a single BladeFrame.

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About Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT provider with a strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and Dynamic Data Center products, services and solutions. With a platform and services portfolio of exceptional depth, our offering extends from handhelds through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions and services offerings. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a presence in all key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with the services division extending coverage up to 170 countries worldwide. Leveraging the strengths, innovation and global reach of our joint shareholders, Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG, we make sure we meet the needs of customers: large corporations, small and medium enterprises and private users. To meet international standards for corporate social responsibility, Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a member of the United Nations Global Compact.

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