Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9000 Will Increase Efficiencies While Reducing Operational Costs for One of Kingdom's Leading Consultancy Firms, ZFP

Saudi Arabia's Zuhair Fayez Partnership (ZFP) has opted for Avaya to simplify its network infrastructure operations for 3000 staff as it moves to a virtualized environment

ZFP's Avaya network is set to increase business performance by 12 percent while reducing operational and maintenance costs

Avaya partner BMC will install the Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9000 to boost application responsiveness and deliver carrier-class reliability for ZFP

JEDDAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, May 05, 2011: Zuhair Fayez Partnership (ZFP), one of Saudi Arabia's most successful consultancy firms specializing in Architecture, Engineering & Information Systems, is set to deploy Avaya's Virtual Service Platform (VSP) 9000 to deliver high-performance and high-availability Ethernet switching as the company moves toward a next-generation virtualized data center environment.  Aimed at simplifying ZFP's network infrastructure operations, the Avaya deployment, which will be managed by platinum-level partner BMC, is anticipated to deliver significant operational and maintenance savings as well as a measurable increase in ZFP's business performance. 

Serving 3000 users at five main branches and 20 remote sites, ZFP's Avaya infrastructure will enable the company to provide virtual services in a cloud-based environment and maximize the efficiency of its existing IT resources. The Avaya VSP 9000, a key element of Avaya's Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture (VENA) data networking strategy, will support ZFP users that require round-the-clock access to key applications. The Avaya solution, to be deployed by partner BMC, will reduce power consumption, alleviate data center complexity and deliver ultra-reliable system uptime. It will also help address ZFP's future needs with support for the emerging 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet standards.

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"The Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9000 will enable ZFP to achieve maximum business benefit from a virtualized computing environment.  As our construction and IT consultancy expands, Avaya's Ethernet switching solution will provide a consistently high standard of system availability and scalability, delivering more efficient use of our data centre while working more cost-effectively."

--Salem Banajah, Director of MIS and BMS, Zuhair Fayez Partnership (ZFP) Jeddah

"With the deployment of the Avaya VSP 9000, ZFP is one of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's first adopters of a next-generation virtualized data center. This forward-thinking approach will enable ZFP to scale and deploy new applications dynamically in a cloud-based computing environment as its business grows and its needs evolve. With support from Avaya partner BMC, ZFP is set to reap the benefits of a network that reduces operating costs and is less complex, better performing and future-proof."

--Fadi Hani, Managing Director, Avaya Saudi Arabia

Additional Resources

www.avaya.com/usa/product/virtual-services-platform-9000

www.avaya.com/vena

Tags

Ethernet switching, Avaya VENA, Avaya VSP 9000, data center

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