Esri Maps out large-scale growth with SAP and IBM IBM SAP Alliance Esri Maps out large-scale growth with SAP and IBM The need: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist Esri relies on SAP software for core business management. As new applications were added and data volumes grew, system response started to slow down. Batch processes were taking longer to complete, and there was a danger that these would over-run into production time. The existing infrastructure based on another vendor’s older technology could not be extended. The solution: To create the kind of flexible, high-performance solution that would serve Esri’s existing needs and support future needs, the company migrated its SAP® solutions to IBM® Power ® 750 servers, maintained its data on the existing IBM DB2® software, and consolidated its data storage to IBM XIV® Storage Systems. “The IBM platform is an excellent hardware platform to run SAP on. It is very reliable. A migration to the IBM hardware is an easy process, made so by the IBM Migration Factory and the work that they do.” — Paul Blatchley, SAP Manager, Esri Solution components: IBM® Power® 750, IBM XIV® Storage System, IBM DB2® IBM Migration Factory SAP® ERP IBM Premier Business Partner thinkASG The benefits: IBM XIV automated storage management and provisioning have cut administration costs by one full-time employee equivalent. By enabling IBM DB2 compression, core production database volumes were reduced by 40 percent. Projected energy use by the new IBM server hardware is 89,702 kWh/year, a saving of 33,726 kWh/year, some 27 percent. Link SPP03102-WWEN-00 (December 2011)