Tatts Group improves network uptime and eases management through data center consolidation.

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Challenge

Unite various business units onto a single, highly scalable network.

• Support needs of six different business units with flexible, scalable network architecture
• Simplify data center management and improve reliability
• Ease integration of newly merged and acquired companies

Solution

Enables virtualization, data center interconnect, and a Unified Fabric approach to consolidate six data centers.

• Cisco Services works with Tatts Group to produce Tatts Group Enterprise Architecture Blueprint
• Cisco Architecture Management Office provides governance and oversight in three-way partnership between Tatts Group, Cisco, and Dimension Data
• Cisco Unified Computing System and Nexus products form new data center foundation

Results

The consolidation has led to a more productive IT staff and transformed data center management.

• Streamlined management by consolidating data centers and segregating workloads through zoning of network
• Reduced network outages by 80 percent, while gaining 10 time in core networking capacity, helping enable business
• Slashed audit time by up to 20 percent, lowered network maintenance costs by 30 percent