October 31, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM (ibm.com) announced today that Alpine Electronics of America, a mobile electronics supplier, has selected IBM eServer p360 and p670 UNIX servers to run its e-business operations. Alpine will consolidate its IT platform from Hewlett Packard UNIX servers running Oracle applications to an integrated infrastructure using four IBM eServer pSeries UNIX systems running applications from SAP.
The company said the new deployments will simplify Alpine Electornics? infrastructure and reduce its total cost of ownership.
“We needed a more manageable hardware platform that would enable us to perform multiple tasks in a partitioned environment, and that was exactly what the IBM eServer systems provide to us,” said Vasile Giulea, information systems manager for Alpine Electronics. “With the high performance of the IBM eServer pSeries systems, we expect to realize a 20% annual reduction in maintenance costs per year through server reliability, consolidation and logical partitioning capabilities.”
Under the agreement, an IBM p670 will run Alpine’s SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, which include human resources, distribution, inventory management, accounts receivable and asset management functions. Three entry-class p630 servers will host the company’s Web site for e-commerce transactions and enterprise testing environments. The deal also includes IBM xSeries Intel-based servers for Lotus Notes e-mail and calendaring functions, the company said.
“Alpine Electronics is a terrific example of how a smart e-business can leverage UNIX server technology to meet critical business needs,” said Karl Freund, vice president of pSeries product marketing at IBM Systems Group. “The IBM lineup of powerful eServer systems helps leading companies such as Alpine Electronics achieve greater speed and efficiency in the on demand era.”
