Staples Solutions Becomes Leaner with a Powerful and Scalable IT Infrastructure
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Company Size
1,000+
Region
- Europe
Country
- Netherlands
Product
- HPE Synergy
- HPE Nimble Storage
- HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10
- HPE FlexFabric 5700 Switch Series
- HPE OneView
Tech Stack
- VMware Horizon
- HPE InfoSight
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Staples Solutions is a leading provider of office products and services to businesses in Europe. It has 25 branches and employs more than 10,000 people across 15 countries. Recently, the company expanded by adding new product lines such as furniture and safety equipment. Based in Amsterdam, Staples Solutions was previously owned by American office retailer Staples Inc. It became an independent entity in 2017 after being acquired by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. A period of reorganization followed to make Staples Solutions leaner and more efficient—and to provide better customer service.
The Challenge
Staples Solutions, a leading provider of office products and services to businesses in Europe, was facing challenges with its data systems. The company had six outsourced data centers spread across Europe, all using different solutions, making them difficult and costly to manage. The company wanted to make its data systems more flexible, modern, and cost-effective. To achieve this, the company decided to centralize and standardize its IT infrastructure at its data centers and branch offices. The company decided to centralize its data centers, reducing them to two and moving these on-premises. It also wanted to upgrade its infrastructure at its branch offices to accelerate the performance of its applications.
The Solution
Staples Solutions chose HPE Synergy for its on-premises infrastructure because it was already using HPE BladeSystem c7000 Enclosures for its main data centers. The company bought four HPE Synergy 12000 Frames with HPE Synergy 480 Gen10 Compute Modules—two for each data center. For storage, the team picked HPE Nimble Storage after comparing it with their existing solution, Dell EMC Unity. They found HPE Nimble Storage 10X easier to deploy and manage than Dell EMC Unity. For its branch offices upgrade, the company wanted the best hyperconverged solution with the lowest total cost of ownership and price point. Through its partner Computacenter, HPE proposed HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10, competing on value. Sadaunichy’s team saw HPE SimpliVity’s potential to provide greater flexibility and scalability, and decided to make the switch.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
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