公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- IBM PureApplication System
- IBM PureData System for Transactions
技术栈
- Cloud Computing
- Data Analytics
- Data Storage
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Productivity Improvements
- Digital Expertise
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
适用行业
- 教育
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 数据科学服务
关于客户
沙漠研究所 (DRI) 的愿景是成为研究自然和人为环境变化影响的科学领袖,并推进旨在评估不断变化的地球的环境技术。其尖端研究应用于帮助解决世界上一些最紧迫的环境问题。为了支持这项工作并帮助内华达州实现经济多元化,DRI 与内华达州经济发展办公室 (GOED) 和内华达州就业、培训和康复部 (DETR) 合作实施了 IBM 强大的云计算平台,使科学家和工程师能够更快地分析数据;将数据作为服务提供给合作组织和机构;并为新兴行业提供劳动力培训。该平台已经帮助 DRI 科学家在水在植物中的流动方面取得了新发现,最终可能有助于干旱环境中的社区提高农作物产量。
挑战
沙漠研究所 (DRI) 是内华达高等教育系统的环境研究机构。DRI 拥有 550 多名科学家、工程师和技术人员,在里诺和拉斯维加斯设有校区,致力于解决世界上一些最大的环境问题。近年来,科学家面临的挑战之一是分析来自实地观察、实验室系统、远程传感器网络和数学模型的不断增加的数据量、速度和种类。收集的数据量非常大。事实上,DRI 的大气科学家正在与 NASA 合作,计划每天产生多达 24 TB 数据的任务。DRI 的教职员工传统上负责获取支持其研究项目所需的计算和存储技术。通常,从世界各地的偏远地区收集的数据存储在平面文件中,并由各个研究团队管理。这种分散的方法增加了 IT 成本,并限制了组织研究数据的使用方式。
解决方案
IBM 为 DRI、GOED 和 DETR 提供的不仅仅是 IBM® PureSystems™ 产品技术解决方案。IBM PureApplication™ System 和 IBM PureData™ System for Transactions 是 IBM PureSystems 系列的一部分,被选为 DRI 新 IT 基础架构的构建块。PureApplication System 为 DRI 提供了一个标准化的云应用程序平台,使其能够将来自众多不同系统的数据库应用程序整合到单个系统中。IBM PureSystems 产品在两天内就已在 DRI 部署并运行。在六周内,该组织在几个关键领域取得了成果。例如,DRI 科学家经常使用 ESRI ArcGIS 软件来绘制环境变化图。现在,使用 PureApplication System 上的 ESRI ArcGIS 应用程序模式,DRI 科学家可以在几分钟内重复使用已部署的 ArcGIS 软件。
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