Continuing to extend its innovative offerings around pay-for-use solutions in real-time IT infrastructures, Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) today announced two new global offerings - Metered Storage and Managed Utility Storage. These solutions enable clients to access storage in real time, in lockstep with their dynamic business needs, while paying only for the storage they use.
The Metered Storage solution is for clients that elect to manage their own storage infrastructure, while the Managed Utility Storage solution is for clients choosing to outsource their storage needs. The solutions offer a range of benefits, including minimized capital costs, immediate availability of required storage capacity and reduced administration.
EMC’s market-leading information infrastructure provides the backbone for the Unisys Metered Storage and Managed Utility Storage solutions.
With Unisys innovative “cost follows benefit” pricing model, storage use is measured by gigabytes per month (GBMs). A customer purchases GBMs for a contracted period of time for a price per GBM based on their specific requirements. Unisys provides monthly usage data based on GBMs, which can be broken down by departmental or application-specific requirements. This provides IT organizations with a clear understanding of their overall usage and the capability to charge-back storage costs to specific business departments based on actual usage. Because the storage capacity is delivered when and where it is needed, the areas of the business that use storage resources most extensively can be provided with the most storage.
Pay-for-use storage extends the solutions for metered computing-power usage that Unisys already offers on its ClearPath and ES7000/one Enterprise Servers.
“Having previously implemented Unisys Metered ClearPath solution, we have achieved significant bottom line benefits because of the pay-for-use model while increasing our service-levels,” said René Groot, IT director, of SNS REAAL, a leading banking and insurance services provider based in The Netherlands. “As a result, we were thrilled when Unisys unveiled a metered storage solution. The Unisys Metered Storage solution has enabled us to react flexibly to performance peaks, lower storage costs, and improve overall business performance, all while increasing the security of our business operations.”
Metered Storage Solution Revolutionizes Payment for On-Demand Capacity
Unisys Metered Storage solution includes all aspects of a complete information infrastructure, from networked storage systems to replication and management software to professional services, including maintenance support. EMC powers the Unisys solution with EMC StorageScope and a Storage Resource Management (SRM) monitoring and reporting application that provides integrated asset and utilization reports across multi-vendor storage infrastructures. With StorageScope, users can improve asset utilization and performance to provide higher service levels with greater efficiency.
“In today’s computing environments, storage demands can grow dramatically in real time. Our clients need the ability to adapt to those changes,” said Rod Sapp, vice president, Enterprise Servers and Storage, Unisys. “Pay-for-use storage supports our clients’ dynamic computing needs through an exceptionally powerful and cost-effective delivery model.”
Managed Utility Storage Expands Innovation in Outsourced Data Centers
Unisys is adding the Managed Utility Storage capability to its portfolio of IT outsourcing solutions. This new solution provides clients with storage hardware, software and maintenance on a pay-as-needed basis, bundled in a 24x7 storage management service based on industry-leading service level agreements. Additionally, Unisys services professionals work with clients to design the appropriate architectural support based specifically on each client’s storage needs.
The Unisys Managed Utility Storage and Metered Storage solutions can be combined for clients seeking the benefits of both pay-for-use and full 24x7 storage management services.
“Innovation is critical to success in outsourcing,” added Stuart Gavurin, vice president and managing partner, IT Outsourcing Services, Unisys. “Unisys Managed Utility Storage solution gives clients new ways to rapidly deploy IT infrastructure in support of strategic business processes. Plus, it helps them continually optimize the value of their IT and services investment so they can gain greater visibility into infrastructure costs.”
This storage solution includes capabilities that address clients’ need for data security, availability, integrity and confidentiality. As a certified provider of secure managed services, Unisys attests that its outsourcing centers comply with the industry-recognized BS 7799 and ISO 27001 security standards.
Storage Solutions Exemplify Unisys Real-Time Infrastructure Vision
“These storage solutions not only introduce a singular capability for a variable pricing model, but also extend the Unisys vision for a Real-Time Infrastructure, where business key performance indicators drive the dynamic management of an IT ecosystem that can sense business changes and respond immediately,” said Deepak Batheja, vice president and managing partner, Real-Time Infrastructure Business, Unisys. “These capabilities, along with replication and archival capabilities, can help enterprises truly unleash the power of global, cost-effective information lifecycle management.”
About Unisys
Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company. Our consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology to help our clients achieve secure business operations. We build more secure organizations by creating visibility into clients’ business operations. Leveraging the Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise approach, we make visible the impact of their decisions – ahead of investments, opportunities, and risks. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
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