HP Helps ESSAR Build A Shared Services Model

HP has announced that ESSAR, a multinational conglomerate, has selected HP’s Converged Infrastructure solution to build a Shared Services environment for selected applications across its group companies.

Using HP’s Converged Infrastructure solution, Essar is enabling a Share Services model by pooling together all its IT resources into a highly virtualised environment.

“The need today is to align IT with the business strategy, and that’s not just about optimising IT itself but delivering tangible business results. With Blade matrix, Essar is able to quickly adapt to the unpredictable and rapidly changing business environment with greater agility,” said Jayantha Prabhu, Head IT, Infrastructure and Technology – Essar Group. “We are now able to reduce the time taken to deploy new application Infrastructure from months to minutes. This enables our group of companies to rapidly address new business opportunities and emerge stronger against competition globally.”

“Customers are looking for a highly automated technology environment that can rapidly adjust to changing business priorities and form the basis for shared services,” said Santanu Ghose, Country Head, Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter Transformation, HP India. “With HP Converged Infrastructure solutions, ESSAR will now able to use a Shared Services environment where resources can be consumed on demand.”