Nakoda Implements Integrated IBM Smarter Computing Solution

IBM has announced that Nakoda Limited has implemented an integrated IBM Smarter Computing solution. The move, which displaced existing competitive server systems, was designed to help the company standardise and streamline business operations running on SAP and increase operational efficiencies while maintaining both high product quality and attractive pricing. After implementing the IBM solution, Nakoda was able to reduce its IT costs by up to 20 percent in one year.

The business of the BSE-listed Nakoda Limited is diverse - spanning from manufacturing of raw materials for the textile industry to wind farm equipment. Having grown its profit/revenues three fold in the last four years, Nakoda Limited found its existing infrastructure increasingly difficult to manage. It was too complex and costly, and not capable of meeting business needs. Equally, multiple applications needed separate user sign-on, and managing user authentication was major drains on IT help desk resources – as well as a security risk.

“We realise that to keep up with the changes in today’s business environment we needed an integrated IT platform to make it easier for us to centrally plan, control and optimise workloads, while keeping data accuracy and integrity up-to date,” said Devendra Jain, Joint Managing Director, Nakoda Limited. “IBM’s performance and its market leadership in Power Systems convinced us to replace our existing servers.”

The integrated smarter computing solution based on IBM Power Systems built with IBM BladeCenter servers, IBM System Storage DS5020 and Tivoli Storage Manager enables faster deployment of mission critical applications, while keeping operating costs under control. New SAP applications and consolidation of the infrastructure have contributed to significant savings. Also, as a result, raw materials price changes that took several days to reflect are now adjusted on the same day.

The implementation of the solution was done with the help of IBM’s Advanced Business Partner Innovative Telecom and Software.

“Nakoda chose IBM’s Power Systems as it offers better performance and support for the SAP implementation. The Power architecture coupled with the AIX operating system is the most robust solution for a mission critical application like SAP and with superior TCO benefits and RAS features that ensures round-the-clock operation with minimal downtime,” said Viswanath Ramaswamy, Director –Power Systems, IBM India South Asia. “Interestingly, this win along with the recent IBM announcement of the most powerful enterprise Power Systems to date, a new high-end disk storage system and key software updates for IBM’s newest mainframe computer may open several new opportunities within the textile sector in India”.