Case Study
Daiwa Capital Markets Hong Kong virtualizes its financial services platform
INDUSTRY Financial services LOCATION Hong Kong KEY CHALLENGES • Reduce infrastructure management • Deliver high availability for mission critical applications • Implement disaster recovery capabilities SOLUTION VMware virtualized infrastructure has enabled Daiwa Capital Markets Hong Kong to virtualize its core financial services applications, reduce management time, and implement disaster recovery capabilities. BUSINESS BENEFITS • Achieved ROI within three years • Reduced server deployment from two days to one hour • Consolidated server environment by approximately 95% • Achieved 50% server utilization • Automated disaster recovery to eliminate data loss VMWARE CASE STUDY The Challenge Daiwa Capital Markets Hong Kong had rapidly expanded its datacenter to host more th