BusinessSprint Nextel Corporation provides wireless communication services to over 51 million consumers, businesses and government organizations. The company is renowned for developing and deploying innovative technologies, and was responsible for the first national 4G wireless network in the US.
Challenge:To reduce costs and address datacenter capacity issues, the company wanted to consolidate and virtualize the servers hosting its large portfolio of applications. To support this effort and ongoing capacity management, Sprint Nextel needed an automated tool to collect and collate utilization data.
Solution:CA Capacity Manager enables Sprint Nextel to map the current and future capacity for individual applications, which means it can make informed decisions about consolidation and virtualization. These capacity forecasts also to safeguard ongoing availability.
Result:
Sprint Nextel has been able to establish an economical and effective virtualization strategy that reduces downtime and accelerates service provisioning. The company has also been able to save around $170 million through greater server utilization and reduced datacenter requirements.
