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BMW Group


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Company profile

With BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, the BMW Group is the world's only car maker to pursue a purely premium strategy for all market sectors covered by its brands, from exclusive smaller cars to top-of-the-range luxury limousines.

Business need

  • Having chosen the HP 9000 Superdome platform for its core applications, BMW sought to make even more efficient use of its IT budget

Solution overview

  • Implemented a solution featuring two new HP Superdome servers
  • Chose to pay for these servers using HP Pay per use
  • Solution helps match costs to CPU utilization levels, which are metered using a secure solution developed by HP

Results

  • Achieved substantial costs savings compared to traditional leasing or purchasing
  • Enabled BMW to access additional computing power whenever it is needed
  • Able to respond to changing demands based upon flexible business model

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