HP Data Retention and Guardian Online (DRAGON)

• FASTWEB is the main broadband telecommunications company in Italy and one of Italy’s largest fixed telecommunications services provider
• They are an innovative operator providing “triple play” services – TV, telephony and Internet – over a very advanced IP network
• More than 1 million individual and business customers
• FASTWEB needed a data retention solution to enable compliance with Italy’s stringent data retention legislation

• FASTWEB deployed HP DRAGON to help achieve Italy’s data retention compliance requirements
• DRAGON was deployed in a high availability configuration to achieve strict service level agreement (SLA) requirements

• FASTWEB is one of HP DRAGON's first customers
• FASTWEB achieved and maintained compliance over many years with Italy’s data retention and privacy requirements
• HP DRAGON’s flexibility and capability is enabling FASTWEB to achieve new compliance with the EU’s Data Retention Directive (EUDRD) as it is transposed into Italian law

“The HP solution was integrated into our existing infrastructure, and we now have the flexibility to meet data retention requirements that we expect to grow and change,” said Luca Rizzo, chief security officer, FASTWEB S.p.a. “FASTWEB respects the laws and norms of law enforcement agencies, and is committed to combating crime and terrorism, and at the same time, protecting the privacy of our customers. HP expertise and products have been a valuable tool in our efforts.”
 

• Large mobile communications provider in Spain
• Over 15 million customers
• Services covered include mobile voice, SMS/MMS
• The initial storage configuration was over 100 TB. 

• The customer deployed DRAGON to help them comply with the Spanish Data Retention legislation that was enacted in 2007.
• Only HP was able to offer the complete solution the customer desired.  In the end, the flexibility of the DRAGON product combined with its investment-wise value resulted in DRAGON being selected over all other alternatives

• Customer went live in 3 months
• Initial volume is 500 million xDR’s per day.  This number soon increased to 1 billion xDR’s per day

• Large 3G mobile communications provider in Italy
• Over 8 million customers
• Services provided include mobile voice, data and video
• The customer needed a data retention solution to enable compliance with Italy’s stringent data retention legislation

• HP DRAGON was selected to help achieve Italy’s data retention compliance requirements
• The solution was deployed in a high availability configuration to achieve strict service level agreement (SLA) requirements

• HP DRAGON is collecting over 200 million xDRs per day and servicing an average of 20,000 requests from law enforcement per month
• The system’s flexibility and capability is enabling the customer to achieve additional compliance with the EU’s Data Retention Directive (EUDRD) as it is transposed into Italian law

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