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With an IBM p-Series solution designed by thinkASG, Mitchell International drives away with better performance in a compact form. Case Study: Consolidating For Growth Mitchell International, Inc. is a leading provider of data, software and e-business solutions for the automotive collision industry. Mitchell’s clientele include automotive insurance, collision repair, medical claims and glass replacement businesses. THE PROBLEM Over the past several years, Mitchell has expanded rapidly. Today, they handle several million transactions with over 16,000 partners each month. While business has been booming, however, Mitchell’s IT infrastructure has faced serious challenges in keeping pace with the company’s growth. Problems included: * Inability to accommodate new servi...

Being able to manage and display critical information can be the difference between winning and losing. Case Study: Strategy Made the Difference Mazda North American Operations provides racing support in North America through MAZDASPEED MOTORSPORTS DEVELOPMENT. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Mazda North American Operations oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. thinkASG has provided Enterprise Business Solutions to Mazda for several years and has supported the Mazda Motorsports racing teams for the past 3 years. The Problem Mazda Motorsports fields cars in both the American Le Mans and Grand American Road Racing ROLEX GT race series, and while they have always won on the track, their comp...

A virtualization solution from thinkASG increased efficiency and cost effectiveness for Lantronix Inc. Lantronix, Inc. is a global leader of secure communication technologies that simplify remote access, management, and control of virtually any electronic device. THE CHALLENGE Lantronix Inc. required the partnership of a hardware firm to expand rack space, refresh several Windows servers and create a more energy efficient and robust pathway for provisioning Windows servers. THE SOLUTION thinkASG delivered implementation of fibre attached DS3400 SAN storage and implementation of two high powered x3950 with VMware ESX. “By using an alternative to conventional physical servers, we were able to create an option of virtual servers that met the customer’s needs,” said P...

They needed a disaster recovery plan, and now thinkASG's business continuity solutions keep Guild Mortgage up and running. Southern California-based mortgage lender, Guild Mortgage, turned to their trusted technology partner, thinkASG, to help them select a robust business continuity solution. thinkASG is an IBM Premier Business Partner and IBM Beacon Award Winner in 2007. thinkASG provides consulting and infrastructure services that address high-level business and technology challenges for small and midsize businesses in all industries. THE CHALLENGE Guild Mortgage had a need for an in depth company wide disaster recovery plan in the event of a business disaster. They relied on the business assessment of thinkASG to identify the best market offering to meet their business ne...

Skateboard and apparel retailer ollies high with scalable IT solution featuring IBM System X servers from thinkASG. Case Study: High Performance ERP From humble beginnings as a single store in Chino, California in 1989, Active Ride Shop is a business riding hard and fast. By offering great customer service and superior inventory, Active now operates 20 locations and a booming website. THE PROBLEM With growth comes challenge—especially from an IT standpoint. "Our reputation for great service depends on having what that customer wants in stock, when and where they want it," explains Todd Melinn, VP of IT and Operations at Active Ride Shop. With hundreds of brands and thousands of products, Active Ride Shop’s inventory requires careful and constant management. That tas...

A teraflop is one trillion floating point operations per second (FLOPS). It is a description used by computer companies to describe how many multiplications can be performed within one second. To give you an idea of how fast a teraflop microchip operates, compare it to a simple desk calculator. It has an average speed of about 10 FLOPS. When we perform operations on these calculators, it appears the operations are instant. For a calculator to operate at 1 Teraflop, the calculation would have to perform at 10 to the 12th power. To give a perspective of a trillion, a trillion seconds ago is 31,688 years. Intel has introduced a prototype of a future processor with 80 cores capable, they say, of performing a trillion operations per second (1 Teraflop), at a power consumption of 62 watts at ...

Part 1: Every disaster is a reminder that businesses rely too heavily on data and IT systems that are not adequately protected.  Disasters occurring somewhere else in the world, provides an opportunity for businesses to re-assess their vulnerability. Similarly, disasters that occur to a business present an opportunity for natural selection to weed out the unprepared.  If you are an IT manager or CIO with an inadequate business continuity (BC) infrastructure and recovery plan, your survival is as likely as the lame gazelle at the back of the herd.  Disaster will run up from behind you and take you out. Sound cruel?  Maybe, but since I personally experienced the lioness ripping flesh from my frame, I have a leg to stand on (hmmm, bad analogy and idiom mix) when I tell you that an IT d...