Voice of the Customer

Atris Processing Solutions is using HP Lerfthand VMware VSA. The INI Group interviewed Dan Roberts, vice president of information technology.This is how Dan describes his role:

"I'm the Vice President of Information Technology for Atris Processing Solutions. I'm responsible for interfacing with our clients and our management team to provide cost-effective, resilient, secure IT services. My responsibilities range from designing, scaling and maintaining the servers in the networks, including our disaster recovery plan in our site; it's the wide-area and the local-area design, network security design. There are a lot of hats. We're a small company. I've been with the company since 1997."

The following is an overview of Atris Processing Solutions' IT environment:

  • Thirty servers
  • Ten terabyte SAN
  • Twenty employees in Gainesville, FL office
  • VMware ESX
  • Windows and Linux

    

 

Listen to individual answers by clicking on the following questions:

  1. Why did you decide to implement VMware?
  2. Since HP LeftHand VSA is tightly integrated with VMware, why did you decide to implement this solution as part of your VMware environment?
  3. What was the process you went through to decide on implementing the HP LeftHand VSA?
  4. Can you give us examples of how VMware provided real value to your company?
  5. Can you give us examples of how the HP Lefthand VSA provided real value to your company?
  6. How has VMware improved the overall economic effectiveness within your IT operations?
  7. In terms of economic effectiveness - how has the HP LeftHand VSA improved your environment?
  8. Can you give us any insights on the HP LeftHand VSA that would be useful for other IT professionals considering the solution?
  9. The HP LeftHand VSA is a unique solution. What made you decide to implement it?
  10. What are the next steps using the HP LeftHand VSA?
  11. Would you recommend the HP Lefthand VSA to other IT professionals? And can you tell us why?

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