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Page 1: Bangkok Insurance Developed private cloud computing · PDF fileBangkok Insurance Developed private cloud computing to ... the company decided to deploy a private cloud computing to

To support the growth of the insurance business happens constantly. Bangkok Insurance is focused on the development of IT systems to date. With the introduction of new technologies that deploy with both internal and external system. To increase the efficiencyof the service, and facilitate clients in insurance quickly. Anddeveloped front-end IT system to support the needs of our customers in the future.

Bangkok Insurance Developed private cloud computing to accommodate future expansion

Bangkok Insurance Public Company Limited (Thailand ) began

operations on April 15, 2490 currently operates with a steady pace

to year 67 with registered capital of 760.5 million baht under the

management of Mr. Chai Sophonpanich Chairman and CEO with a

comprehensive range of insurance products of all types. Honor and

pride with quality guarantees by the company received “The First

Outstanding Non-Life Insurance Company of the Year 2011” award

from the Office of Insurance Commission. Company that have been

awarded “The First Outstanding Non-Life Insurance Company for

Three Consecutive Years” (2002-2004) award.

Challenges Now, insurance business are group of business that is highly

competitive in terms of product and new service model. To expand

new customer base coupled with keeping existing customers.

Moreover, the flood occurred in late 2554, making the most of

their attention to the insurance to secure their lives and property

even more. By competing with foreign insurance companies today,

and are expected to increase further after the ASEAN Economic

Community (AEC), which All these factors make the insurance

industry has to adapt to time. In particular, the introduction of new

technology into use in order to raise service standards and prepare

to support business growth in the future.

From various challenges that make Bangkok Insurance to provides

IT systems to support the expansion and coming fully. By looking

for new technology that can meet the challenges that exist. Be

efficient, flexible, able to manage easily and reasonable costs, so

the company decided to deploy a private cloud computing to

organization and implement VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure),

which is part of the private cloud.

The customer

Bangkok Insurance Public Company Limited (Thailand) Leaders in Thailand

,s non-life insurance business to operated for over

66 years.

Internal Case study Bangkok Insurance

The challenge

The solution

Zero Client Solution and Storage Solution from Fujitsu System. • Zero Client workstations 500 units • 2- processor server PRIMERGY RX300S7 9 units • ETERNUS DX440S2 storage systems 70 terabytes

New technologies that can meet the demand for scaled IT systems and supports the business needs of both present and future. It will be powerful, flexible, easy to manage and reasonable cost.

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Dr. Aphisit Anantanatrat Assistant General Director.

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Bangkok Insurance shown that virtual technology is applied to the

system that is appropriate to the needs of the organization in terms of

increased convenience to users. And enhance service levels to

customers. The choice of technologies like VDI (Virtual Desktop

Infrastructure) was used instead of the PC original concept of the

Zero Client makes employees can operate a wide range of mobility

and flexibility as the system behind the selected server. and storage

systems used in applications that help Bangkok Insurance can

cope with both the demands of modern applications that are prepared

for customer service. And more importantly, can accommodate

large database grows, the number of customers both old and new.

Including better performance in data analysis leading to decisions

based on the effectively information.

Technology and solution selection Virtual technology is not a new issue for large corporations. Bangkok

Insurance to bring these technologies to transform their IT

infrastructure for achieve maximum efficiency in the functioning of

the organization.

Bangkok Insurance has selected Zero Client solution that is VDI

infrastructure from Fujitsu and virtualization platform from VMWare,

which integrates dual-processor server PRIMERGY RX300S7 9 units

with storage systems ETERNUS DX440S2 70 terabytes for support

500 clients that will be able to monitor the performance through

the VMware virtual control system, which allows management

applications as well.

• Zero Client workstations 500 units

• 2-processor server PRIMERGY RX300S7 9 units

• ETERNUS DX440S2 storage systems 70 terabytes

Problems during the transformation As with any organization that faced roblems and barriers during

the IT transformation. Especially when adopting new technologies.

Bangkok Insurance was met with some trouble and frustration. But

the problem is not a technical problem or technology. It,s about

understanding the users who are not familiar with the new system.

Fujitsu, which was to help install the system, including consulting

in preparation for the users in the organization. It makes changes

to the user as needed.

Meet the Need Bangkok Insurance scrambling to change the system that the front

office staff use by VDI technologies with not only to adapt tools to

use to a Zero Client, but also look at ways of doing business in the

future that employees need to connect with customers outside the

workplace.Enabling those employees to access applications from

anywhere, at any time, so it is important.

After Bangkok Insurance switching to VDI solutions from Fujitsu

that makes now Bangkok Insurance to manage a client,s employees

are more efficient, flexible and cost reasonable. It also makes

employees begin to understand the concept of a virtual environment

and applied to actual practice.

It also enables Bangkok Insurance ready for the future. The

introduction of mobile devices, be it a smartphone ro tablet to

allow employees to work off-site to provide access to information

and applications from anywhere, anytime.

In the modern business world, The use of appropriate technology

to help streamline business operations smoothly. Bangkok Insurance

as well as the chosen to develop IT systems under private cloud

platform that can support the growth of both today and the future.

Because the availability will only cause success.

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Contact Fujitsu Systems Business (Thailand) Ltd. 22-23 Exchange Building Tower, 388, Sukhumvit Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Tel. + 66 (0) 2302 1500 Fax: + 66 (0) 2302 1555 http://th.fujitsu.com

Copyright 2012 Fujitsu Systems Business (Thailand) Ltd. Fujitsu, the Fujitsu logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited in Japan and other countries. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Technical data subject to modification and delivery subject to availability. Any liability that the data and illustrations are complete, actual or correct is excluded. Designations may be trademarks and/or copyrights of the respective manufacturer, the use of which by third parties for their own purposes may infringe the rights of such owner.

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Internal Case study Bangkok Insurance

VDI

VDI is that virtual technology to create a virtual workstation, instead of buying a new high performance computer. However, each user is unavailable to perform. Under the concept of server consolidation by virtual systems to reduce the amount of hardware and increase the utilized existing hardware. Each client will be modeled on a virtual infrastructure and the use of shared resources on the system, such as CPUs, memory and hard drive. Users can access their own resources through connection software, which will vary according to the use of each.