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The FINANCIAL — Luton Borough Council is working with Dell to upgrade its server and storage environment and virtualize its IT infrastructure. The deal is designed to reduce annual IT expenditure across the council and deliver more efficient and flexible service delivery for its local constituents.

Luton Borough Council has worked with Dell for over 10 years and is one of many councils in the UK that has invested in Dell storage solutions. Under the terms of the new deal, Dell will replace the council’s existing CX700 with CX3-80 storage systems and implement VMware virtualization solutions to reduce the number of existing servers within the organization from 180 to 120.

According to Dell, the infrastructure upgrade has been implemented in response to the growing amounts of data the council has to handle, including online payment and service requests. Ongoing innovation within the council, such as the implementation of a new website with graphical mapping data, has also increased demand on existing systems, resulting in connectivity problems and forcing the council to increase its annual infrastructure spend by 25 per cent. The updated storage and server environment will fully support the council in addressing these issues, improving operating efficiencies, staff productivity and the ongoing delivery of high-quality, innovative public services.

An article illustrating how this local council is implementing virtualization as a platform for it’s IT services, it’s always great to see what benefits they seek to achieve, in this case improving flexibility and reducing costs.

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