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How a European Company Optimized Its New Plant Infrastructure in Mexico with Nutanix and Juniper
Introduction
Having an efficient, scalable, and cost-optimized IT infrastructure is essential to ensuring business continuity and supporting the growth of new facilities. After establishing a new plant in Jalisco, Mexico, a European industrial company identified the need to implement a modern technology infrastructure capable of supporting its local operations while reducing costs associated with virtualization software licensing.
To address this challenge, a hyperconverged infrastructure was implemented using Nutanix hardware and software, complemented by Juniper switches. As part of its modernization strategy, the company migrated from VMware to Nutanix, consolidating its IT environment into a more efficient and flexible platform designed to support the growth of its operations in Mexico.
Customer Overview
The company is a European organization with international operations that recently began production activities in Jalisco, Mexico. The opening of this new plant created the need for an IT infrastructure capable of supporting enterprise applications, virtualized workloads, and business-critical services.
As part of its expansion strategy, the organization aimed to establish a modern technology platform from the early stages of its operations, avoiding unnecessary infrastructure complexity while optimizing costs associated with virtualization technology licensing.
The Solution
To establish a robust and efficient IT infrastructure at the new plant, an integrated solution was implemented based on:
The solution established a more streamlined technology architecture with improved manageability and a scalable foundation capable of supporting the growth of the new plant.
Growth Plan
The company plans to continue expanding its IT infrastructure as plant operations grow and demand for compute, storage, and connectivity resources increases.
The hyperconverged architecture will allow new resources to be added progressively, while the Nutanix platform provides a foundation for continued optimization of workload management and infrastructure costs. The Juniper network infrastructure can also be expanded as new services, users, and devices are introduced into the operation.
Project Impact
Implementing a hyperconverged infrastructure based on Nutanix and Juniper enabled the organization to establish a modern technology platform to support the operation of its new plant in Mexico. The migration from VMware created an opportunity to optimize virtualization licensing costs while simplifying the management of infrastructure resources.
The combination of Nutanix and Juniper provided a more flexible, scalable, and efficient technology foundation capable of supporting the growth of industrial operations. The project not only addressed the technology requirements associated with opening a new plant but also established an architecture prepared for future digital transformation initiatives and continued expansion in Mexico.
Project Results
The implementation of the hyperconverged infrastructure and migration to Nutanix delivered several important benefits for the IT operation:
