Brinks Israel embarks on Digital Transformation
with Nutanix
Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, has announced
that Brinks Israel, a subsidiary of Brinks – a global leader
in total cash management, route-based secure logistics and
payment solutions, has implemented Nutanix as the private cloud
infrastructure platform for its Digital Transformation and new
digital-based services.
Historically known for providing secure logistics solutions for
transferring money and valuable products, Brinks is now expanding
its services to also provide technology-based financial solutions,
including its computerised safe service, CompuSafe. As a financial
services company, Brinks cannot afford IT infrastructure failures or
outages. Nutanix provides a reliable solution that allows it to scale
without adding complexities or management overhead.
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With reliability top of mind, Brinks implemented Nutanix at its
production site as well as its data centre on the secure network.
Brinks was able to integrate servers, storage and communications
into a unified system and provide the infrastructure for its
corporate network, which includes hundreds of Citrix Thin Client
computers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer
Relationship Management (CRM) systems, along with a range
of other enterprise applications. Since deploying Nutanix
Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Brinks has seen an approximately
80% improvement in availability and performance than with its
previous legacy system.
Orange and Google Cloud to form strategic
partnership in data, AI and Edge Computing services
Google Cloud and Orange will closely
collaborate to ensure the partnership’s
success. Google will provide its knowhow
in cutting-edge cloud technologies,
world-class analytics and AI tools, as
well as proven Digital Transformation
methodology and dedicated resources.
Orange will contribute its deep expertise
in information and communication
technology services and its multinational
network infrastructure.
Orange and Google Cloud have announced
a strategic partnership to accelerate the
transformation of Orange’s IT infrastructure
and the development of future cloud services,
in particular Edge Computing. The agreement
reinforces Orange’s commitment, as set out
in its Engage 2025 plan, to drive its internal
transformation through the innovative and
widespread use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
and data in order to improve operational
efficiency and the customer experience. The
collaboration will also pave the way for the
development of new advanced cloud, Edge
Computing and cybersecurity services that
will open up business opportunities for both
Google Cloud and Orange.
The agreement signals a firm commitment
to use AI and data to increase the pace of
transformation across Orange’s European
footprint, placing data at the heart of
the group’s innovation model. To do this,
Orange plans to build a next-generation
data analytics and Machine Learning
platform with Google technologies.
The partnership will also benefit consumers
and businesses across Europe by bringing
powerful cloud computing capabilities to
the edge of the network, such as in retail,
gaming and other industries.
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