IBM Makes Religare Green

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Deploys three Scalable Modular Data Centers

IBM announced that it is deploying three energy-efficient & green Scalable Modular Data Centers (SMDCs) in a $3.1 million IT infrastructure services agreement with Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), which is one of the leading integrated financial services groups of India. IBM is designing, building and will be maintaining highly scalable, modular and energy-efficient green data centers in Delhi, Noida and Mumbai for REL. In addition, IBM will put in place the networking infrastructure and a disaster recovery solution for the company. The solution implemented by IBM will help REL reduce annual power costs by 30-35% and enable them to effectively meet technology requirements of the company's expanding business. REL is a key financial services provider and a major player in the Indian equity and securities market. To increase its marketshare while handling the increasing volumes of trading, the company needed to put in place a highly scalable yet resilient data center

infrastructure. At the same time, REL needed to ensure high operational cost-efficiency; given that power consumption is a major factor in any company's operational cost. IBM's SMDC design leveraging high density computing and precision air-conditioning ensures a saving of more than 3600 units (KWH) per day in power consumption alone as compared to an 8,000 sq ft conventional data center. In a year, this represents a saving of nearly $250,000 (nearly Rs one crore). "Religare is a financial services powerhouse and we have ambitious growth plans. We are confident that our partnership with IBM will provide us with a distinct competitive edge in the market," said Shachindra Nath, Group Chief Operating Officer, Religare Enterprises Limited. "IBM engaged with us from the very beginning to understand our critical business needs and design appropriate solutions. IBM's unmatched expertise to design and build a globally benchmarked, standardized, scalable and energy-efficient fa

cility will certainly support our dynamic growth plans effectively." Nipun Mehrotra, Vice President & General Manager, Global Technology Services, IBM India/SA said, "In these economically difficult times, companies across the board want solutions that can help them achieve greater operational efficiency and save costs. Religare's choice of IBM as a preferred IT infrastructure services partner re-affirms our undisputed leadership in the green data center space and commitment to help clients 'Do more with Less'. IBM's consultative approach helped Religare with the process of design finalization&product selection, and ensured the final solution was miles ahead of those offered by the other large competitors in India."