IBM and Kalbe have announced a collaborative effort to build a new energy efficient "green datacenter" and undergo a major datacenter consolidation project, in order to meet Kalbe's technology requirements of its expanding business, while simultaneously saving energy.
A leading pharmaceutical and health company in Indonesia, Kalbe is teaming with IBM to deploy data center consolidation with an explicit goal of reducing energy consumption as well as reducing information technology maintenance and space in its own datacenter facilities across Jakarta. IBM will help Kalbe to consolidate five datacenters from its current 13 existing datacenters during the initial phase.
In addition, IBM will install a green datacenter on a site of 5,048 square feet. Other site and facilities services and server services to be implemented include datacenter strategy, datacenter design, server and storage integration, relocation planning, project management, infrastructure equipment sourcing, installation services and management, datacenter testing and startup management.
"Kalbe is expanding its business into the pharmaceuticals and consumer products segments by developing various products and providing a technology-based electronic distribution system," said Vidjongtius, information technology director, Kalbe. "In addition to supporting our fast expanding business, we believe the time is right for Kalbe to make a cost- saving and energy-saving purchase. The IBM datacenter solution allows us to concentrate on continuing to provide the production system and staff with the tools necessary to succeed, while also being environmentally conscious."
"IBM's long history and expertise with datacenter implementations enabled us to create a solution to save energy and ensure efficient server performance for Kalbe," said Hengkie Kastono, country manager, Global Technology Services, IBM Indonesia. "IT departments won't be as concerned with growing energy costs when selecting IBM's datacenter solutions, which provide an efficient, reliable and secure datacenter. IBM is making it easier for datacenter owners to go green with new, more energy efficient technology and services, available as part of IBM's Project Big Green initiative."
IBM has the deep experience to implement the entire solution in eight to 24 weeks, compared to the industry norm which is about 40 weeks. The IBM datacenter solution integrates power, cooling, rack, management, services and security, allowing for selection of standardized components to create a solution through modular configurations. By using standardized components, the architecture easily scales to meet the evolving needs of the company.
The agreement was signed in the fourth quarter of 2007.