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Prudential Fox & Roach Chooses IBM; Replaces HP and Sun
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ARMONK, NY and DEVON, PA, November 5 / MARKET WIRE/ --
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Prudential Fox
& Roach Realtors, the leading regional home services company in the
Northeast, today announced that the realty company replaced HP and Sun
technology with IBM servers and storage to support the sales efforts of
over 3,000 real estate agents and securely protect the data of thousands of
clients. Using IBM blade server technology, the realty company lowered
power and cooling costs by nearly $60,000 annually.
Privately-held Prudential Fox & Roach is the third largest real estate,
mortgage and title insurance company in the nation and the top realtor in
the Northeast region. The realtor views technology as an important means of
attracting and retaining talented agents, who require fast, dynamic tools
to update property listings or relay contracts to the office. Leading-edge
technology enables Prudential Fox & Roach's agents to complete sales and
provide insurance and mortgages to their clients in a cost-effective and
efficient manner.
The realty company replaced 93 HP Proliant servers with an IBM BladeCenter
solution running VMware virtualization technology to provide a secure
disaster recovery solution that will allow for easier data recovery if
needed. Coupling the energy efficient design of IBM BladeCenter with
virtualization technology also allowed Prudential Fox & Roach to reduce its
power and cooling costs by $60,000 a year -- a significant savings for the
mid-sized realty company.
"The migration to IBM BladeCenter and System Storage will allow us to scale
as we continue to grow," said William Friemann, vice president of
Operations, Security and Compliance at Prudential Fox & Roach. "Our storage
and processing requirements continue to evolve and we needed a solution
that would evolve with us as we face new business challenges, which IBM
delivered. We can also invest the money we save on power bills back in to
the business to fuel growth."
The company is running four BladeCenter H chassis in its central datacenter
as well as one BladeCenter S chassis in a separate location to support all
of Prudential Fox & Roach's remote real estate offices. Prudential Fox &
Roach selected BladeCenter S for its ability to run outside the datacenter
on standard 110 volt power, eliminating the need for an expensive power
upgrade.
Prudential Fox & Roach also replaced Sun storage equipment with IBM System
Storage to securely and centrally manage company assets and client data.
IBM Global Technology Services helped the company successfully migrate to
its new IBM technology.
About Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors
Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors is the #1 Realtor in the region and the #1
single-market Realtor in the nation. This market dominance and resources
gives Prudential Fox & Roach an unmatched ability to perform for clients.
One of the nation's oldest providers of real estate services, Prudential
Fox & Roach Realtors has since 1886 been permanently woven into the fabric
of the communities it serves. Whether clients are buying, selling, renting
or relocating, Prudential Fox & Roach makes available a team of passionate
professionals with rock-solid, real-world connections and the best
marketing technology in the business.
About IBM
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Contact Information:
Joanna Brewer
IBM Media Relations
415-545-2270jmbrewer@us.ibm.com
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