Success Story: relyon AG Optimizes PLANAT's IT Infrastructure

Background

PLANAT GmbH is a leading software company specializing in ERP and planning software for manufacturing companies. With over 40 years of experience, PLANAT develops future-proof solutions that are used by over 11,000 business users worldwide. As PLANAT uses its own software in day-to-day operations, the company attaches particular importance to a high-performance and reliable IT infrastructure.

As the company has grown, the volume of business data has steadily increased, creating new challenges for IT:

• Increasing amounts of data had to be processed efficiently
• More complex processes were carried out more and more frequently
• Quick access to customer data had to be guaranteed
• Reliable backups should allow daily saves and
• A modern IT infrastructure according to the latest standards was required.

To meet these requirements, PLANAT was looking for a scalable, secure and cost-effective solution.

Solution by relyon

As a Lenovo Gold Partner, we were able to use our expertise in the area of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and our own cloud offering based on Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Series.

Following a detailed needs analysis, we designed a powerful HCI solution that not only impressed with its high performance and high availability, but also with its seamless integration with the existing IT landscape. To ensure maximum transparency and security, we offered PLANAT the opportunity to test two different configurations remotely at the Lenovo Executive Briefing Center in Stuttgart.

The decision was made in favor of a compact, cost-optimized and future-proof solution that:

✔ Is based on the Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Series,

✔ Uses Hyper-V virtualization and Storage Spaces Direct for a software-defined data platform,

✔ Offers fast performance thanks to full flash memory and high single-core speeds,

✔ Reduces IT complexity and is easy to manage.

Thanks to our close collaboration with Lenovo, we were able to provide PLANAT with optimal support throughout the entire selection, negotiation and implementation process. The migration went smoothly and the new solution was quickly put into operation.

Result for PLANAT

PLANAT was able to realize decisive advantages with the new HCI solution:

• Increased productivity: Thanks to the improved performance, employees can work more efficiently and have faster access to business-critical data.
• Increased reliability: The multi-redundant architecture and failover clustering guarantee robust system availability and protect against outages.
• Optimized data security: Thanks to a modern backup solution, data backups now run four times faster, enabling complete daily backups without disrupting operations.
• Cost efficiency: The new infrastructure reduced IT operating costs as it is perfectly integrated into the existing Windows Server environment.

Summary

1. More productivity thanks to faster IT performance and optimized processes.
2. Greater IT resilience thanks to redundant HCI architecture.
3. Reliable and fast backups that enable complete backups without interrupting operations.
4. Cost efficiency & future-proofing through a modern, scalable IT infrastructure.

Thanks to our expertise and proven Lenovo technology, PLANAT was able to achieve sustainable IT optimization. The new solution ensures that PLANAT can continue to grow – with high-performance IT that adapts flexibly.