largest Windows Server 2008–based SAP and IT system costs by at least 20 percent system in the world. Thus far, since it over three years. officially started operating in October 2010, it has proven to be highly stable. “Even In addition, NEC is expecting its thorough when considering only the NEC head office, standardization of business processes and 2,000 users were accessing it new IT system to provide a solid foundation simultaneously, the database size was 20 for compliance with IFRS. TB, and the number of daily online transactions was 1.5 million during peak Helps NEC Improve Business times,” says Miyazawa. “However, the The organization also to provide better environment was extremely stable even solutions to its customers by sharing its operating at large scales.” management system restructuring expertise and providing cloud-oriented services. NEC also had solid results when it initially “Many companies that are currently tested the system for stability and focusing on domestic business will need to reliability. In preliminary testing, the system carry out business globally in the future. was tested not only to see if it could With our system restructuring, we withstand system conditions, but also to accumulated a great amount of business measure maximum load and peak values. process improvement knowledge,” says By knowing the actual peaks, it would be Fujiyoshi. “We can now share knowledge possible for NEC to scale the system regarding large-scale ERP system appropriately while minimizing unexpected integration using Windows Server 2008 and failures. NEC also tested the failover SQL Server 2008 with customers that are clustering capabilities in Windows Server introducing new systems.” 2008, to make sure that the system could handle data from SAP ERP 6.0 even if it Microsoft Server Product Portfolio dramatically increased in volume. Those tests demonstrated that the system For more information about the Microsoft performance could meet these goals. “As a server product portfolio, go to: result of carrying out these tests with OMCS SI technology and support from Microsoft, we were able to realize a system that ensures stability and reliability even on large scales and can adequately support future data increases and expansion,” says Miyazawa. Reduces Operating Costs by 20 Percent NEC also expects to cut operating costs with the combination of the new IT solution and business process restructuring. Specifically, the organization anticipates it will reduce both divisional operating costs
largest Windows Server 2008–based SAP system in the world. Thus far, since it officially started operating in October 2010, it has proven to be highly stable. “Even when considering only the NEC head office, 2,000 users were accessing it simultaneously, the database size was 20 TB, and the number of daily online transactions was 1.5 million during peak times,” says Miyazawa. “However, the environment was extremely stable even operating at large scales.” NEC also had solid results when it initially tested the system for stability and reliability. In preliminary testing, the system was tested not only to see if it could withstand system conditions, but also to measure maximum load and peak values. By knowing the actual peaks, it would be possible for NEC to scale the system appropriately while minimizing unexpected failures. NEC also tested the failover clustering capabilities in Windows Server 2008, to make sure that the system could handle data from SAP ERP 6.0 even if it dramatically increased in volume. Those tests demonstrated that the system performance could meet these goals. “As a result of carrying out these tests with OMCS SI technology and support from Microsoft, we were able to realize a system that ensures stability and reliability even on large scales and can adequately support future data increases and expansion,” says Miyazawa. Reduces Operating Costs by 20 Percent NEC also expects to cut operating costs with the combination of the new IT solution and business process restructuring. Specifically, the organization anticipates it will reduce both divisional operating costs and IT system costs by at least 20 percent over three years. In addition, NEC is expecting its thorough standardization of business processes and new IT system to provide a solid foundation for compliance with IFRS. Helps NEC Improve Business The organization also to provide better solutions to its customers by sharing its management system restructuring expertise and providing cloud-oriented services. “Many companies that are currently focusing on domestic business will need to carry out business globally in the future. With our system restructuring, we accumulated a great amount of business process improvement knowledge,” says Fujiyoshi. “We can now share knowledge regarding large-scale ERP system integration using Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 with customers that are introducing new systems.” Microsoft Server Product Portfolio For more information about the Microsoft server product portfolio, go to: