After an exhaustive international selection process, involving no less than 278 different assessment criteria, Bull was chosen for the value of its technological solution, its knowledge of Open Source software, and its expertise in high-performance computing and complex infrastructures.

Challenge
• Already using SAP business management software for its finance and human resources, Finland’s second largest insurance company Pohjola wanted to improve its services by extending SAP to cover Customer Relationship Management, other SAP business applications and SAP NetWeaver components.
• To achieve this, it needed a new platform that was reliable, scalable and easily manageable. It also had to be cost effective and cover migration costs of existing SAP applications.

Solution
• Pohjola chose to migrate SAP from its existing IBM hardware and also take several new SAP applications and NetWeaver components into use. This was achieved by six new HP Integrity servers and 26 blade ProLiant servers.
• Microsoft SQL Server was selected as the database.
• The operating system is Microsoft Windows 2003.

Results
• Pohjola has achieved the crucial financial goals it wanted to achieve with this investment by providing a reliable, scalable and easily manageable SAP environment that was cost effective and covered migration costs of existing SAP applications.
• It has made a start in extending the influence of its SAP applications from pure administration into the operational side of the business, thus providing a slicker service that gives it a competitive edge in its market.
• This has increased the daily efficiency of the business by allowing Pohjola to improve its direct communication with its customers and eventually to improve its processes for managing policies and dealing with claims.


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