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A Customer Success

from the Experts in

Business-Critical Continuity™

Background

Enrollment at University of Phoenix and other Apollo Group subsidiaries more

than doubled between 2001 and 2005, driving the need for a new data center.

Because the organization’s educational model depends on continuous availability

of information technology services, an adaptive power and cooling infrastructure

was critical. It was also important to gain a better understanding of data center

operations to enhance growth planning and increase data center efficiency.

Case Summary

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Emerson Network Power Products/Services:

Critical Needs: Create and maintain an adaptive cooling and power

infrastructure for mission-critical data center at university serving more than

300,000 students worldwide.

Results

Deployed a flexible and scalable power and cooling architecture that ensures

the data center can support future business and technology requirements.

Enhanced data center availability through multiple active power and

cooling distribution paths with redundant components that are

concurrently maintainable.

Increased understanding of the current state of critical IT infrastructure

through proactive monitoring and management.

Gained real-time visibility into available power and cooling capacity.

Reduced risk of technology deployment by enabling ability to model impact

of technology changes on data center infrastructure.

The parent company for

University of Phoenix

and other education

subsidiaries, Apollo

Group offers educational

programs at 95 campuses

and 153 learning centers

in 39 states; Puerto Rico;

Alberta, British Columbia;

Netherlands and Mexico.

University of

Phoenix

•LiebertMPAdvancedIn-Rack

Power Distribution

•LiebertFDCFoundation

Distribution Cabinets

•LiebertSystemControlCabinets

•LiebertSeries610UPSSystems

•LiebertSiteScanWeb

•LiebertDeluxePrecision

Cooling Systems

•LiebertFoundationEnclosures

with Expansion Channels

•LiebertServices

•ApertureVISTA

Summary of content (4 pages)

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A Customer Success from the Experts in Business-Critical Continuity™ Background Enrollment at University of Phoenix and other Apollo Group subsidiaries more than doubled between 2001 and 2005, driving the need for a new data center. Because the organization’s educational model depends on continuous availability of information technology services, an adaptive power and cooling infrastructure was critical.
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A Customer Success from the Experts in Business-Critical Continuity™ The Situation “Technology has transformed the way we conduct business,” says Rick Oliver, Apollo Group data center manger. “A decade ago we were largely ground-based, but today a significant portion of our business is online. That requires continuous access to information technology. Our ability to provide online education and services to our students requires rigorous quality controls.
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A Customer Success from the Experts in Business-Critical Continuity™ Adaptive Power and Cooling Infrastructure The power infrastructure employs a dual-bus design that allows for maintenance, testing and repair to be carried out during continuous operation. The design team specified four, 750 kVA Liebert Series 610 UPS systems, each with an “A” bus and a “B” bus connected to a System Control Cabinet and an independent generator.
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A Customer Success from the Experts in Business-Critical Continuity™ Specifically, monitoring and management across domains can be merged to create new capabilities such as holistic services at a targeted service level and actionable reporting on availability and performance. Two areas where Oliver sees Liebert SiteScan and Aperture VISTA working together to enhance operation of his data center are maintenance and capacity planning.