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Amman, Jordan, January 2006
– as part of its highly recognized approach of expanding
the IT infrastructure to meet the needs of customers and employees alike, and
after thorough evaluation among renowned names in the IT industry - Jordan
Kuwait Bank acquires HP’s BladeSystems.
To start with, blades are widely viewed as compact and efficient servers that
primarily save space and power. However, the full story behind blades goes far
beyond considerations of the individual server. JKB however, emphasized that
blades should be considered as part of its integrated and consolidated
infrastructure that includes compute nodes such as servers, storage, networking,
and power, all automated through a common management framework.
The system, also designed to help
the Jordan Kuwait Bank make sure the headquarters stay in the loop when it comes
to email, antivirus, domain controller, database, local storage backup, and
restore and automate teller machine (ATM) management.
JKB blade solution includes HP
Blade Servers, Enclosure, Blade Connectivity, and Power.
The value of HP Blade System at a
glance:
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Lower acquisition costs.
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Operational cost savings.
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Reductions in cable complexity.
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Data
center space savings.
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More
efficient power usage.
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Improved high availability at lower cost.
The integrated infrastructure of the HP BladeSystem
provides the Jordan Kuwait Bank connectivity and shared redundancy, optimized
for the management, reliability, and virtualization of servers, storage, power,
and networking. HP BladeSystems are essentially traditional infrastructures
repackaged and evolved for greater convenience. It’s racked and wired once with
very few cables, greatly simplifying cabling and reducing connectivity costs.
With built-in redundancy, the intelligent infrastructure facilitates the sharing
of resources such as power and networking for more cost-effective
high-availability strategies and a better solution to meet future demands of
power, cooling, and performance scalability.
In conclusion, the combination of lower acquisition costs and dramatically
improved data center efficiency make a strong business case for adopting the HP
BladeSystem as the architectural foundation to transform the technologies,
people, and processes behind your IT department. The fact is, when it comes to
increased business agility, greater data center efficiency, and higher long-term
IT value, HP BladeSystem is simply the best choice.
For more information, please
contact our marketing department on ++ (9626) 550 – 2000 ext. 503 or email
Khalid.Irsheid@JDS.com.jo
About JDS
Jordan Data Systems (JDS) specializes in providing turnkey IT solutions for
various market sectors. JDS line of expertise extends to providing software
solutions, Computer & Computer Support Systems such as electro-mechanical
activities dedicated to computer facilities, telecommunications sites, and
medical theatres, as well as Data Communications, and Hospitality field of
activities.
About Jordan Kuwait Bank
Founded in 1976, Jordan Kuwait Bank (JKB)
was the first example of improving and expanding economic relations between
Jordan and Kuwait. The Bank practices a wide array of commercial banking
activities inside Jordan and abroad, and currently operates a domestic branch
network distributed throughout Jordan and maintains a branch in Palestine and an
international banking unit (IBU) in Cyprus and a representative office in
Algeria.
With the rationalization program
successfully completed in 1999, operations are now on-line in real time. JKB was
one of the first banks in Jordan to launch Internet banking and many other
electronic delivery channels. The technology awareness and its varied
applications make this bank at par with any other European or American bank of
its size.
JKB capitalizes on its strong business and
ownership relations with sister banks in Kuwait and the Gulf, also on the
services of its affiliates in Jordan; the Arab Orient Insurance Company & the
United Financial Investments Company.
The Bank is offering its on-line services
free of charge including Internet banking, SMS and Mobile (cellular) banking and
call free to Phone Bank and NetBanker services, all aiming at making its
customers and the youth in particular, more aware of the new technology and help
them to take the challenge of the coming more sophisticated innovations
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