Brocade supports mission-critical applications of Skilled Group

Bengaluru: Australian firm Skilled Group has deployed Brocade Ethernet and Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) fabrics to create an always-on IT infrastructure.

The Brocade fabrics enable a zero-downtime environment to support Skilled Group's mission-critical applications, allowing the company to better serve its customers, a release said.

The Brocade VDX switches create a virtualized infrastructure that provides failover and IP replication services to the Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel SANs within each location. This approach helps ensure a highly resilient foundation between servers and a broad array of EMC high-end and midrange storage systems.

Skilled Group provides both onshore and offshore total workforce management, labor solutions, and project-based workforce solutions including shut downs, installations, and relocations. The company' branch network includes more than 80 local and regional offices across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Malta, and the United Arab Emirates. In all, it employs approximately 50,000 full- and part-time staff in a broad range of fields.

"The success of our business relies on automation, standardization, and centralization of core processes, which requires an agile, zero-downtime IT environment to enable all applications to be always available," said Pavel Rogik, Senior Technical Analyst at Skilled Group. "To achieve this, we have deployed Brocade Ethernet and SAN fabrics to link our data centers so that they behave as a single entity."