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CUSTOMERRESEARCH AND PRODUCTION CORPORATION UNITED WAGON COMPANY

WEBSITEWWW.UNIWAGON.COM

INDUSTRYMANUFACTURING

LOCATIONMOSCOW, RUSSIA (HEADQUARTERS)

MAIN OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGES

• Improve operational stability and data security level of the IT infrastructure

• Ensure high network throughput

• Reduce IT infrastructure costs

SOLUTION

RPC UWC deployed VMware NSX Data Center and VMware vRealize Network Insight solutions in its main data center to increase the operational stability, performance and security of the IT infrastructure. The company uses the vRealize Network Insight solution for infrastructure monitoring and reducing the time needed to respond to IT events.

BUSINESS ADVANTAGES

• Improved the availability of services for users

• Reduced the time needed to respond to IT events

• Reduced the number of specialists for infrastructure management

Research and Production Corporation United Wagon Company (RPC UWC, Holding) PAO (MOEX: UWGN) is the largest manufacturer of freight rolling stock in Russia, and one of the top three global suppliers of freight cars. RPC UWС is a technology leader in the industry, which means it is crucial to ensure reliable IT support at all production sites.

To support company growth and development, a modern data center using new technologies for network security and data virtualization at a production facility was established in Tikhvin, Lenengrad Oblast.

VMware won the RPC UWC contract to deploy an IT virtualization platform based on VMware NSX Data Center and VMware vRealize Network Insight.

RPC UWC is the largest manufacturer of freight cars in Russia. The company was established in 2012. Today it is an integrated railway holding in the fi elds of manufacture and transport services, and operating leasing, engineering and service maintenance of new generation freight cars. RPC UWC designs and manufactures freight cars in accordance with the international standards GOST, AAR, and UIC. The company has the status of supplier Q2, which gives it the right to participate in tenders for Deutsche Bahn, Europe's largest railway operator. Deutsche Bahn does not consider commercial o� ers without this certicifation.

In 2018, RPC UWC produced 19,700 freight cars, completing the production plan announced for the year and showing a growth of 3% compared to 2017. In 2019, RPC UWC plans to maintain the production volume at the level of 19,000–20,000 freight cars.

Customers ChallengeDigital transformation of industrial companies requires modern solutions that will ensure reliable and safe operation of all segments of the IT infrastructure. Following the requirements of the digital age and pursuing internal business challenges, RPC UWC decided to build a robust IT infrastructure in their data center, with increased failover and disaster recovery capabilities at the production site in Tikhvin, to ensure a high level of data security and increased network performance. The global goal of the company is to improve the availability of services for users and ease administration processes for them.

“The company growth required a corresponding change in its IT infrastructure. The need to ensure an adequate level of security and system performance as well as the need to introduce additional capacity without increasing the number of IT sta� prompted us to deploy a robust virtualization platform,” said Ilya Zenkin, IT infrastructure consultant at RPC UWC.

DATA CENTER VIRTUALIZATION FOR A LARGE MACHINE-BUILDER

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DATA CENTER VIRTUALIZATION FOR A LARGE MACHINE-BUILDER

“We compared several options for building a network architecture on various platforms, while taking into account further opportunities for IT infrastructure upgrade, from the perspective of security requirements and the need for a phased commissioning of capacity. As a result of a detailed market analysis, we chose the VMware NSX platform - a reliable solution that can improve the failover and disaster recovery characteristics of all enterprises at the industrial site. We also consulted our long-time partner SoftwareONE. This company helped to design the architecture of the solution which was later approved by VMware.”

ILYA ZENKINIT INFRASTRUCTURE CONSULTANTRPC UWC

VMWARE FOOTPRINT

• VMware NSX Data Center

• VMware vRealize Network Insight

PARTNER

SolutionAn important step for the company was choosing technologies and IT solutions for the data center. After market analysis and evaluating competitors, RPC UWC chose VMware NSX Data Center and VMware vRealize Network Insight for infrastructure monitoring and reducing the time needed to respond to IT events. The fi rst stage of the project was integrating the NSX platform into the data center at the industrial site and ensuring its connectivity with the other data centers. In order to carry out this task, the network specialists at the RPC UWC headquarters and personnel at the Tikhvin industrial site worked together with VMware consultants to set up all data center hosts and deploy the NSX platform.

At the next stage, the company plans to connect the updated data center to external networks and complete the implementation of monitoring and micro-segmentation tools using a distributed fi rewall, which is part of NSX. When the project is complete, the data center will become the default tra� c exchange point.

“We compared several options for building a network architecture on various platforms, while taking into account further opportunities for IT infrastructure upgrade, from the perspective of security requirements and the need for a phased commissioning of capacities,” said Zenkin. “As a result of a detailed market analysis, we chose the VMware NSX platform — a reliable solution that can improve the failover and disaster recovery characteristics of all enterprises at the industrial site. We also consulted our long-time partner SoftwareONE. They helped to design the architecture which was later approved by VMware.”

Results and Business AdvantagesThe project now moves to the second of three stages. This has already allowed RPC UWC to utilize key services e� ciently and proceed to the next stages to set up the target confi guration at the Tikhvin industrial site.

The IT specialists note that data security management has already become much simpler. They can now run policies restricting access to non-company information, which keeps corporate data more secure. At the same time, RPC UWC has improved the availability of services for users from all over the world, and made administration simpler.

“After the VMware NSX Data Center deployment, only the minimum number of experts will be required for infrastructure management. By automating processes, we eliminate the need for intervention by network administration sta� . The UWC was able to abandon physical servers in favor of virtual ones in almost all systems. VMware solutions will help the company to reach the maximum level of virtualization,” commented Anton Saykin, Chief Information O� cer for RPC UWC.

Future PlansWhen the project is complete, RPC UWC plans to deploy software-defi ned networks at all enterprises in the organisation. This will increase the number of virtualized systems at the industrial site from the current 50% to 80%. By implementing NSX Data Center with vRealize Network Insight, RPC UWC can now increase the transparency of IT systems without adding additional employees and acquiring physical equipment. In addition, RPC UWC is actively introducing VMware software-defi ned solutions at its headquarters.