Cosmetics Giant Reduces Storage Costs by 20 Percent and Administration Time by 60 Percent With 3PAR
FREMONT, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/24/09 -- 3PAR®
(NYSE: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, announced
today that Mary Kay®, one of the
largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmetics, has reduced
storage capacity and associated energy requirements by 50 percent by
deploying highly virtualized 3PAR Utility Storage. With 3PAR, Mary Kay has
reduced storage costs by 20 percent and achieved an administration time
savings of 60 percent over legacy storage, which is not virtualized. Since
deploying 3PAR, Mary Kay has not only reduced CAPEX and OPEX, but has also
significantly increased high availability in their storage environment. In
addition, 3PAR Utility Storage has given Mary Kay superior performance and
scalability in their storage infrastructure, enabling the cosmetics giant
to better meet customer demands.
"We needed high-performance storage that was highly reliable, available,
and extremely economical. Plus it needed to retain these benefits while
scaling to meet future growth," said Todd Thelen, Technology Leader at Mary
Kay. "This is precisely what 3PAR delivered."
Mary Kay products are sold in more than 35 markets worldwide, online and
through the company's global independent sales force, which exceeds 2
million. To better serve its independent beauty consultants and their
customers, the cosmetics company needed a highly virtualized storage
infrastructure to support the core applications necessary for the online
business that accounts for 97 percent of the company's total revenues. In
addition, Mary Kay was looking to simplify their storage environment and
their online look and feel. The company required a robust storage
infrastructure that would allow them to expand their global footprint while
simultaneously addressing existing reliability, availability, and
performance issues pertaining to their online business.
"3PAR Utility Storage has proven itself to be a very competitive offering
and a highly reliable solution in comparison to the legacy storage
technology we have utilized," said Thelen. "3PAR's advanced virtualization
technologies helped us feel more comfortable with mixed workloads, and the
platform's efficiency has allowed us to achieve administration time savings
of up to 60 percent."
Mary Kay has met its worldwide storage needs by implementing six 3PAR
InServ® Storage Servers for its existing datacenters in Asia Pacific,
Europe, and the United States. The superior agility and efficiency of the
3PAR Utility Storage platform combined with its compelling economics have
enabled the beauty company to do more with less.
