IBM PureSystems accommodates BRABUS GmbH in its infrastructure: stakes around critical IT resources.

It is now official, IBM announced today that, BRABUS GmbH will move their external communications and IT cloud computing infrastructure to the Black Point Arts’ City Cloud powered by IBM PureSystems.

This means that, BRABUS will gain flexible access to critical IT
resources; to better handle increases in data volumes, improve response times related to images and videos on their website, and increase access to content for their BRABUS Car Configurator.

 “We are experts in the design and upgrading of automobiles, and Black Point Arts are experts in IT which is why we are turning to them,”. “Since the beginning of 2013, we have been using IT from the City Cloud to make our external communication scalable, flexible, and secure. We are very satisfied with the IT, which has run without fail around the clock so that customers in more than 100 countries can access our website at all times.” says Hans-Jörg Asche, Head of IT at BRABUS GmbH.

For those who unfamiliar, BRABUS GmbH has a global reputation and a leading market position in vehicle tuning, primarily Mercedes-Benz, AMG and smart models, upgrades aircraft or yachts.
“In the City Cloud we offer a flexible and powerful IT infrastructure that can be adapted at any time to changes in our customers’ business requirements and framework conditions,” said Dirk Estenfeld, CEO of Frankfurt-based IT service provider Black Point Arts.

About IBM PureSystems family:

The IBM PureSystems family offers clients an alternative to current enterprise computing models, where multiple and disparate systems require significant resources to set up and maintain. The PureFlex System enables organizations to more efficiently create and manage an infrastructure. PureApplication Systems help organizations reduce the cost and complexity of rapidly deploying and managing applications. PureData Systems are tuned for cloud computing and can consolidate more than 100 databases on a single system. In addition to the common web application patterns supported by PureApplication System, the combination of both PureData and PureApplication Systems can be used for end to end transaction workloads.