COUNTRY FOCUS : ARGENTINA
Enterprise customers of Telefónica Movistar Argentina , the Argentinian subsidiary of Telefónica , were demanding improved flexibility , control and cost efficiency . Threatened by eroding competitive advantage on data center and IT services , the telecommunications company needed to respond rapidly .
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Working with Red Hat Consulting , Telefónica Movistar Argentina implemented Managed Cloud built on Red Hat technologies . Red Hat Consulting brought experience along with a direct channel to other organizations within Red Hat , such as Red Hat Support , products and technologies . It also helped Telefónica rapidly develop the skills needed for this challenging project . The resulting open and efficient platform allows the telco to offer a self-service portal with self-management capabilities and has cut both provisioning and IT delivery times .
Managing a heterogeneous data center
With clients demanding self-management capabilities , Telefónica Movistar Argentina began looking to adopt an open source solution . Open source would make it easier to deliver capabilities across its heterogeneous environment and , at the same time , accelerate provisioning . It would also allow the company to avoid vendor lock-in .
Telefónica Movistar Argentina was already a Red Hat customer , and Red Hat technologies were helping various parts of its business improve efficiency and reduce deployment times .
The B2B segment began exploring whether Red Hat could help with its quest to offer self-management capabilities and simplify deployments in its heterogeneous data center .
Ignacio Vago Anaya , Operational Marketing Director , Telefónica Argentina , said : “ Red Hat ’ s roadmap
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