NPCL eliminate silos in network, storage, and transform a complex network typology over a unified platform to automate, optimize, and manage compute, storage, and networking
NPCL distributes power in Greater Noida, a city in Uttar Pradesh in northern India, to over 150,000 customers. Serving homes, industries, and businesses, NPCL prioritizes reliability, accessibility, and customer satisfaction.
NPCL faced a multitude of challenges that demanded a comprehensive network overhaul. Eliminating individual IT workloads and operations was crucial to ensuring consistency, agility, and transparency. Moreover, to avoid silos in network, storage, and compute operations, it was necessary to be controlled and operated by single personnel. To address these hurdles, NPCL collaborated with Cisco.
Cisco Intersight unified compute, storage, and networking to unlock the full potential of hyperconverged infrastructure. It provided advanced server management with extended visibility, ecosystem integration, and automation of both Cisco and third-party hardware and software, along with multi-domain solutions
By carefully analyzing features and usability, the CX team addressed underutilization of features and optimized returns on investment for NPCL. The Cisco CX team played a pivotal role in unlocking hidden capabilities that were beyond the scope of the initial Statement of Work (SOW), eventually helping enable additional functionalities and facilitating the hyperconvergence journey.
The CX team ensured deep engagement, solution optimization, advocacy, consultancy, and thought leadership, by adopting industry best practices and segment intelligence. This helped increase profitability and enhance operations in the long run.
Prior to its hyperconvergence days, NPCL experienced multiple incidents at various touchpoints. Since adopting Cisco solutions, fabric interconnect capabilities have zero dependency, and a unified fabric is managed efficiently by a single resource. Post-deployment there have been zero incidents across the entire IT system.
NPCL’s consolidated console for the entire length and breadth of its IT has helped facilitate combined computing, networking, and storage into a managed solution that is easy to manage. Accompanying this is the deployment of Cisco Intersight, which transforms infrastructure management by harnessing the power of the cloud for agile IT delivery, incorporating advanced automation for enhanced efficiency.
Through the incorporation of top-tier industry standards and deep domain understanding, NPCL has been empowered to drive profitability and operational excellence. Evolving business needs are seamlessly synchronized with technology investments and solution optimizations, positioning NPCL to better navigate evolving challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
