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Global train manufacturer doubles IT infrastructure with zero downtime while gaining greater sustainability on Platform Equinix .
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The Swiss Alps in summer , with a reflective Matterhorn
Founded in Switzerland in 1942 , Stadler is a global manufacturer of customised trains , with a workforce of over 13,000 in various production , engineering and service facilities around the world . Its customers include SBB , the Swiss national railway company ; Deutsche Bahn , Bay
Stadler needed a more reliable and secure data centre IT infrastructure , where it could deliver consolidated and orchestrated access to all its systems and applications for its global users .
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Stadler consolidated various distributed corporate data centres across Europe into two Equinix International Business Exchange ( IBX ) facilities in Zurich , where it houses all of its IT infrastructure and applications for greater and more reliable performance , scalability , security and sustainability .
Challenge
Stadler needed to make its corporate data centres more resilient in the face of climate issues and unreliable infrastructure . Its distributed local data centre model made it difficult for the company to efficiently share business-critical applications
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