Published on 01-Nov-2010
Validated on 01 Mar 2013
"Using the network intelligence technology from Qosmos on the System x3850 X5 with Intel Xeon processor is going to create a revolution in the industry." - Jacques Combet, strategy and business development director, GfK m2
Customer:
GfK Group
Industry:
Computer Services
Deployment country:
France
Solution:
IT/infrastructure, Energy Efficiency, Linux
IBM Business Partner:
QOSMOS, Linux
Overview
GfK Group is the fourth-largest market research company in the world, delivering market research services that include monitoring of mobile Internet usage.
Business need:
Huge volumes of data are involved in this process, requiring tremendous processing power to ensure rapid analysis and timely reporting.
Solution:
GfK has partnered with IBM Business Partner Qosmos, a network intelligence company, and has chosen for its processing needs an IBM System x3850 X5 powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series.
Benefits:
The IBM solution delivers the high-performance processing required for massive data analysis, provides the scalability to analyze up to one billion packets per second, and saves space and energy costs.
Video
This video shows how GfK Group, the fourth-largest market research company in the world, and Qosmos, a network intelligence firm, work together to measure and analyze data from millions of websites using the IBM System x3850 X5 featuring the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series.
Products and services used
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Hardware:
System x: System x3850 X5
Operating system:
Linux
Legal Information
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