Case Study: ERS Insurance Group achieves a more agile, cost‑efficient storage platform with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Storage Rethink Creates More Agile Business Platform for ERS

ERS Insurance Group, a specialist motor insurer undergoing a digital transformation and back‑office replatforming, ran into storage performance and capacity bottlenecks as applications and data migrations accelerated. ERS worked with long‑time supplier Hewlett Packard Enterprise, selecting HPE storage solutions—notably HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE Capacity on Demand via HPE Financial Services—to address performance, density and consumption-model challenges.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise replaced legacy arrays with HPE 3PAR StoreServ all‑flash systems (8440c/7440c) and HPE StoreOnce backup appliances, and delivered a Capacity on Demand pay‑per‑use model. The HPE implementation cut backup times by 20%, reduced latency by up to 500%, sped call handling by 30%, lowered three‑year support costs by 24%, and is expected to save over £60,000/year in power and cooling while providing 30% headroom for growth—giving ERS a more agile, cost‑efficient platform.

ERS Insurance Group

Jon Shippey

Head of IT Operations