Case Study: Carhartt achieves international growth and saves USD 1.1 million with IBM Power Systems and IBM Storage

Drives international growth while saving USD 1.1 million with IBM i, IBM Power Systems and IBM Storage

Carhartt, the global workwear brand, needed to expand its international online sales while keeping IT operations lean for a team of just three people. As growth increased system complexity and costs, Carhartt looked to IBM and its IBM i, IBM Power Systems, and IBM Storage solutions to create a scalable, low-cost digital architecture that could support rising demand.

IBM helped Carhartt migrate from older servers to IBM Power Systems with IBM POWER8 processors and IBM Storage, consolidating infrastructure and simplifying management. The result was a USD 1.1 million savings estimate, a 70% reduction in physical data center footprint, and 75% faster report times, while also improving reliability and enabling easy expansion through virtual servers as international sales grew.

Carhartt

Michael Karasienski

Supervisor