Case Study: Energia Communications achieves a high-performance, secure EneWings Cloud with NetApp FlexPod

High-performance, High-quality Cloud Service Based on NetApp, Cisco, and VMware-verified FlexPod Solution

Energia Communications, a regional telecommunications carrier in Japan’s Chugoku region, leveraged its extensive optical-fiber network and customer relationships to launch EneWings Cloud, a high-quality, high-security cloud service for corporate customers. The company faced the challenge of building a cloud infrastructure that could host mission‑critical systems with guaranteed resource allocation, native file services compatible with customers’ Active Directory, multi‑tenant isolation, and the flexibility to meet diverse future needs — all while shortening time-to-market.

Energia implemented a verified FlexPod solution combining Cisco UCS servers and Nexus networking, VMware vSphere virtualization, and NetApp FAS storage in an active/active configuration with SnapMirror/SnapRestore protection. The result was rapid, reliable deployment (service launched Dec 2011), stable operations with no major hardware or performance issues, secure multi‑tenant storage, growing customer adoption (including a Hiroshima local government), and expanded service options (UTM, VPN, web conferencing) with plans to extend multisite disaster recovery across its data centers.

Energia Communications

Hiroyuki Takeda

Systems Technology Team Manager, Communications Equipment Department, Communications Technology Division