Case Study: Toshiba halves server operating costs and ensures high availability with Oracle SPARC T4 and Oracle Solaris

Toshiba Halves Server Operating Costs Through Use of Private Cloud Ensures High Availability, and Bolsters Business Efficiency

Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, needed to consolidate legacy, department‑based hardware hosting more than 100 business‑critical applications (HR, accounting, procurement, sales, production control) into a private cloud to ensure high availability, scalability, and lower costs. The challenge also required a fast, low‑risk migration to a modern platform to maintain business continuity for critical manufacturing operations.

Toshiba deployed Oracle SPARC T4‑2 servers running Oracle Solaris with Oracle VM Server for SPARC and Solaris Legacy Containers, completing the migration in four months without changing applications. The private‑cloud consolidation cut operational and maintenance costs by 50%, reduced data‑center floor space by 75%, consolidated 100+ apps to fewer than 20, improved availability and scalability, accelerated manufacturing response times, and minimized additional development, training, and maintenance expenses.

Toshiba

Shuichi Nagao

Chief Specialist, IT Standard Management Group, Information Systems Division