Hewitt installs six IBM z900 enterprise serversArmonk 22 March 2001 Hewitt Associates implemented the first IBM eServer z900 mainframe Parallel Sysplex clustering solution. The multi-million dollar investment includes six IBM z900 enterprise servers, enabling Hewitt to supply near continuous benefits administratio
Hewitt, the largest provider of multi-service benefits outsourcing
in the U.S., is using six IBM z900 servers to support the growth of
their robust benefits administration system. This system fully
integrates defined benefit, defined contribution and health and
welfare administration and easily integrates with other systems via
open standards. With IBM's Parallel Sysplex technology, Hewitt has the
capacity, flexibility and availability required to serve all of their
clients' needs.
Hewitt handles nearly 54 million customer interactions annually in
real time, through the Internet, interactive voice response (IVR)
system and Benefits Center. The reliability, scalability and
industry-leading security features of the z900 will enable Hewitt to
meet the especially heavy demand during the fall enrollment period
when customer interactions reach their peak.
The IBM Parallel Sysplex architecture features a
data-sharing environment. Unlike some clustering technologies that
partition databases, in a Parallel Sysplex cluster all processing
power and data can be available to all servers. In the unlikely event
of a server failure, this "shared data" design allows the workload to
be distributed across the entire Parallel Sysplex cluster and resumed
without interrupting applications or operations.
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