Brazil’s leading financial services data tech company accelerates time-to-market capabilities with Nutanix hyperconverged solutions.
| Simplified administration of the infrastructure A significant reduction in manual efforts makes it more autonomous and efficient, especially during migration. | Accelerated time-to-market capabilities The Nutanix platform empowered Serasa Experian's internal users to develop products more swiftly. | Reduction of costs and savings The implementation of Nutanix resulted in a substantial reduction in data center space and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The new solution occupies 60% less space than the previous 3-tier architecture. |
Serasa Experian is Brazil's first and largest Datatech and leader in intelligence solutions for analyzing risks and opportunities, focusing on credit journeys, authentication, and fraud prevention. The company connects people and businesses, anticipating the future and transforming the uncertainty of risk into opportunities for everyone.
As a subsidiary of the Experian group, Serasa Experian has a global presence with local expertise. The company has a presence in 30 countries and has operated in the Brazilian market for 55 years.
With almost 5,000 employees in Brazil, Serasa Experian continues to expand. Their strategic initiatives position them as a dynamic force at the intersection of finance and technology, with a keen focus on sustained growth and technological innovation.
“The Nutanix solution provides a better experience for our internal users, making it easier for them to use our tools to benefit our customers more quickly. This is the core of our strategy. The project itself.”
“At Serasa Experian, we play a crucial role in helping people and companies understand risks and opportunities, thus facilitating decision-making at all business cycle stages. We also empower consumers with solutions to improve their financial health and provide access to fairer and more sustainable credit. Our approach is based on innovation. We are constantly incorporating the most advanced capabilities in analytical intelligence, combining multiple sources of information with cutting-edge technology to reveal what not everyone can see and go beyond the obvious,” details Henrique Adametes, IT Infrastructure Manager at Serasa Experian.
The client highlights Serasa's strengths in the market while also identifying room for growth. “We're the market leader by a long shot; we're more than twice as far ahead as all the competitors put together, but they were born driven by faster technology. This year, our main KPI is to reduce the Time to Market and be more aggressive.
Working in collaboration with Nutanix and the technology partner Add Value, Serasa Experian implemented the Nutanix solution, primarily utilizing hyperconvergence Infrastructure (HCI) for VDI purposes. Nutanix HCI supported the VDI needs of Serasa Experian's internal users, catering to around a thousand virtual desktops. The Citrix platform seamlessly integrated with Nutanix to deliver VDIs.
Nutanix provided Serasa with the solutions it needed to support employees. “The Nutanix platform serves our VDI workload - our Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Many mergers and acquisitions are happening, and new companies come with people. And we needed to provide virtual workstations for everyone. That’s where Nutanix came in,” the client explains.
“When looking for a new hyperconverged solution, we considered business cases and took into account the technical and financial factors. Nutanix won on both counts,” states Henrique.
“The Nutanix platform helps us by providing our internal users with the ability to have technology faster so that we can develop products. So today, the platform only serves our internal users, but how does it reach the market? The internal user has VDI Linux, which can develop faster, and we can now reach the market in a more assertive and effective way,” concludes Henrique.
Overall, Nutanix's solution at Serasa Experian has delivered transformative benefits. The strategic alignment with their business goals and the ongoing commitment to further expansion demonstrates the sustained value derived from Nutanix's technology solutions.
Data center consolidation
The Nutanix solution enhanced resource utilization and contributed to long-term operational cost reductions. The client details the most significant benefits of deploying the VDI environment on Nutanix, which are data center consolidation and reducing expensive data center space.
Cost reductionImplementing
Nutanix's solution helped achieve remarkable cost-reduction benefits, and one of the standout outcomes was optimizing operational expenses. This significant reduction reflects the efficiency gains and advantages of the streamlined hyperconverged infrastructure.
Agile development
Nutanix's solution has empowered Serasa Experian's internal users, particularly developers, to work more efficiently. The streamlined Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has contributed to faster product development, aligning with the company's key performance indicator of reducing time-to-market. “The integrations we have from Nutanix with the VDI provisioning platform, which is Citrix, are very quick. They're simple and easy, so there's much less manual effort today. And the main thing is that we've managed to expand and grow our VDI park,” details Henrique.
Strategic independence
Serasa Experian's adoption of Nutanix aligns with a broader strategy to reduce dependence on specific vendors. Nutanix's HCI solution provided an environment that ensures the company's greater autonomy, flexibility, and long-term viability.
Serasa Experian is committed to leveraging Nutanix's capabilities to achieve continued growth, efficiency, and strategic autonomy.
“It's important to emphasize the level of partnership, which was crucial to the project's success, both in terms of design, pricing, delivery, implementation, and after-sales support from Nutanix and Add Value. We have a level of reliability and a very close relationship with both partners, which were fundamental for the project to happen and for us to believe that the platform can serve us in more products in the future,” details Henrique.
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04/2024