Independent bookmakers Betfred has chosen
Nimsoft
software to help manage its IT infrastructure.
The gambling firm is due to implement NimBUS server monitoring
and management solution across its 680 UK shops. The roll-out is
designed to manage the firm’s critical line-of-business
applications to help provide real-time betting to its
customers.
NimBUS is designed to ensure that the underlying IT
infrastructure is available and operating at peak performance
according to the requirements of its business. The deployment is
expected to be completed by the end of 2007.
As Betfred decided to migrate to a new real-time betting
transaction and risk management software, it was clear its
extensive IT infrastructure had to be better monitored and managed
to support the demands of a real time business.
Andy Burgess, network manager at Betfred, said the firm had to deal
with 83,000 bets on an average Saturday.
“IT is the lynchpin upon which the business delivers exceptional
service and value. When a bet is placed in a shop or online, the
customer expects the resulting transaction to be prompt and
accurate. This places huge demands on our servers and
infrastructure and we need to know that it is performing within
acceptable parameters.”
He said NimBUS removed the guesswork from monitoring.
“We now have the capability to monitor individual servers,
components and availability at a glance through the dashboard tool.
NimBUS alerts us to potential and actual problems based on
parameters that we have established. The result is that we are in a
far stronger position to deliver the service levels that the
business expects and ensure the resources are available to support
Betfred’s growth strategy.”
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