LEARNING FROM LOSS TO PROVIDE
A WINNING SOLUTION
When the Navy originally chose their
solution for the common processor
system (CPS), Mercury received
an excellent rating but came in
second to the IBM BladeCenter due
to a technicality. Convinced it had
the better solution, Mercury went
back to work, turning its offering
into something smaller, faster,
and more modular. When Lenovo
bought BladeCenter, Mercury
contacted the Navy with a plug-in
and requirements-ready solution:
RES HD. Funding challenges were
quickly resolved with the CPS prime
contractor, allowing Mercury to
provide replacements and new ship
hardware for AEGIS tactical servers.
SECURED SHIPS WITH HIGHER-
PERFORMING SOLUTIONS
The U.S. Navy was able to remove
technology that presented an
unexpected security risk on its ships
and replace it with secure, cost-
effective processing with higher
performance. RES HD requires
minimal shipboard maintenance,
and its modularity and better
performance also give the Navy the
ability to reallocate part of the server
stack to run a prototype of an AEGIS
virtual twin. This technology also
comes with a future roadmap for
the Navy, as Mercury 's new common
module system is set to launch in late
2022 or early 2023.
An unplanned and time-sensitive full stack replacement produced a
modular and interoperable solution in a smaller, faster package
HD Modular
Blade Servers
"Plug-and-pull" blades,
purpose-built for evolving workloads
that deliver cost savings
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change without notice
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