Yamaha Motor needed to update its IT infrastructure to support its growing international operations and drive business efficiency. It chose EMC to help transform its infrastructure and develop a hybrid cloud strategy. EMC consolidated 300 operating systems into a private cloud of over 600 virtual servers. This cloud transformation provided Yamaha Motor with higher performance and reliability, faster response to changing business needs, and improved costs and flexibility.

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Making real change
By choosing EMC, Yamaha Motor knew that
it gained a partner committed to making a
difference in how its business operates.
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WHY EMC?
Yamaha Motor operates in a rapidly changing global environment.
Steady international expansion in the last 10 years strained the
IT environment responsible for critical product design,
manufacturing, and distribution operations.To keep pace,
Yamaha needed an agile, flexible solution that could:
SUPPORT
ITS GROWING NUMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES
CHALLENGES
CHOOSETHE
RIGHTRIDE
DRIVE
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY
PROVIDE
KEY SERVICES
QUICKLY & EASILY
Yamaha Motor chose EMCGlobal
Services to transform its entire IT
infrastructure–and develop a long-term
hybrid cloud strategy.
HITTHEROAD
THE SOLUTION
To bring real, systemic change to Yamaha
Motor’s company-wide IT infrastructure, EMC:
CONSOLIDATED
300OPERATING SYSTEMS
CREATED A SECURE
PRIVATE CLOUD OF
600+
VIRTUALSERVERS
HELPED YAMAHA
MAXIMIZE
PRIVATE & PUBLIC CLOUD
THE RESULTS
EMChelped Yamaha Motor build one of
the first hybrid cloud strategies in Japan.
The benefits of this cloud transformation
have been significant:
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FINISHLINE
The EMCPremier Program recognizes innovators
like Yamaha Motor, which are redefining business
and IT in partnership with EMC.
KATSUMOTO KURODA
IT SERVICE OPERATIONS
YAMAHA MOTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD
Legendary brand Yamaha Motor needed a
winning cloud strategy that would transform
its business processes and accelerate
innovation throughout its organization.
POWERFUL
TECHNOLOGIES
Built on EMCandVMware technology,
Yamaha Motor cloud strategy
accelerates business and IT
EMC NetWorker
“VNX offers both the high reliability
required in an enterprise system
as well as the ease of use that is
unique to unified storage.”
KATSUMOTO KURODA
YAMAHA MOTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD
EMC Data Domain
HIGHER
PERFORMANCE &
RELIABILITY
FASTER
RESPONSE TO CHANGING
BUSINESS NEEDS
“The consulting services for our IT transformation, which feature the cooperation
of EMC and VMware, will be very important for the company's IT future.”
TOMOYASU AIBA
GROUP MANAGER
IT TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY GROUP
PROCESS & IT DIVISION
CORPORATE PLANNING & FINANCE CENTER
YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD.
“The move towards
cloud technology is
the exact definition of
innovation.”
“We are always examining new technologies, even in the IT
sector, aiming to introduce them at an early stage. We leverage
IT to propel innovation and ultimately contribute to our growth
as a business.”
TOMOYASU AIBA
GROUP MANAGER
IT TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY GROUP
PROCESS & IT DIVISION
CORPORATE PLANNING & FINANCE CENTER
YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Getting the spirit
Yamaha Motor is known for its
Yaramaika spirit (meaning “Let’s
give it a shot!” in the local dialect of
westernShizuoka Prefecture where
the company’s headquarters is
located).
This spirit of powerful
entrepreneurial innovation helped
inspire company leaders to make
the move to the cloud–and achieve
the real potential of IT.
Serving as a broker
Now Yamaha Motor can deliver
critical services–right when the
business needs them. No waiting.
“Our efforts to support business
innovation through IT will continue
in perpetuity, and we lookforward
to working with EMC as our
strategic partner in the future.”
“We are now able to quickly
respond to changing
business requirements.”
“When a business unit needs to launch a new service, we should not keep
the unit waiting just because our systems cannot keep pace. By transitioning
to a hybrid cloud, we have eliminated the riskof such problems.”
TOMOYASU AIBA
GROUP MANAGER
IT TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY GROUP
PROCESS & IT DIVISION
CORPORATE PLANNING & FINANCE CENTER
YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD.
WORLD-CLASS
EXPERTISE & ADVICE
ADVANCED
IT TECHNOLOGIES FOR
CLOUD & BIG DATA
WIDE-RANGING
EXPERIENCE
TRUSTED
PARTNER WITH YEARS
OF COLLABORATION
IMPROVED
COSTS & GREATER
FLEXIBILITY
SECURITY
OF CRITICAL
BUSINESS DATA
NEW
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INNOVATION
“The applications that are supported by
VMAX are mission-critical systems for
our company. We require high reliability
and VMAX is a perfect fit for this area.”
KATSUMOTO KURODA
YAMAHA MOTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD
“By using NetWorker, Avamar, and Data Domain, it became possible
to backup data to an external site weekly versus monthly.”
KATSUMOTO KURODA
IT SERVICE OPERATIONS
YAMAHA MOTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD
EMPOWERING INNOVATION
AGILE
SECURE
SIMPLE