Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. Chooses VMware, Inc. Virtualization Platform
October 14 2008 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), the global leader in virtualization
solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced that
Peet�s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEET), the premier specialty
coffee and tea company in the U.S., has deployed VMware
Infrastructure 3 and VMware Stage Manager to create a scalable,
efficient and reliable platform for enterprise resource planning
(ERP), store-level inventory management, and pre-production
application testing. VMware was chosen by Peet�s to support its
unique �roast-to-order� fulfillment system and integrated system
requirements to meet the needs of its multi-channel customers: more
than 180 company-owned stores, home delivery, direct store delivery
(grocery), food service and office coffee partners. Peet�s requires
a highly efficient platform and reliable infrastructure to support
its unrivaled commitment to delivering customers the freshest,
roast-to-order coffee available anywhere. The Company turned to
VMware�s virtualization platform in 2007 not only to meet this
commitment but to also reduce power consumption and hardware costs.
Since the rollout, VMware Infrastructure has proven to be highly
effective for Peet�s. Application performance has improved
significantly since the company deployed VMware Infrastructure, and
VMware�s unique VMotion capability allows the Company to
proactively minimize planned downtime and optimize application
availability. To date, Peet�s has virtualized 80 percent of its IT
infrastructure, reducing the number of physical hosts in its
datacenter from approximately 100 to 20. �VMware has delivered on
its promise to reduce overall TCO not only by streamlining system
management but also by allowing us to significantly reduce our data
center footprint which reduces both direct electrical consumption
and HVAC costs,� said Jeff Tatum, director, infrastructure &
security, Peet�s Coffee & Tea, Inc. Another area where Peet�s
is leveraging virtualization is pre-production application and
system testing. VMware Stage Manager is helping the Company improve
IT efficiency and time to market. Stage Manager reduces competition
for hardware resources and allows multiple virtualized application
environments to be run concurrently rather than sequentially in
hardware-based environments. Tatum added, �By leveraging Stage
Manager and VMware templates to speed provisioning, testing and
deployment of new applications, we have increased the productivity
of our infrastructure group by an order of magnitude.� About VMware
VMware (NYSE:VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions
from the desktop to the datacenter. Customers of all sizes rely on
VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business
continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2007 revenues of
$1.3 billion, more than 120,000 customers and nearly 18,000
partners, VMware is one of the fastest growing public software
companies. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is
majority-owned by EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) and on the web at
www.vmware.com. About Peet�s Coffee & Tea, Inc. Peet�s Coffee
& Tea, Inc. (PEET), is the premier specialty coffee and tea
company in the United States. Peet�s buys the highest quality beans
in the world, artisan roasts every bean by hand to order, and
delivers all of its coffee quickly for superior freshness no matter
where it is sold. Founded in 1966 in Berkeley, Calif., by Alfred
Peet, who is widely recognized as the grandfather of specialty
coffee in the U.S., Peet�s has a rapidly growing, passionate
customer following that seeks out Peet�s coffees wherever they go.
Peet�s is committed to strategically growing its business through
many channels without compromising the extraordinary quality of its
coffee. For more information about Peet�s Coffee & Tea, Inc.
visit www.peets.com. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark
of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.
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their respective companies.
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