Imagine being responsible for the management and tracking of 26 million vehicles, 22 million drivers, 93 million parking permits, and 42 million citations across hundreds of parking operations. The operational logistics are mindboggling, not to mention the associated data that needs to be stored, managed, and accessed reliably. T2 Systems Inc., a leader in cloud-based enterprise parking management solutions, does this flawlessly. With the help of some smart EMC technology, EMC VSPEX, T2 can ensure that its clients — spanning universities, municipalities, hospitals, airports, etc. across the U.S. — are able to easily manage their own parking facilities.
Jim Hutchins, T2′s CIO, compares the company’s customer requirements to what people expect from their utility providers. “People expect water from their faucet and don’t even think about the supporting systems and people behind it. It’s the same for us. We don’t want our customers to worry about the back-end technology that runs their parking operations.”
EMC has always believed that best-of-breed products satisfy specific customer requirements much better than multi-purpose products. Let’s face it — if you were out in the wild and you had to cut wood for a fire, you’d want the proper tools for the job. Would you rather have a Swiss Army knife, with its mini-saw and variety of miniature utensils, none of which are particularly efficient — or a full-fledged survival kit with well-made, dependable implements? Data protection needs to be effective and efficient…day after day, time after time.
