Slovenia | Utilities

Dravske elektrarne Maribor

S&T implements IT Management and Control Framework

Dravske elektrarne Maribor is the largest Slovenian producer of electric power using renewable energy sources. With eight hydroelectric power plants, Dravske elektrarne Maribor generates 25% of Slovenia’s electric power and as much as 80% of all Slovenian electric power that is produced in compliance with the renewable energy sources criteria. The company, owned by Holding Slovenske Elektrarne, is among the largest investors in the construction of power plants on the Lower Sava River.
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The challenge

S&T Slovenija implemented an IT infrastructure management system at Dravske elektrarne Maribor to ensure comprehensive proactive control over servers, services and the network. Microsoft and HP software was used in the project, which was carried out over a six month period.
Major challenge was short time of implementation and integration of various different IT systems (Microsoft - MS MOM, HP OpenView Service desk).

The project

Servers that run Microsoft services (Active Directory, Internet Information Services, SQL Server Cluster, DHCP service, etc.) are managed through the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 software solution. This substantially reduced the complexity of managing the extensive IT environment and improved the efficiency of IT processes.
Control over the network was established with HP Openview Network Node Manager software, which collects information from WAN and LAN devices. The networks are functionally divided into business IT system, local management system, central management, MAN network and DWDM nodes. All critical events are logged by the HP Openview Service Desk application, which notifies the responsible persons, who are able to resolve the issues in the shortest time possible.


Benefit for the customer

  • shorten the downtime
  • proactive control over servers, services and network
  • cost-efficient solution for maintaining network and server availability


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