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WE HAVE PLACED ALL OUR ESSENTIAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKLOADS AND APPLICATIONS ON TO THE NEW SOLUTION .
With 40,000 people , the City of Unley is rich in history , character and atmosphere and centrally located only minutes from Adelaide ’ s city center . To better meet the needs of its residents and businesses in the digital age , the city launched a ‘ Digital Unley ’ initiative to transform its services and IT infrastructure to better meet the needs of their community , its workforce and the local economy , while improving the residents ’ lifestyle . of Unley . “ In 2018 , our council endorsed a strategy for using digital technologies to enhance the lifestyle of residents , better manage the environment , support the local economy and continuously improve the delivery of its services .”
Like many local government organizations , the City of Unley has a limited budget and is focused on giving their community the maximum value for their money .
A Nutanix Enterprise Cloud solution was a cornerstone of the council ’ s technology foundation . Migrating its outdated devices to a single hyperconverged infrastructure ( HCI ) has given the council ’ s small IT team the visibility , control and agility to make its transformation initiative a reality .
Roberts and his team had inherited an ageing three-tier infrastructure that offered only limited administrative visibility and was subject to performance issues and downtime . They were looking for a technology platform that could support its transformation , without creating new management expenses .
This scalable foundation for growth will enable Unley to support more data-informed decision making , assistance for local businesses to engage with the digital world and smart technology for improved liveability .
Challenge
The City of Unley in South Australia is a vibrant , dynamic local council that provides a range of valued and diverse services to the surrounding community . Based on the city fringe , approximately four kilometers from Adelaide , the council engages with its community across local business initiatives , community events , arts , environmental sustainability , community services and volunteer programs . The network infrastructure is the cornerstone of the city ’ s operations , and its IT organization strives to offer accessible , secure , simpleto-use digital service options .
“ As we were redeveloping our environment , we wanted to pick a solution that was fairly simple to manage , with a light touch , but was also very robust ,” said Roberts .
Solution
The City of Unley was looking to deploy a fresh infrastructure solution from the ground up and evaluated several different architectures before choosing a Nutanix Enterprise Cloud hyperconverged infrastructure ( HCI ).
“ We selected Nutanix because it gave us a choice of hardware and enabled us to continue to use our VMware investment as well ,” said James . “ It supported on-premises compute so we could maintain our security compliance , while providing a reality approach to management and maintenance .”
“ People everywhere expect to do more online and our residents are no different ,” said James Roberts , Manager of Business Systems and Solutions at City
Unley Council migrated nearly all of its applications and services to two Nutanix clusters with approximately 100 VMs .
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