CASE STUDY as a Service( IaaS) – enabling Deluca to get high performance without a costly capital purchase.
“ Aside from being extremely cost-efficient, TruScale IaaS gives us the peace of mind that Lenovo is monitoring our solution 24 / 7,” said Delaney.
“ We also greatly value the fact that Lenovo supports the entire lifecycle, as data sovereignty and security are very important for us. At the end of the five-year service agreement, we can migrate to brand-new hardware and securely dispose of the data on the previous hardware using Lenovo Asset Recovery Services.”
Working with Lenovo and Nutanix, Deluca rapidly and seamlessly migrated to the new HCI solution. Today, the company runs its core applications at a new colocation data centre, monitored remotely by Lenovo.
“ Deploying the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX1331 Certified Nodes was very straightforward,” said Delaney.
“ Using Nutanix Move, migrating our data was simple and seamless – and we were so confident in the new platform that we cut over to the new solution on a Monday evening. Everything went very smoothly and the support we received from Lenovo throughout the process was outstanding.”
“ We count ourselves fortunate to have three exceptionally strong partners: Lenovo, Nutanix and Truis. Whenever we have a question, we know the help we need is always close at hand.”
The results
By shifting to a highly performant and scalable HCI solution with Lenovo TruScale IaaS, Deluca is laying the foundations for fast-paced future growth.“ Practically overnight, we boosted the performance of our key applications by 25 % – and we’ ve sized our environment to support three-fold business growth over the next five years,” said Delaney.
Deluca, Lenovo and Nutanix – the results
• 25 % boost in application performance
• 15 % reduction in operational costs
• 10 % time saving on infrastructure management
At the same time, Lenovo TruScale IaaS has eliminated the need to replace aging equipment with costly capital purchases and engage costly external resources for management and maintenance.
Delaney said:“ With Lenovo TruScale IaaS, we’ re achieving cost-savings of around 15 % a year compared to a like-for-like capex solution deployed on premises. That’ s extremely valuable, because it allows us to redirect investment to areas such as cybersecurity.”
“ The combination of Lenovo TruScale IaaS and Nutanix gives us a cutting-edge platform to build our business. For a lean IT team like ours, the low management requirements make my life so much easier.”
Why Lenovo?
“ At the same time, our Lenovo XClarity and Nutanix Prism management tools are reducing our workload by 10 % – which gives us time back to focus on supporting our end users.”
Equipped with ultra-responsive applications, teams across Deluca can drive new projects more effectively. Delaney said:“ Our estimating, finance, and property development teams run at a higher level of efficiency because of the boost in application performance. Ultimately, our Lenovo and Nutanix solution will help us get projects to the build stage faster.”
Deluca began evaluating Lenovo for its reliable, high-quality hardware and its strong partnership with Nutanix. When the company discovered TruScale IaaS, it was convinced it had found the perfect solution.“ Lenovo TruScale IaaS and Nutanix have fundamentally changed how we approach IT at Deluca, and I see the collaboration lasting for a very long time,” said Delaney.“ Over the past 12 months, we’ ve seen quantifiable improvements in application performance and business efficiency – and we can grow to three-times the number of employees we have today without adding any new hardware.” p
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