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	CloudBolt Creates Elastic Cloud for Neustar

CloudBolt Creates Elastic Cloud for Neustar

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Telecommunications
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Procurement
Use Cases	Fleet Management Predictive Maintenance
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Neustar relied on an internally developed provisioning platform to build resources in a new state of the art data center. However, due to other critical priorities, Neustar administrators were unable to allocate the time needed to extend and maintain the system. As a result, IT began to rely on AWS more and more to meet the service delivery demands of their customers. This resulted in a hefty AWS bill and an expensive datacenter being underutilized. Neustar needed a solution that would better leverage the existing capital investment and deliver services to their customers in a timely and simple manner. Specifically, an “AWSlike” experience combined with the necessary visibility and control of costs and assets. Read More
About Customer	Neustar, Inc. is a provider of real-time information and analysis. The Company operates in three segments: carrier services, enterprise services and information services. The Company combines data sets to develop algorithms, models, point solutions and complete workflow solutions. Neustar has an annual revenue of over $1 billion and employs over 1,500 people. The company is headquartered in Sterling, VA and is listed on the NYSE under the ticker NSR. Neustar's technologies include virtualization platforms such as VMware, AWS, and Openstack, configuration management tool Chef, ticketing system ServiceNow, IP management tool Infoblox, and monitoring tool Check_MK. The company manages over 10,000 VMs. Read More
Solution	CloudBolt provided Neustar with the resources to be the “broker” of IT resources; regardless if the resources are in VMware or AWS. The ordering form for any VM has become standardized and run through IT, service delivery speed was met, and Core Services has a holistic view to Who owns it, Where it is deployed, When it expires, and How much it cost. In addition to discovering Neustar’s existing servers, CloudBolt connected to the Chef installation and automatically imported the available Chef recipes, cookbooks, and roles. Chef content was then ready to re-use from within CloudBolt as applications that could be added to and removed from servers. CloudBolt’s orchestration hooks enabled Neustar to tightly integrate with existing workflow components. For example, Infoblox was configured within CloudBolt for IP address management during provisioning and modification of networks. Orchestration hooks also enabled CloudBolt to create ServiceNow tickets when provisioning requests were approved as well as update the CMDB as services were modified or deleted. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Procurement

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Neustar relied on an internally developed provisioning platform to build resources in a new state of the art data center. However, due to other critical priorities, Neustar administrators were unable to allocate the time needed to extend and maintain the system. As a result, IT began to rely on AWS more and more to meet the service delivery demands of their customers. This resulted in a hefty AWS bill and an expensive datacenter being underutilized. Neustar needed a solution that would better leverage the existing capital investment and deliver services to their customers in a timely and simple manner. Specifically, an “AWSlike” experience combined with the necessary visibility and control of costs and assets.

About Customer

Neustar, Inc. is a provider of real-time information and analysis. The Company operates in three segments: carrier services, enterprise services and information services. The Company combines data sets to develop algorithms, models, point solutions and complete workflow solutions. Neustar has an annual revenue of over $1 billion and employs over 1,500 people. The company is headquartered in Sterling, VA and is listed on the NYSE under the ticker NSR. Neustar's technologies include virtualization platforms such as VMware, AWS, and Openstack, configuration management tool Chef, ticketing system ServiceNow, IP management tool Infoblox, and monitoring tool Check_MK. The company manages over 10,000 VMs.

Solution

CloudBolt provided Neustar with the resources to be the “broker” of IT resources; regardless if the resources are in VMware or AWS. The ordering form for any VM has become standardized and run through IT, service delivery speed was met, and Core Services has a holistic view to Who owns it, Where it is deployed, When it expires, and How much it cost. In addition to discovering Neustar’s existing servers, CloudBolt connected to the Chef installation and automatically imported the available Chef recipes, cookbooks, and roles. Chef content was then ready to re-use from within CloudBolt as applications that could be added to and removed from servers. CloudBolt’s orchestration hooks enabled Neustar to tightly integrate with existing workflow components. For example, Infoblox was configured within CloudBolt for IP address management during provisioning and modification of networks. Orchestration hooks also enabled CloudBolt to create ServiceNow tickets when provisioning requests were approved as well as update the CMDB as services were modified or deleted.

Impact #1	Faster VM provisioning
Impact #2	Single Pane of Glass Reporting
Impact #3	Service Catalog with 1-click ordering

Impact #1

Faster VM provisioning

Impact #2

Single Pane of Glass Reporting

Impact #3

Service Catalog with 1-click ordering

Benefit #1	Reduced AWS bill by roughly $3m annually
Benefit #2	Increased utilization of existing multi-million dollar data center
Benefit #3	Fully integrated with existing infrastructure and tools in 2 weeks

Benefit #1

Reduced AWS bill by roughly $3m annually

Benefit #2

Increased utilization of existing multi-million dollar data center

Benefit #3

Fully integrated with existing infrastructure and tools in 2 weeks

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CloudBolt Creates Elastic Cloud for Neustar

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