Case Studies CloudBolt Dramatically Reduces Time-toValue, OpEx for Major Software Enterprise

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	CloudBolt Dramatically Reduces Time-toValue, OpEx for Major Software Enterprise

CloudBolt Dramatically Reduces Time-toValue, OpEx for Major Software Enterprise

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Inventory Management Predictive Maintenance Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Before CloudBolt, the enterprise relied on a complicated integration of vCloud Orchestrator, Chef, and a ticketing system to run their server provisioning processes. They struggled with slow turnaround time, a lack of governance, and difficulty understanding their costs. The time required to provision a single VM was reduced from one business day to just 15 minutes. The time to onboard new hosted clients was reduced from seven days to under 30 minutes. Read More
About Customer	This enterprise designs learning and education software for enterprise/school groups. It’s a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. The company has 3,000 employees and an annual revenue of $700 million. It is located in the Eastern United States. Read More
Solution	With CloudBolt, the enterprise enabled: Dramatically faster VM provisioning and customer onboarding times, Chargeback/shameback with cost tracking and transparency across lines of business, Policies and quotas for controlling usage and access to resources, Deployments that conformed to company security and operations policies, Real-time software license management and tracking, Self-testing of the operations environment. CloudBolt’s orchestration hooks feature enabled the company to tightly integrate with existing workflow components. For example, InfoBlox was configured within CloudBolt for IP address management during provisioning and modification of networks. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Predictive Maintenance

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Before CloudBolt, the enterprise relied on a complicated integration of vCloud Orchestrator, Chef, and a ticketing system to run their server provisioning processes. They struggled with slow turnaround time, a lack of governance, and difficulty understanding their costs. The time required to provision a single VM was reduced from one business day to just 15 minutes. The time to onboard new hosted clients was reduced from seven days to under 30 minutes.

About Customer

This enterprise designs learning and education software for enterprise/school groups. It’s a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. The company has 3,000 employees and an annual revenue of $700 million. It is located in the Eastern United States.

Solution

With CloudBolt, the enterprise enabled: Dramatically faster VM provisioning and customer onboarding times, Chargeback/shameback with cost tracking and transparency across lines of business, Policies and quotas for controlling usage and access to resources, Deployments that conformed to company security and operations policies, Real-time software license management and tracking, Self-testing of the operations environment. CloudBolt’s orchestration hooks feature enabled the company to tightly integrate with existing workflow components. For example, InfoBlox was configured within CloudBolt for IP address management during provisioning and modification of networks.

Impact #1	Improved margin reporting and pricing
Impact #2	Customer satisfaction through better availability
Impact #3	Faster turn-around with smart automation and integrations

Impact #1

Improved margin reporting and pricing

Impact #2

Customer satisfaction through better availability

Impact #3

Faster turn-around with smart automation and integrations

Benefit #1	The time required to provision a single VM was reduced from one business day to just 15 minutes.
Benefit #2	The time to onboard new hosted clients was reduced from seven days to under 30 minutes.

Benefit #1

The time required to provision a single VM was reduced from one business day to just 15 minutes.

Benefit #2

The time to onboard new hosted clients was reduced from seven days to under 30 minutes.

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CloudBolt Dramatically Reduces Time-toValue, OpEx for Major Software Enterprise

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