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DECA Financial Services Cuts 91% of First Year Infrastructure Costs in the Bluelock Cloud

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	DECA Financial Services, an accounts receivable management (ARM) agency, was founded in 2009. The founders had previously experienced significant capital expenditures on IT infrastructure and the personnel required to manage it. As a result, they determined that a cloud hosting provider with scalability and ease-of-use was necessary to host the company’s technology platform for the 2009 launch of DECA. The company operates in highly competitive environments within the ARM industry and frequently outperforms well-known players in the market. DECA tasked Milestone Advisors with finding an infrastructure solution that would enable flexibility and scalability. Read More
About Customer	Founded in 2009, DECA Financial Services is an accounts receivable management (ARM) agency experienced in collecting debt of any type, including—but not limited to— healthcare, student loans, state and local tax portfolios, child support obligations, campus-based tuition accounts, and credit card portfolios. The DECA leadership team brings more than 50 years of experience in the full service accounts receivable management industry. The company operates in the most competitive environments within the ARM industry and frequently outperforms well-known players in the market. Read More
Solution	After a highly systemized procurement process, Bluelock’s VMware-based Virtual Datacenter solution was selected based on competitive pricing, market performance and customer service. Bluelock, a certified VMware vCloud Datacenter Services provider, delivers enterprise-class cloud computing and managed IT services, offering the people, expertise and IT infrastructure in world-class, SAS-70 Type II certified data centers. By leveraging VMware technology, Bluelock is able to provide hosted virtual data centers to the enterprise that are fully compatible with their existing VMware investments, enabling their hybrid cloud strategy. DECA Financial Services moved their CR Systems Titanium SQL-based and dialer integrated collection platform onto Bluelock’s VMware-based Virtual Datacenters and experienced the flexibility, scalability and superior performance they sought. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

DECA Financial Services, an accounts receivable management (ARM) agency, was founded in 2009. The founders had previously experienced significant capital expenditures on IT infrastructure and the personnel required to manage it. As a result, they determined that a cloud hosting provider with scalability and ease-of-use was necessary to host the company’s technology platform for the 2009 launch of DECA. The company operates in highly competitive environments within the ARM industry and frequently outperforms well-known players in the market. DECA tasked Milestone Advisors with finding an infrastructure solution that would enable flexibility and scalability.

About Customer

Founded in 2009, DECA Financial Services is an accounts receivable management (ARM) agency experienced in collecting debt of any type, including—but not limited to— healthcare, student loans, state and local tax portfolios, child support obligations, campus-based tuition accounts, and credit card portfolios. The DECA leadership team brings more than 50 years of experience in the full service accounts receivable management industry. The company operates in the most competitive environments within the ARM industry and frequently outperforms well-known players in the market.

Solution

After a highly systemized procurement process, Bluelock’s VMware-based Virtual Datacenter solution was selected based on competitive pricing, market performance and customer service. Bluelock, a certified VMware vCloud Datacenter Services provider, delivers enterprise-class cloud computing and managed IT services, offering the people, expertise and IT infrastructure in world-class, SAS-70 Type II certified data centers. By leveraging VMware technology, Bluelock is able to provide hosted virtual data centers to the enterprise that are fully compatible with their existing VMware investments, enabling their hybrid cloud strategy. DECA Financial Services moved their CR Systems Titanium SQL-based and dialer integrated collection platform onto Bluelock’s VMware-based Virtual Datacenters and experienced the flexibility, scalability and superior performance they sought.

Impact #1	DECA Financial Services experienced the flexibility, scalability and superior performance they sought.
Impact #2	DECA has also benefited from Bluelock’s team of experts who offer a combined 100+ years of experience operating data centers, virtualizing IT environments and helping companies to achieve their business and IT objectives.
Impact #3	As DECA secures additional collection accounts, the company plans to grow its team from 10 full-time employees to 40 as well as its existing IT environment by the end of 2010.

Impact #1

DECA Financial Services experienced the flexibility, scalability and superior performance they sought.

Impact #2

DECA has also benefited from Bluelock’s team of experts who offer a combined 100+ years of experience operating data centers, virtualizing IT environments and helping companies to achieve their business and IT objectives.

Impact #3

As DECA secures additional collection accounts, the company plans to grow its team from 10 full-time employees to 40 as well as its existing IT environment by the end of 2010.

Benefit #1	DECA's projected first year spend is around $60,000, compared to the original $700,000.
Benefit #2	DECA cut 91% of first year infrastructure costs.

Benefit #1

DECA's projected first year spend is around $60,000, compared to the original $700,000.

Benefit #2

DECA cut 91% of first year infrastructure costs.

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DECA Financial Services Cuts 91% of First Year Infrastructure Costs in the Bluelock Cloud

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