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	Major University Reduces Shadow IT, Increases Automation With CloudBolt

Major University Reduces Shadow IT, Increases Automation With CloudBolt

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	The university’s Office of Information Technology cloud team was tasked with implementing various cloud-based services and exposing them to students and staff in a controlled and reliable manner. They needed a unified interface that would allow end users to easily find and request services. They wanted to enable the use of both public cloud providers and existing university assets while tracking and reporting resource usage to better understand and manage respective costs and capabilities. The team was also faced with the challenge of reducing VM sprawl through active system lifecycle management and repurposing IT resources to advance the university’s educational mission. Read More
About Customer	The customer is a major university located in the Eastern United States. The university has a large population of over 37,000 students and employs around 5,000 staff members. The university’s Office of Information Technology cloud team is responsible for the delivery and support of cloud-enabled technologies to faculty, staff, and students. Their primary mission is to support instruction. The cloud team is tasked with implementing various cloud-based services and exposing them to students and staff in a controlled and reliable manner. Read More
Solution	The university implemented CloudBolt to automate requests for IT resources by faculty, staff, and students. This provided a controlled but flexible self-service IT platform. CloudBolt also enabled the university to centralize management and reporting of resource usage. The solution allowed the university to repurpose surplus capacity from their corporate environments, and put it to use by educators—enabling students to access server and application resources to support their class work. Beyond just provisioning VMware and AWS CloudBoltbacked servers, CloudBolt was easily configured to create S3 storage buckets in AWS, as well as provision Drupal accounts in the Acquia Cloud Platform for Drupal. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

The university’s Office of Information Technology cloud team was tasked with implementing various cloud-based services and exposing them to students and staff in a controlled and reliable manner. They needed a unified interface that would allow end users to easily find and request services. They wanted to enable the use of both public cloud providers and existing university assets while tracking and reporting resource usage to better understand and manage respective costs and capabilities. The team was also faced with the challenge of reducing VM sprawl through active system lifecycle management and repurposing IT resources to advance the university’s educational mission.

About Customer

The customer is a major university located in the Eastern United States. The university has a large population of over 37,000 students and employs around 5,000 staff members. The university’s Office of Information Technology cloud team is responsible for the delivery and support of cloud-enabled technologies to faculty, staff, and students. Their primary mission is to support instruction. The cloud team is tasked with implementing various cloud-based services and exposing them to students and staff in a controlled and reliable manner.

Solution

The university implemented CloudBolt to automate requests for IT resources by faculty, staff, and students. This provided a controlled but flexible self-service IT platform. CloudBolt also enabled the university to centralize management and reporting of resource usage. The solution allowed the university to repurpose surplus capacity from their corporate environments, and put it to use by educators—enabling students to access server and application resources to support their class work. Beyond just provisioning VMware and AWS CloudBoltbacked servers, CloudBolt was easily configured to create S3 storage buckets in AWS, as well as provision Drupal accounts in the Acquia Cloud Platform for Drupal.

Impact #1	Seamless support of instructional resource needs
Impact #2	Usage tracking and automatic cleanup of student environments
Impact #3	Rapid creation of unique infrastructure and platforms offerings

Impact #1

Seamless support of instructional resource needs

Impact #2

Usage tracking and automatic cleanup of student environments

Impact #3

Rapid creation of unique infrastructure and platforms offerings

Benefit #1	Reduction in the use of shadow IT environments and their related costs

Benefit #1

Reduction in the use of shadow IT environments and their related costs

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Major University Reduces Shadow IT, Increases Automation With CloudBolt

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