IBM Case Studies SoftLayer platform delivers USD 75,000 in capital savings and reduces hosting costs by 67 percent

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	SoftLayer platform delivers USD 75,000 in capital savings and reduces hosting costs by 67 percent IBM

SoftLayer platform delivers USD 75,000 in capital savings and reduces hosting costs by 67 percent

IBM

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Security & Public Safety
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	To launch the immixGroup Criminal Investigative Tracking Tool (iCrITT), an innovative solution for conveniently, securely managing all information associated with child exploitation investigations, immixGroup needed a scalable, economical hosting platform. The company wanted to build a system that can be used across multiple law enforcement agencies and needed a hosting solution that would make it easy to share information, but also allow agencies to maintain the security of their case information. The company evaluated SoftLayer, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure cloud solutions, but only SoftLayer allowed them to dedicate hardware completely to the iCrITT environment. Read More
About Customer	Founded in 1997 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, immixGroup offers a portfolio of services designed to help technology companies deliver solutions to the public sector. Government agencies at the federal, state and local levels trust the organization to provide cutting-edge commercial technology products through preferred contractors and solution providers. The company was looking to launch the immixGroup Criminal Investigative Tracking Tool (iCrITT), an innovative solution for conveniently, securely managing all information associated with child exploitation investigations. Read More
Solution	Convinced that a cloud platform would provide the most flexible, cost-effective hosting environment for its iCrITT offering, immixGroup assessed leading cloud technologies. They chose SoftLayer as it allowed them to dedicate hardware completely to the iCrITT environment. When an agency uses iCrITT, they can stand up a unique set of servers and unique IP addresses to give that customer complete control. To launch the iCrITT platform, immixGroup provisioned bare metal server infrastructure with dedicated hardware in two SoftLayer data centers, configuring a private network between sites. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Security & Public Safety

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

To launch the immixGroup Criminal Investigative Tracking Tool (iCrITT), an innovative solution for conveniently, securely managing all information associated with child exploitation investigations, immixGroup needed a scalable, economical hosting platform. The company wanted to build a system that can be used across multiple law enforcement agencies and needed a hosting solution that would make it easy to share information, but also allow agencies to maintain the security of their case information. The company evaluated SoftLayer, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure cloud solutions, but only SoftLayer allowed them to dedicate hardware completely to the iCrITT environment.

About Customer

Founded in 1997 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, immixGroup offers a portfolio of services designed to help technology companies deliver solutions to the public sector. Government agencies at the federal, state and local levels trust the organization to provide cutting-edge commercial technology products through preferred contractors and solution providers. The company was looking to launch the immixGroup Criminal Investigative Tracking Tool (iCrITT), an innovative solution for conveniently, securely managing all information associated with child exploitation investigations.

Solution

Convinced that a cloud platform would provide the most flexible, cost-effective hosting environment for its iCrITT offering, immixGroup assessed leading cloud technologies. They chose SoftLayer as it allowed them to dedicate hardware completely to the iCrITT environment. When an agency uses iCrITT, they can stand up a unique set of servers and unique IP addresses to give that customer complete control. To launch the iCrITT platform, immixGroup provisioned bare metal server infrastructure with dedicated hardware in two SoftLayer data centers, configuring a private network between sites.

Impact #1	By hosting its iCrITT offering in a SoftLayer cloud environment, immixGroup avoided up-front infrastructure investments.
Impact #2	With easy-to-provision SoftLayer technology, immixGroup accelerated infrastructure deployment from one month to two days.

Impact #1

By hosting its iCrITT offering in a SoftLayer cloud environment, immixGroup avoided up-front infrastructure investments.

Impact #2

With easy-to-provision SoftLayer technology, immixGroup accelerated infrastructure deployment from one month to two days.

Benefit #1	Avoided up-front infrastructure investments of approximately USD 75,000.
Benefit #2	Reduced monthly hosting costs by 67 percent with the SoftLayer solution.
Benefit #3	Sped up time to market by 93 percent.

Benefit #1

Avoided up-front infrastructure investments of approximately USD 75,000.

Benefit #2

Reduced monthly hosting costs by 67 percent with the SoftLayer solution.

Benefit #3

Sped up time to market by 93 percent.

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SoftLayer platform delivers USD 75,000 in capital savings and reduces hosting costs by 67 percent

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