IBM Case Studies Toolfit – Saves 25 percent on cloud hosting costs with a migration to a high-performance SoftLayer hybrid infrastructure

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Toolfit – Saves 25 percent on cloud hosting costs with a migration to a high-performance SoftLayer hybrid infrastructure

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Toolfit, a company that provides a management platform to fitness facilities throughout Brazil, was in need of a more agile and reliable cloud hosting infrastructure. The organization was not only looking to improve application uptime but also wanted to collaborate with a trusted IT provider that could offer exceptional support services. The existing infrastructure was not meeting the company's needs in terms of reliability and support. Read More
About Customer	Toolfit is a company that provides a management platform to fitness facilities. The company operates in Brazil, serving customers in Fortaleza, Recife, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro. The platform is hosted on a cloud infrastructure and is critical to the operations of the fitness facilities that Toolfit serves. The company was using a Microsoft Azure environment for hosting its application but was facing challenges in terms of agility and reliability. Toolfit was also looking for better support services from its IT provider. Read More
Solution	Toolfit decided to migrate its fitness application from a Microsoft Azure environment to a SoftLayer hybrid infrastructure. This decision was based on the flexibility and performance of the SoftLayer cloud platform and the support services included. The company's bare metal and virtual servers, which support application delivery to its customers, are hosted in a SoftLayer data center in Dallas, Texas. This migration has provided Toolfit with a more reliable and agile cloud hosting infrastructure. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Toolfit, a company that provides a management platform to fitness facilities throughout Brazil, was in need of a more agile and reliable cloud hosting infrastructure. The organization was not only looking to improve application uptime but also wanted to collaborate with a trusted IT provider that could offer exceptional support services. The existing infrastructure was not meeting the company's needs in terms of reliability and support.

About Customer

Toolfit is a company that provides a management platform to fitness facilities. The company operates in Brazil, serving customers in Fortaleza, Recife, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro. The platform is hosted on a cloud infrastructure and is critical to the operations of the fitness facilities that Toolfit serves. The company was using a Microsoft Azure environment for hosting its application but was facing challenges in terms of agility and reliability. Toolfit was also looking for better support services from its IT provider.

Solution

Toolfit decided to migrate its fitness application from a Microsoft Azure environment to a SoftLayer hybrid infrastructure. This decision was based on the flexibility and performance of the SoftLayer cloud platform and the support services included. The company's bare metal and virtual servers, which support application delivery to its customers, are hosted in a SoftLayer data center in Dallas, Texas. This migration has provided Toolfit with a more reliable and agile cloud hosting infrastructure.

Impact #1	Improved support with highly responsive 24x7 service
Impact #2	Enhanced availability of the company’s fitness management platform with dependable performance

Impact #1

Improved support with highly responsive 24x7 service

Impact #2

Enhanced availability of the company’s fitness management platform with dependable performance

Benefit #1	25% reduction in cloud hosting costs with the migration to a SoftLayer platform

Benefit #1

25% reduction in cloud hosting costs with the migration to a SoftLayer platform

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Toolfit – Saves 25 percent on cloud hosting costs with a migration to a high-performance SoftLayer hybrid infrastructure

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