CASE STUDY
As expected , the move to local data centres vastly reduced Stefanutti ’ s latency issues , which had previously caused havoc with sensitive legacy applications . It also led to much lower costs . As an example , Stefanutti would spend considerable amounts on international bandwidth and overtime support costs from its previous service provider , to maintain its environment . While the company had used a local cloud data centre provider prior to adopting VMware vCloud Air , it found itself locked in with little flexibility and few options – a nightmare for anyone running services for hundreds of projects in different locations .
Cloud in the region and were hungry for new business . It was the perfect marriage ,” Wilson said .
Stefanutti and Routed accomplished something not often achieved in today ’ s cloud-first obsessed market . The seamless and speedy completion of a lift-and-shift of legacy systems from one cloud environment to another , this included the migration of all the companies “ moving parts ” as well as third party applications and software such as Veeam etc .
Looking ahead
Crucially , the complete and certified stack at Routed delivered a more reliable and predictable migration , and Routed ’ s full-stack VMware Cloud Director enabled features Stefanutti needed for its IT As-a- Service approach , such as a complete self-service experience using the UI and APIs .
“ Routed ticked all the boxes and they don ’ t pay lip service to their VMware environment , they make sure things are maintained , up-to-date and working . Their positive attitude has a lot to do with the fact that they were the first company to offer this level of VMware
“ Our industry hasn ’ t changed in centuries , we are still laying bricks and building buildings . That said a lot of our systems are older as are the applications we use because change is slow in this industry . Looking ahead we are tinkering with new systems and solutions and hoping to build applications that support our IT As-a-Service model . At Stefanutti we rip out 60 % of our networks every year because projects conclude , and sites change . This needs a high degree of agility , reinforced by the Fourth Industrial Revolution elements , a capacity we have been building for years on VMware environments ,” Wilson said . p
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