CASE STUDY rely on us to meet their needs quickly and effectively , and we cannot afford to fall short ,” says Afolabi Sobande , Chief Operating Officer at CWG .
Pain points and business challenges
The complexity of CWG ’ s operations created significant challenges . Customers across various sectors required tailored solutions deployed rapidly , but traditional hardware procurement processes were too slow to meet these demands . The costs of these were also becoming non-competitive .
Government agencies , for instance , depended on CWG ’ s gaming revenue platforms to collect revenue from casinos across the various states in Nigeria efficiently , while banks and small businesses relied on CWG ’ s ERP systems to support their operations . The inability to deliver infrastructure swiftly was a growing concern .
The Nutanix Cloud Platform is an enterprise-grade hybrid multicloud solution designed to simplify IT operations while delivering scalability , resilience , and performance . By integrating compute , storage , networking , and virtualisation into a software-defined infrastructure , it eliminates complexity , enhances security , and enables seamless workload mobility across private and public clouds .
At its core , Nutanix Acropolis Operating System , AOS provides a distributed , hyperconverged architecture that ensures high availability , scalability , and self-healing capabilities . The platform supports multiple hypervisors , including Nutanix AHV , VMware ESXi , and Microsoft Hyper-V , giving organisations flexibility in managing their virtualised and containerised environments .
Prism , Nutanix ’ s AI-driven management console , automates infrastructure operations with intelligent monitoring , predictive analytics , and one-click simplicity .
Financial predictability added another layer of difficulty . As a service provider , CWG needed to ensure its total cost of ownership was sustainable over the long term and that the costs of its services would not become inflated .
“ Our business depends on cost optimisation . We needed to know that the solutions we invested in would allow us to plan our expenses accurately while maintaining our commitment to high-quality service delivery ,” says Sobande .
In 2020 , CWG partnered with Nutanix to transform its operations . By adopting the Nutanix Cloud Platform , CWG built a robust private cloud infrastructure that became the foundation of its service offerings . The platform ’ s scalability and reliability allowed CWG to host a variety of applications , including ERP systems , gaming solutions , and payment platforms .
Implementing Nutanix Cloud
“ With Nutanix , we gained the ability to deploy infrastructure at an unprecedented speed . A customer can call us with a specific requirement , and within 30 minutes , we can deliver exactly what they need . This level of responsiveness has completely changed how we operate . It also gave us the cost visibility we needed ,” says Sobande .
The platform ’ s flexibility enabled CWG to align with regulatory requirements for data sovereignty , particularly in regions where compliance is critical . The private cloud environment ensured that sensitive customer data remained secure and accessible within local jurisdictions .
To enhance security and networking , Flow enables microsegmentation and software-defined networking to protect applications from lateral threats . For cloud-native strategies , Karbon provides Kubernetes orchestration for modern container-based applications , while Era simplifies database lifecycle management with automated provisioning , patching , and cloning .
For hybrid and multicloud deployments , Nutanix Clusters extends workloads across AWS and Azure while maintaining operational consistency , reducing cloud migration complexity , and avoiding vendor lockin . Xi Leap offers built-in disaster recovery , while Beam delivers cost governance and compliance insights to optimise cloud investments .
By leveraging a hybrid multicloud , softwaredefined approach , the Nutanix Cloud Platform helps enterprises accelerate digital transformation , modernise IT infrastructure , reduce operational overhead , and create a flexible , cloud-smart strategy that aligns with evolving business demands .
Post implementation benefits
The adoption of Nutanix has revolutionised CWG ’ s approach to service delivery . The agility of the platform has enabled the company to meet customer demands quickly , eliminating delays traditionally associated with hardware procurement and go-live . Customers now enjoy faster project timelines , with virtualised infrastructure ready for deployment almost immediately .
CWG ’ s private cloud enables rapid deployment of virtual machines and applications , allowing customers
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