A Software Company in Illinois Saved $300,000 on Hardware Maintenance

Industry

Software

Services Provided

Asset Disposition & Maintenance

“We’ve had great success using ReluTech from both a maintenance standpoint and for services to decommission our data centers. This has helped us achieve our initiatives to move more into AWS in a swift and strategic manner.”

Sr. Director - Engineering

Details

Date: September 2019

About The Company:

This company is the leading global provider of inflight broadband internet and entertainment, equipping over 9,000 aircraft.

Top Values Provided:

  • Hardware Decommission
  • Significant Cost Savings
  • Fast Response Time

Challenges

When this company first approached ReluTech, they were migrating five data centers to the cloud, with the goal of having the project completed by 2020. They wanted to smoothly make this transfer so they could continue serving as leaders in the market. Like many others, this company faced the challenge of the migration bubble; the inflated costs of supporting legacy IT gear while simultaneously investing in a future cloud environment posed a financial strain. 

ReluTech Solution

ReluTech provided this company with cost effective maintenance for their storage and server environments. Additionally, ReluTech’s asset disposition program helped this company decommission their data centers at a fraction of the cost of competitors.

Benefits

Ultimately ReluTech helped this company save over $300,000, which significantly accelerated their move to the cloud. In addition to significant cost savings, ReluTech provided quick response times, personal relationships with ReluTech salespeople, and the option to swiftly remove decommissioned hardware from their data center. In only two years, ReluTech decommissioned two out of five data centers for this company, expediting their move to the cloud.

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