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

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

IBM Logo
Customer Company Size
Mid-size Company
Region
  • America
Country
  • United States
Product
  • immixGroup Criminal Investigative Tracking Tool (iCrITT)
  • SoftLayer
Tech Stack
  • Cloud Technology
  • Bare Metal Server Infrastructure
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Cost Savings
  • Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries
  • Security & Public Safety
Applicable Functions
  • Business Operation
Services
  • Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Operational Impact
  • By hosting its iCrITT offering in a SoftLayer cloud environment, immixGroup avoided up-front infrastructure investments.
  • With easy-to-provision SoftLayer technology, immixGroup accelerated infrastructure deployment from one month to two days.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Avoided up-front infrastructure investments of approximately USD 75,000.
  • Reduced monthly hosting costs by 67 percent with the SoftLayer solution.
  • Sped up time to market by 93 percent.

Case Study missing?

Start adding your own!

Register with your work email and create a new case study profile for your business.

Add New Record

Related Case Studies.

Contact us

Let's talk!
* Required
* Required
* Required
* Invalid email address
By submitting this form, you agree that IoT ONE may contact you with insights and marketing messaging.
No thanks, I don't want to receive any marketing emails from IoT ONE.
Submit

Thank you for your message!
We will contact you soon.