Case Study: Mentor increases infrastructure utilization by up to 30% and eliminates security outbreaks with Bitdefender GravityZone

Mentor fires up datacenter transformation with next-gen security

Mentor, a Siemens business and leader in electronic hardware and software design, consolidated its global datacenters and virtualized thousands of servers and desktops, but its legacy agent-based security severely degraded VM performance as density increased, slowing engineers and hurting customer experience. After testing solutions, Mentor selected Bitdefender GravityZone (GravityZone Enterprise Security) for its low performance impact, deep VMware integration, and easy web-based management.

Bitdefender deployed GravityZone across 800 VMware ESXi hosts protecting 15,000 Windows servers and virtual desktops with a smooth, non-disruptive rollout and automated handling of high-frequency VM cloning. As a result, Mentor increased VM density (from ~10 to 24 VMs per host on average, up to 100 in some cases), improved infrastructure utilization by up to 30%, eliminated performance-related support tickets, reported zero security outbreaks over five years, and maintained >99% detection — all managed by a four-person team.

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Brian Alexander

Systems Architect