Case Study: Seattle Public Schools achieves $100K instant ROI and streamlined IT operations with BMC Software

Seattle Public Schools unlocks new funds for student success with dramatic IT cost-savings and streamlined operations

Seattle Public Schools, the largest public school district in Washington State serving 52,000+ students, needed to cut IT costs amid budget reductions without disrupting student services. IT set out to retire aging VAX systems, personalize service provisioning, streamline operations, and enable reliable batch scheduling and lights-out data center operation during the transition.

Working with CFS Consulting, SPS implemented BMC Control‑M Workload Automation and BMC Control‑M Batch Impact Manager to automate scheduling and detect issues proactively. Automation freed two full‑time positions for an immediate $100,000 ROI, reduced errors and boosted productivity (projected savings of $18K/year for the first two years and $38K/year thereafter), enabled seven‑day batch processing and earlier problem resolution, and freed ongoing funds for student programs.

Seattle Public Schools

April Johnson

Senior Engineer/Project Manager, Seattle Public Schools