Case Study: Oncore IT achieves 20% improved network performance and guaranteed cloud services with Brocade VCS Fabric

Oncore IT Keeps Network Services and Customer Promises

Oncore IT is a cloud managed service provider serving demanding legal, financial, and enterprise customers from Tier 4 data centers with a 95% client retention rate. As it moved more customers to the cloud, rapid data growth and heavy virtualization (90% of clients using virtual server farms) caused network congestion, packet loss, high latency and sub‑wire‑speed throughput when accessing shared storage, threatening performance and SLA commitments.

Oncore deployed Brocade VDX 6710/6720 switches with Brocade VCS Ethernet Fabric technology—building two 10 GbE fabrics in London and Amsterdam—to resolve the issues. The fabric eliminated packet loss and high latency, boosted network performance by 20%, simplified management (reducing reliance on STP and enabling virtual chassis), enabled a pay‑per‑port offering that lowers client capex, and freed staff time while helping guarantee service levels.

Oncore IT

Paul Cook

Head of Sales and Marketing at Oncore IT