Case Study: Citizens Equity First Credit Union achieves higher performance and lower costs with Burwood Group's virtualized data center solution

Citizens Equity First Credit Union improves application performance with Burwood Group's virtualization for 300,000 members

Citizens Equity First Credit Union (CEFCU), a member-owned financial cooperative, faced the challenge of renewing its data platform agreement in 2013. Seeking a more cost-effective and forward-thinking solution than a simple renewal, CEFCU engaged vendor Burwood Group to explore virtualizing its data center to reduce operational costs while enhancing security, reliability, and application performance for its members and employees.

Burwood Group deployed a scalable server virtualization solution using the Nimble SmartStack architecture, which integrated Cisco UCS and VMware vSphere. This solution provided CEFCU with a robust virtual data center that achieved high availability, scalability, and improved application performance at a lower cost. The outcome allows CEFCU to reliably meet member expectations and confidently rely on its IT infrastructure to fulfill its mission.

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