Case Study: Eastern Virginia Bankshares reduces data center costs with Connection Inc virtualization

How Eastern Virginia Bankshares Reduced Data Center Costs

Eastern Virginia Bankshares (EVB), a community bank in Virginia, faced challenges with its data center, including high costs, disaster recovery planning, and the need to manage new software without a large IT staff. They turned to their vendor, Connection Inc, who proposed a virtualization solution after a consultation, noting it would be a more flexible and cost-effective fit for their needs than their original plan for a SAN.

Connection Inc provided a comprehensive Server Assessment to identify the best candidates for virtualization, then guided EVB through the entire project from design to implementation. The solution allowed EVB to repurpose existing hardware, significantly reduce costs, and even purchase new equipment for their disaster recovery site. The bank continues to realize ongoing cost savings and has gained tremendous flexibility, now planning all future IT projects around the benefits of their virtual server system provided by Connection Inc.

Eastern Virginia Bankshares

Kia Ware

Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer