Case Study: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited achieves private-cloud IaaS agility and faster provisioning with Dell EMC VSPEX

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited - Customer Case Study

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, a leading developer and operator of small satellites, faced aging infrastructure that could not support its move to a private cloud. The company struggled with slow storage provisioning, lack of virtualization, and application performance problems that hindered engineering work. To address this, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited engaged Dell EMC and adopted Dell EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure (including VNX unified storage and the FAST Suite) alongside VMware technologies.

Dell EMC implemented two VSPEX solutions—one for cloud/data storage and one for virtual end‑user computing—using VNX storage with FAST, VMware vSphere and vCloud Suite, VMware Horizon View, HP blades, and Extreme networking. The solution enabled IaaS self‑service provisioning (cutting provisioning times from weeks to near‑instant), virtualized mission‑critical apps (SQL Server, Exchange), and deployed 100 virtual desktops with plans for 600, improving application performance, scalability, and reducing IT storage involvement. Dell EMC’s VSPEX delivered measurable agility, cost savings through virtualization, and a scalable platform for future growth.

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited

John Parsons

Head of Information Systems