Case Study: London South Bank University achieves 25% higher student satisfaction and 60% IT cost savings with Dell Technologies

London South Bank University transformed IT and cut costs by 60% with flexible payment solutions from Dell Financial Services

London South Bank University (LSBU) needed to modernize its IT to deliver its 2020 strategy—improving student experience, research and partnerships—but was burdened by a costly hybrid cloud and two data centres that consumed 80% of IT time on maintenance. LSBU engaged Dell Technologies and selected Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure (with Dell EMC SC Series storage, networking, VMware, plus Dell Financial Services and Dell Technologies Services) to replace the legacy environment.

Dell Technologies implemented VxRail stretched clusters, Dell EMC storage, networking and backup, plus DFS financing and deployment services to automate and consolidate compute, storage and virtualization. The solution cut IT costs by 60%, sped IT delivery by 47%, moved LSBU to an opex model with greater cost transparency, and drove a 25% increase in student satisfaction—freeing staff to spend roughly 80% of their time on innovation.

London South Bank University

Alexander Denley

Deputy Director of Innovation and Transformation