Case Study: The College Network achieves higher reliability and lower IT costs with EarthLink Business Private Cloud Hosting

The College Network Increases Availability, Speed of Mission-Critical Systems

The College Network, an online education provider, needed a more reliable way to support mission-critical systems and relieve its small IT team from managing 115 physical servers across two Indianapolis locations. The company chose Earthlink Business for infrastructure-as-a-service, specifically EarthLink’s Private Cloud Hosting, to improve access reliability and add a stronger business continuity strategy.

Earthlink Business implemented a customized cloud solution with a highly scalable, replicated database cluster and multi-path connectivity to its data center. As a result, The College Network gained 24/7 availability, reduced hardware troubleshooting, and freed IT staff to focus on higher-value work, while avoiding an estimated $200,000 to $300,000 in capital spending.

The College Network

Ryan Sallee

CIO