Case Study: Trimble reduces TCO by nearly 40% with Effectual infrastructure modernization

Trimble Partners with Effectual to Achieve Nearly 40% Reduction in TCO through Infrastructure Modernization

Trimble, an industrial technology company, sought to reduce technical debt and improve performance after acquiring e-Builder, a cloud-based construction management solution. The e-Builder team needed to upgrade its SQL server instances from the 2014 to the 2019 version and struggled with previous technology partners before engaging Effectual for a modernization project.

Effectual conducted a thorough discovery phase, which led to provisioning new servers instead of simply upgrading the old ones. This clean slate approach, alongside recommendations for optimizing storage and compute resources, allowed for significant standardization and automation. The partnership resulted in a 10% decrease in user response time, improved security, and automated provisioning. Most significantly, the project enabled e-Builder to realize a nearly 40% reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO).

Trimble

Andrea Valenti

Director of Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure