Case Study: Norfolk Public Schools modernizes IT infrastructure and saves $2M with ePlus and Nutanix

Norfolk Public Schools modernizes IT in 32 days with ePlus

Norfolk Public Schools, a public-school division serving Norfolk, Virginia, faced a critical challenge when an unexpected 680% price increase for its existing infrastructure licenses threatened its budget. The district needed to accelerate a planned six-month infrastructure modernization project with ePlus to a 60-day timeline to avoid the prohibitive cost. Their goal was to migrate from a legacy Cisco HyperFlex environment to a new solution.

ePlus implemented a solution by migrating the district to the Nutanix software platform running on new Cisco hardware. The ePlus team completed the complex migration across 53 sites in just 32 days, consolidating data centers and moving over 400 virtual machines. This allowed Norfolk Public Schools to avoid the massive licensing fee, saving an estimated $2 million over five years, while also delivering a higher-performing, more reliable, and easier-to-manage IT infrastructure.

Norfolk Public Schools