Case Study: Leading Non-Profit Organization raises $5M and supports 500K+ volunteer listings with Fortra's Vityl Capacity Management

Linking Millions of Volunteers Over the Web

A national, nonpartisan nonprofit headquartered in Washington, DC that connects volunteers with opportunities nationwide—supporting 360 volunteer centers, listing more than 500,000 volunteer opportunities at 75,000 agencies and connecting two million volunteers—faced a critical IT challenge. Its public services relied on a small set of co-located WebLogic and Oracle servers managed by a 20-person IT team, but the team lacked remote visibility, monitoring and budget for enterprise tools just as it prepared to launch a new site and an eBay donation integration.

The organization deployed Vityl Capacity Management (starting from a demo install and expanded with licensed support) to monitor CPU, memory, I/O and throughput, run automated remediation scripts and perform capacity trending and planning. The solution kept services reliable for hundreds of thousands of listings, enabled growth forecasting, generated $5 million in donations in the first 18 months, and delivered automated alerts and administrators’ peace of mind.