Case Study: The Colonial Companies achieves scalable, zero-downtime infrastructure and rapid ROI with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HPE Lends Competitive Edge to The Colonial Companies

The Colonial Companies, a Fort Worth–based mortgage loan servicer with a portfolio exceeding $25 billion and periods of roughly 30% year‑over‑year growth, faced an aging network and storage infrastructure that caused website outages, poor performance, and limited scalability. Seeking rapid ROI, disaster recovery, and lower TCO, Colonial selected Hewlett Packard Enterprise (with partner OnX) and an HPE Converged Infrastructure to replace legacy systems and support mission‑critical Citrix/VMware workloads.

Implemented by OnX using Hewlett Packard Enterprise solutions—including HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage, HPE FlexFabric 5900/12500 switches, HPE BladeSystem with ProLiant BL460c Gen8, HPE Intelligent Management Center and IRF, plus HPE Proactive Care—Colonial achieved zero unplanned downtime, doubled virtual density from about 6 to 12 VMs per host, faster response times, established DR, and saved thousands of dollars per year, delivering rapid ROI and scalable capacity for continued growth.

The Colonial Companies

Mike Drzycimski

Director of Network Operations