Case Study: Unisys helps a U.S. government organization cut storage costs 30% with IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Cutting data storage costs for a government organization by 30 percent

The customer, Unisys, was facing a challenge for its client, a U.S. government organization. The organization's project-based approach had resulted in a sprawling, inefficient, and costly data storage infrastructure with underutilized and overburdened silos. Unisys worked with IBM to implement a solution powered by IBM Spectrum Virtualize software.

The IBM solution involved building a private storage cloud that virtualized existing disk arrays from multiple vendors. This allowed Unisys to consolidate the infrastructure by 4:1, reduce data storage costs by 30 percent, and provision storage for application owners 100 times faster. The result was a more flexible, cost-effective environment that improved performance despite significant data growth.

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Dave Christel

Program Manager