Case Study: CenturyLink cuts database deployment time from days to minutes with Microsoft SQL Server DBaaS

CenturyLink Database-as-a-Service Solution Cuts Time-to-Market from Days to Minutes

CenturyLink, a large telecommunications company, faced challenges in manually provisioning database solutions for customers, which resulted in slow 30-60 day delivery times, high labor costs, and provisioning errors. To address this and meet the growing demand for cloud data solutions, the company partnered with vendor Microsoft Corporation to create a new Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offering built on Microsoft SQL Server.

The solution implemented with Microsoft utilized Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and 2014 with AlwaysOn to automate provisioning and enable high availability. This allowed CenturyLink to reduce database deployment time from days to just minutes, cut provisioning errors, and free up engineering resources. The partnership with Microsoft enabled CenturyLink to offer a high-performance, enterprise-grade database service that was 50% cheaper than other solutions, dramatically improving time-to-market and reducing total cost of ownership for their customers.

CenturyLink

Andrew Cook

Director of Engineering Application Services