Case Study: Joseph Chamberlain College achieves 95% faster VM provisioning and dramatic end-user performance with Nutanix

Joseph Chamberlain College Dramatically Improves End User Experience and Infrastructure Agility with Nutanix

Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College (JCC) in Birmingham, UK, educates about 1,600–1,700 students and prides itself on a technology‑focused campus. Its aging, complex stack—Cisco networking, HP blade servers and an EMC SAN—was degrading SQL and Exchange performance and placing heavy operational demands on a small IT team responsible for roughly 1,050 student and staff devices, so the college sought a simpler, more agile infrastructure.

JCC deployed the Nutanix NX-3000 Virtual Computing Platform to consolidate 32 server VMs and host all mission‑critical workloads (including a 3,000‑user Exchange environment and large SQL/MySQL apps). Results included a >95% improvement in VM provisioning time (from ~12 hours to <1), a 90% reduction in rack space (20U to 2U), ~30% lower CAPEX, faster log‑ons and noticeably better end‑user experience, plus readiness for future Hyper‑V and VDI deployments.

Joseph Chamberlain

Purdip Bahra

IT Manager, Joseph Chamberlain College