Case Study: M1 achieves 30% IT productivity boost and reduced complexity with Nutanix

Nutanix Reduces Complexity to Empower IT Department, Improving Productivity by 30%

M1, a service provider, was struggling with a legacy server–storage architecture that could not keep up with rising transaction volumes. The company needed to reduce datacenter deployment time and management complexity and improve IT manpower efficiency to support future growth.

M1 implemented the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform (Acropolis software, VM storage, and backup/DR) to run MS SQL, Citrix XenApp, CRM, file/print and test/dev workloads. The move delivered immediate gains—productivity improved 20–30% and costs fell 10–15%—while upgrades now take about half a day with one‑click simplicity, compression boosted usable capacity 2–3x, and reliability and disaster recovery were significantly enhanced; Nutanix consultants completed the initial launch in two days and trained M1’s team for in‑house management.

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Terence Lee

Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure, Virtualization and Cloud Computing