Case Study: Milwaukee Tool reduces time to market and boosts agility with Panzura CloudFS

Milwaukee Tool cuts CAD file open times from 40 minutes to seconds with Panzura

Milwaukee Tool, a manufacturer of professional construction tools, faced significant productivity challenges due to its global expansion. Their legacy NetApp infrastructure caused extremely slow file access times for teams in the USA and Asia, with CAD files taking over 40 minutes to open. This hampered collaboration and slowed their time to market. To solve this, they turned to Panzura and its CloudFS global file system.

By implementing Panzura's solution with AWS cloud storage, Milwaukee Tool created a unified data environment where files behave as if they are stored locally for every user. This reduced file open times from 40 minutes to seconds and eliminated version conflicts. The results were transformative, cutting storage costs from $1.15 per GB to under $0.04 and saving over $40,000 annually per storage shelf. Panzura provided improved agility, faster time to market, and enhanced ransomware protection.

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