Case Study: Arizona Federal Credit Union achieves always-on services and transformed security with VMware

Arizona federal credit union modernizes service delivery and transforms security with vmware

Arizona Federal Credit Union, a $1.5 billion, 125,000-member credit union based in Phoenix, faced an aging, costly, and inflexible IT environment that slowed new service delivery, made disaster recovery and compliance difficult, and left security visibility and provisioning times inadequate as online and mobile usage surged.

Working with IT Partners, AZFCU deployed an active‑active data center using VMware vSphere, NSX and a Metro Storage Cluster to enable workload mobility, automated failover, and micro‑segmented security across two sites. The modernization delivered always‑on services, cut CapEx by 34% and management time by 20%, accelerated time to value by 60%, enabled new services to be launched in days instead of months, and reduced outage risk that can cost about $46,000 per hour.

Arizona Federal Credit Union

Amy Hysell

Senior Vice President and CIO