Case Study: Xavier University of Louisiana achieves rapid modernization and stronger disaster recovery with VMware Cloud Foundation (VMware)

Xavier University of Louisiana Modernizes with a Robust Cloud Foundation

Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black Catholic university serving over 3,000 students, was facing an expiring leased data center and a small IT team stretched thin by frequent hurricane-driven recoveries, time-consuming manual updates, shadow IT and data security vulnerabilities. The university needed a more automated, cloud-first approach to improve disaster recovery, reduce refresh cycles and relieve operational strain on its two-person IT department.

With help from RoundTower Technologies, Xavier implemented VMware Cloud Foundation to deliver software-defined compute, storage, networking, security and cloud management. The campus migrated in three weeks, consolidated five racks down to a half rack (about a 90% footprint reduction), and gained automated lifecycle management, stronger security and improved disaster recovery—freeing staff to focus on strategic IT services while lowering costs and speeding deployments.

Xavier University of Louisiana

Thomas Wimprine

Senior Systems Administrator