Solution Brief: Enterprise Cloud Hosting
Combining the flexibility of utility computing with the
security and managed delivery of application optimised
hosting
Industry: Financial Services
Solution: Enterprise Cloud Hosting (SQL)
Problem:
A leading UK insurance company with over £80m of revenue
achieved directly through their web presence was looking to expand
operations by deploying a completely new online platform. The key
requirements that needed addressing included:
- Scalable platform that could increase with demand but also flex
up and down during promotional periods
- A highly available platform as downtime will directly affect
revenue and their reputation in the market place
- 24x7 Managed Delivery of the entire stack from the database
through to the underlying infrastructure
As well as the platform's delivery as a managed service, they
were looking for a partner that could form tight relationships with
their application provider and other organisations involved in the
project. Their experience with other providers had highlighted the
need to ensure service delivery was also a number one priority to
whomever they selected to work with, and the main driver behind
going to market to find a fresh approach to their needs.
Solution:
Following a considered and diligent consultation period, Quantix
evaluated their requirements and proposed the Nimbus-Q Hosting
platform - a fully managed 24x7 enterprise cloud hosting service
with inherent high availability and built-in support at all layers
of the delivery stack. As a virtualised, secure cloud platform it
would also enable them to flex up and down the resources available
during promotional periods, ensuring that the extra site traffic
would not affect user experience.
- By moving from a traditional dedicated hosting environment,
they have benefitted from several key differentiators of the
Nimbus-Q Enterprise Cloud Hosting platform.
- Resiliency jumped significantly; from one physical site to two
real-time replicated datacentres with inherent local and
geographically dispersed high availability
- They could quickly scale up or down resource on-demand; without
them being charged time or travel to deploy more hardware
- They were able to utilise platform, OS & database support
all from one provider - improving service response and reducing
overall cost further
- Even with all these additional benefits, the Nimbus-Q platform
still saved them two thirds in their PO costs annually
Due to the flexibility and scalability of the Nimbus-Q hosting
platform, they are now looking to migrate other internal and
external services into the same environment, in an effort to
further reduce costs and increase their business agility.
Client's viewpoint:
"The Nimbus-Q platform met all of our requirements
while offering better value than any other option we considered.
The days of dedicated tin are evidently gone; the flexibility we
now have by working with Quantix is of massive benefit to our
business."