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CASE STUDYCOX BUSINESS CLOUDM A N AG E D S E RV I C E SFinancial Services FirmCuts Network Costs by 30,000 a Month withCloud Managed ServicesThe capital cost of upgrading telecommunications networks isbringing forward-thinking IT leaders to the cloud. A large financialservices firm headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, was faced with thisissue on top of its outdated, underperforming IT infrastructure.With productivity suffering, the organization needed to quicklyupgrade its telecommunications network, as well as improvecompliancy, data leak prevention, and access controls. This companyturned to Cox Business, which has a reputation and proven record ofhelping IT staffs leverage network connectivity in the cloud. Cox Business. All rights reserved.1
Challenges Assess capital costs of moving into a data center orvirtualizing in the cloud Inefficient MPLS setup between branch locations Lack of visibility into real-time traffic across the network Managing multiple vendors for IT needs Lacking power redundancy and failover system foron-premises serversSolutions Cloud server, backup, and recovery SD-WAN Secured Cox Optical Internet Cox Business Internet IP Centrex Managed FirewallResults Decreased overall connectivity costs by 30,000 a month Reduced CapEx and total cost of ownership by migrating ITinfrastructure to the cloud Connected all users and applications over SD-WAN,providing complete visibility into network traffic Cox Business. All rights reserved.2
ChallengesThere’s a growing industry in theagement, data leak prevention, andThe organization walked awayU.S. that supplies alternative lendingaccess controls.confident in Cox Business’s abilityto address its entire set of IT needsto consumers who are credit invisible, have no access to credit, orInitially, they engaged Cox Businesswith a single source of payment.need a short-term loan. Companieson fiber-based Internet and SD-WANPreviously, the organization hadin the payday loan market competeas a primary connectivity solutionworked with an MSP/Wholesaler. Inon interest rates and service sincefor its headquarters and branchsimplifying its IT needs, it appreciatedmany borrower loans are rolled overoffices. Through discussions overthe benefits of a direct relationshipor followed by another loan shortlynetwork connectivity, the organiza-with Cox Business for the accountthereafter . Servicing these consum-tion learned about Cox Business’smanagement relationship.ers with a positive in-store or onlineportfolio of cloud-managed servicesexperience requires an IT infrastruc-and started to rethink plans to hostCLOUD SERVER, BACKUP,ture and network that connectsits data in a local data center. ItAND RECOVERYheadquarters and branches withcompared the cost of buying cageCox Business’s infrastructure asflexible bandwidth and reliably fastand rack space at a local data centera service (IaaS) solution provides aconnectivity.with cost-efficiently modernizingcentralized remote environment thatits IT infrastructure by virtualizingeliminates CapEx expenses for equip-resources in the cloud.ment and hardware maintenance1With its managed service provider(MSP) contract set to expire soon,contracts. The organization receives aquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada,Solutionsbegan investigating alternatives toTo demonstrate the technology,the solution delivers a disaster recov-its underperforming MPLS setup,security, and engineering resourcesery solution that offers critical stor-as well as moving off its outdatedbehind Cox Business’s cloud-age-based replication and recoveryserver equipment and architecture.managed services, the financialwithin a managed cloud environment.Poor customer support, bandwidthservices firm was invited to a fullissues, and connectivity problemstour of Cox Business’s data centerSD-WANbetween branches located across aand offices in California. During thisThe organization implemented Coxwide geographical area (both in andvisit the Cox Business team of cloudBusiness’s SD-WAN solution for theout of Cox footprint coverage) werespecialists was able to define andmost efficient use of bandwidthbig issues for the company. Amongarticulate the organization’s businessand simplifying branch office con-other major areas the organizationproblems before creating innovativenectivity while ensuring reliablewanted to improve were intelligentsolutions that would deliver sig-application performance, visibility,routing, power redundancy, disasternificant upgrades to the client’sand availability.recovery, compliancy, identity man-IT infrastructure.a large financial services firm head- Cox Business. All rights reserved.reliable, secure, encrypted, scalable,and efficient backup solution. Also,3
ResultsCOX BUSINESS INTERNET SMMANAGED FIREWALLWith Cox Business Fiber OpticThe organization used an onsiteInternet SM, the organization gainedfirewall at each of its branch offices.dedicated bandwidth and scalableThis on-premises equipmentnetworking, and cloud-managedspeeds up to 10 Gbps for consistentwas removed and replaced withsolutions, which consolidatedday-to-day performance between itsCox Business’s cloud-basedthe organization’s expensiveheadquarters and branch offices.managed firewall, which eliminatedMPLS network, the companyunnecessary costs for equipmentIP CENTREXreduced overall connectivityand maintenance, while alsocosts by 30,000 a month. It alsoThe use of Cox Business’s cloud-providing the organization withgained more visibility, betterbased hosted telephone system, IPcomplete control of its policy.reporting, and tighter controls ofThrough Cox Business’s internet,Centrex, provides the organizationits network. Cox Business’s abilitywith business-grade voice serviceto effectively manage softwareover Cox Business’s private network.patches and updates eliminatedthe client’s burden of managingmundane IT activities and allowedthe company to focus on morestrategic business problems. Cox Business. All rights reserved.4
WHY COX BUSINESSCox Business offers a complete portfolio of reliable cloudsolutions for companies of any size. This means we canprovide unmanaged, hybrid-managed, or fully managedcloud services to meet the specific IT needs of yourcompany. With our fully managed cloud services, we’llmanage and maintain the network-connected hardwareneeded to run your IT resources, allowing you to accessyour servers, storage, databases, network, applications,and business-critical data securely over the Internet.LEARN MOREFor more information on Cox Business SD-WAN andother cloud-based managed services, visit:www.coxbusiness.com/cloud1The CFPB Office of Research. (March 2014). CFPB Data Point: Payday Lending.Retrieved from: https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201403 cfpb report payday-lending.pdf Cox Business. All rights reserved.5
Through Cox Business’s internet, networking, and cloud-managed solutions, which consolidated the organization’s expensive MPLS network, the company reduced overall connectivity costs by 30,000 a month. It also gained m
