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Bandwidth advisors amdocs_case_study_7_2010
1. DATA CENTER & IT INfRAsTRuCTuRE ExpERTs
CASE STUDY
BANDWIDTH ADVISORS REDUCES AMDOCS
INTERACTIVE’S DATA CENTER COST BY 50%
Introduction DATA CENTER CONsOLIDATION
pROJECT ROI fAsT fACTs
Amdocs is a market leader in customer experience systems innovation,
• Only 100 days from selection and
delivering the most advanced business and operational support
negotiation to move in/move out
systems to innovative service providers in more than 60 countries. The • 50% reduction in data center costs
company’s digital commerce, personalization, and mobile Internet • 75% reduction in bandwidth costs
solutions are offered through Amdocs Interactive, a unit formed in • Flexible contract terms and significant
multi-year savings
2008. Amdocs’ systems, platforms and services are all founded on a
deep commitment to operational excellence.
BENEfITs Of ENGAGING
The Challenge BANDWIDTH ADVIsORs
Amdocs Interactive inherited multiple data center operations from the acquisition of • Eliminate time spent considering data
Seattle based Qpass, including: center providers that do not meet your
long-term needs
• More than 70 full size racks in a carrier grade Seattle data center
• Additional racks in another carrier grade Seattle data center • Identify the critical drivers and
• Plus racks in the company’s own downtown Seattle data center pricing considerations, such as power
requirements, up-front building costs,
A business case analysis of the costs associated with running these disparate data center and bandwidth
operations led Benny Zaidenberg, Amdocs Interactive’s IT Director, to conclude that the
cost structure was out of line. “Our analysis showed that we could significantly reduce costs • Deliver cost and time savings through
by moving all production operations to our Salt Lake City data center while consolidating tireless and thorough negotiation on
your behalf
all non-production operations in a single Seattle area data center,” explained Zaidenberg.
“In addition, our team was committed to supporting Amdocs’ commitment to operational • Get the right senior executives and
excellence by moving off old hardware and accelerating virtualization in the non-production decision makers in front of you to review
environment.” a contract that truly meets your needs
Once a decision was made to consolidate all non-production operations in a single data
center, Zaidenberg and his team were faced with a significant timing challenge. The
company’s primary Seattle data center contract was up for renewal, giving the team just five
months to choose a facility, negotiate a contract, configure the space, and move in. “We
knew it would be a challenge to meet an aggressive time line,” said Zaidenberg. “Thanks
to the support of Aaron Loehr and his team at Bandwidth Advisors, we met our time line
objective and beat our cost savings projections.”