How UnitedLayer Helped WOWIO
Expertise: UnitedLayer has the expertise to solve complex problems. Their analysis of our code and their solution recommendations saved us a considerable amount of money.
Consultation and Support: UnitedLayer has a very consultative approach and are very service oriented, and they consistently work through issues in a very courteous and professional manner.
Confidence: We felt very confident dealing with UnitedLayer right from the start, and look forward to doing future business.
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UnitedLayer Case Study_Migration to a Private Cloud, Dedicated Managed Servers, IT Consultation_San Francisco, Los Angeles
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WOWIO
Jacob Morris, COO of WOWIO, a digital media company and division of Studio W, needed a
new IT provider for his web properties. WOWIO was spending exorbitant amounts with another
provider on services they did not want or need. In addition, their Chief Technology Officer
(CTO) left the company, so they needed consultative support as well. Jacob began his search
for a new IT partner that would meet his needs at a reasonable price.
What made you choose Unitedlayer as your
provider?
We wanted a cost effective, quality solution for our
web properties, as well as dependable support to
handle our migration. This was particularly
important since we didn't have a CTO. We chose
Unitedlayer mainly because of Mike, the account
manager. Mike's personality, care, feedback and
responsiveness sealed the deal for us. We felt very
confident in Unitedlayer due to his dedication to
our needs.
How did Unitedlayer help you address your needs?
Before our CTO left, we were looking at this strictly as a colocation project. But after a thorough audit of ou
servers and budget, the Unitedlayer team determined we could save significantly with a dedicated managed
server solution and migration to a private cloud. The team also provided a detailed proposal on the migration,
telling us exactly what to do.
2. What did you appreciate most about Now that you are a customer of Unitedlayer,
Unitedlayer during your migration? what value have you received?
The project started as a relatively simple We have an IT provider we can depend on. We feel
physical-to-virtual (P2V) migration - to host virtual confident in Unitedlayer for high availability and
machines on hypervisor machines in Unitedlayer's reliability. We are confident our partnership with
LA data center. However, it turned out to be much Unitedlayer will thrive, and are relieved we won't
more complicated due to the lack of source code have to hire a full IT team .
and documentation on our end to fully support a
migration. Despite this, the Unitedlayer team was
able to reverse engineer our web application and
successfully migrate our website. They were •• We are very pleased with the
completely dedicated and immediately on top of outcome - a great solution at a
every issue that came up, and their expertise
great price, with great service
throughout the process was impressive. The team's
dedication, expertise and support were critical; they ongoing. ' '
held our hand through the entire process.
What stood out for you in working with
Unitedlayer?
Their expertise in networking and computer
systems. It turned out our website did not lend itself
to migration. This complicated things significantly;
requiring additional analysis and expertise to dive
deep into the web application, comb through the
code and devise solutions. At the end, Unitedlayer
knew our application better than we did, playing the
unexpected role of software consultant as part of
the engagement.