Case Study: Educational Institution |
Challenges
- Addressed the following challenges with their Microsoft applications and technologies:
- Application downtime
- Data center operation costs
Environment
- Deployed the following F5 solutions with Microsoft applications and technologies:
- BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager
- The following Microsoft applications and technologies are used with their F5 BIG-IP:
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
- Microsoft Windows Server, Internet Information Services (IIS)
Benefits
- Consider the following F5 BIG-IP features important to their Microsoft technologies deployment:
- Local load balancing methods
- SSL offload
- IRules
- Link load balancing
- Reduced CAPEX by between 40% and 60% for their Microsoft environment.
- Reduced operating expenditure (OPEX) by between 40% and 60% for their Microsoft environment.
- Gained the following benefits by deploying F5 BIG-IP solutions with Microsoft applications and technologies:
- Improved application performance
- High availability
- Consolidation (reduced hardware and facilities)
- Improved business continuity and disaster recovery
- Meet/exceed SLA’s
- Rated F5 a 9 out of 10 when asked to recommend F5 to an IT peer responsible for Microsoft applications and technologies.
Testimonials
“We were looking for a way to improve overall availability and the F5 BIG-IP solution was able to help us do that. "
| Source: | TechValidate Survey of a Educational Institution | TVID: 358-503-D02 |
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Source Info: TechValidate Survey of a Educational Institution




