Case Study: Next Generation Network Modernization for a Public Sector Agency
This Public Sector Agency with over 100,000 users was created in 2012 to centralize IT services and develop cutting edge technology solutions. The Public Sector Agency operates data centers 24/7 to support mission-critical applications for 53 Agencies; including over 16 million citizen accounts, 130,000 employee accounts, 63,000 VoIP phones and 37,000 mobile phones, 100,000 workstations/laptops/tablets, 16,000 virtual and real servers, 33 petabytes of storage and 35,000 Virtual Desktop remote connections.
“Aruba’s category leading technology coupled with cb20’s industry leading capabilities provided the customer a frictionless experience in a very complex and time sensitive environment.”
— Dave Burke, Regional Sales Manager, Aruba
The IT Challenges: Outdated Network Edge Infrastructure
This Public Sector Agency was in need of modernization of their network edge infrastructure. They had over 800 locations geographically dispersed across all of New York State. Due to timing constraints around funding, the project required full execution from delivery of product to full deployment in less than 7 months. Due to the high profile customers this agency serves, in addition to the time constraint, minimal downtime of the network was necessary. Scheduled network outages were completed very prescriptively.
A Partner That Can Keep Up
Using our unique methodologies around large scale deployments, cb20 worked with this agency to ensure both logistical and budgetary constraints were met. Led by our project management office and leveraging our configuration and warehousing facilities, cb20 was able to put together a strategic project plan that allowed for seamless logistics, storage, configuration, and deployment of over 4000 Aruba edge switches.
cb20’s ability to be flexible and scale, based on the ever changing landscape and schedule, provided the state with a partner who could compliment the complexity and evolving constraints around the project. Based on the visibility of the project, the relationship with cb20 was a critical factor in the success of the overall project. As one of Aruba’s largest partners in the Northeast, cb20’s technical capabilities around the Aruba product line proved invaluable as the project progressed.
“With as many moving parts and pieces, it was fantastic to see the cb20, state agency and Aruba teams working together seamlessly to deliver an extremely complicated and large project on time and on budget.”
— D.J. Hansen, VP of Strategic Partners, cb20
About cb20
cb20 is a technology solutions provider of choice for organizations that value IT and Managed Services expertise and category-leading customer service. We partner with the world’s leading hardware and software companies to deliver end-to-end consulting, implementation and managed services across the U.S. With world-class engineering talent and 30+ years of experience cb20 delivers confidence, security, a true sense of control and the highest-quality, end-to-end customer experience in the business.