Case Study: City of Wenatchee
The City of Wenatchee Accelerates Data Center Modernization with Dell Technologies VxRail
Renowned as the Apple Capital of the World, Wenatchee is the county seat and largest city of Chelan County, Washington. With nearly 200 city employees dedicated to serving over 35,000 citizens, businesses, and visitors, the City of Wenatchee relies on cost-effective technology solutions for efficient governance, enhanced operational excellence, and sustainable development.
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The Challenge
To strengthen security, boost reliability, and streamline administration, the City of Wenatchee embarked on an initiative to modernize its data center. The City needed a scalable, flexible, high-performance solution to drive its critical infrastructure from the data center to the edge.
The Solution
They investigated turnkey HCI solutions that would support the City’s VMWare environment and integrate seamlessly with their existing infrastructure while streamlining operations and protecting the integrity of their data. VxRail from Dell Technologies, the market leader in HCI platforms, offered the fastest and easiest path to transform City operations and modernize their data center infrastructure.
The Results
VxRail integrates seamlessly with the City’s VMware vSphere and vCenter Server to provide industry-leading performance and ease of management. It offers the City of Wenatchee easier oversight and single-source support. VxRail can scale from small to large workloads, provides network flexibility, and operational agility at a reduced cost.
“After speaking with several Dell vendors, we believed Cerium understood what was best for us. They were the only vendor to show us how we could get the performance we needed while saving money on the software”
— Dale Cantrell, Information Systems Director for the City of Wenatchee
About the City of Wenatchee
Renowned as the Apple Capital of the World, Wenatchee is the county seat and largest city of Chelan County, Washington. With nearly 200 city employees dedicated to serving over 35,000 citizens, businesses, and visitors, the City of Wenatchee relies on cost-effective technology solutions for efficient governance, enhanced operational excellence, and sustainable development.
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