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eGov Strategies Partners with Bluelock to Add Resiliency and Effectively Scale and Serve Large Clients
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries
- Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
eGov Strategies, a SaaS company, was facing challenges with maintaining and procuring systems that weren’t strategic to their business. They were spending too much time on these tasks, which was taking away from their core business operations. Additionally, they were facing increasing pressures on security and compliance due to their success with larger clients. They needed to improve the resiliency and robustness of their solutions by expanding their protection and security capabilities. They also needed a solution that would scale as they added municipalities.
About The Customer
eGov Strategies is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that provides solutions to municipalities. They have been successful with larger clients and are looking to expand their client base. However, they have been facing challenges with maintaining and procuring systems that aren’t strategic to their business. They have been spending too much time on these tasks, which has been taking away from their core business operations. They are also facing increasing pressures on security and compliance due to their success with larger clients.
The Solution
eGov Strategies decided to partner with Bluelock to improve their client-facing technologies. Bluelock provided them with High Availability Hosting and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) solutions. This allowed eGov to refocus their IT resources on improving business innovation. They were able to cut capital costs, achieve compliance with payment processing, and trust Bluelock to handle their cloud infrastructure. By choosing Bluelock, eGov gained partners with deep expertise in hosting and disaster recovery that extended their IT team. They were able to scale their solution with a couple of clicks, rather than scrambling to have more hardware delivered and installed and figuring out the proper load balance.
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