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Organiza on Bankrate Insurance Industry Online insurance aggregate for consumers and industry professionals Business Challenges Integra on and op miza on of data centers to provide for future growth User Environment Two independent data centers in Denver, Colorado Technical Environment SQL Cisco MDS Switches Cisco Nexus 7010 Switches Cisco UCS, B200/B230/B440 Blades EMC VNX7500 with: 100+TB 2800GB Flash EMC FastSuite The Benefits Thanks to their upgraded data center environment, Bankrate Insurance is now using around 60% of their UCS space, allowing room to grow and scale. They are also experiencing be er u liza on. Consolida ng and op mizing their servers so what once required 36 CPUs now requires just eight. "50% less in CPU u liza on. 100% be er. UCS is a solu on, not just servers" said James Harvey, Vice President of Systems for Bankrate Insurance. "I like a holis c solu on. It's taking Cisco's switching technology for which there's no compe on, and integra ng it into the server side. A very elegant solu on. UCS, VMware and EMC with VNX works as adver sed." In addi on to be er u liza on, their new storage solu on is also easier to manage. Harvey said, "EMC is a very balanced solu on – between performance and manageability. It's also straigh orward, which means I can train more people to use it and give be er visibility to our developers. When I make changes, I have a usable interface. Plus, UCS integra on is so nice. From provisioning storage to templates for Windows and Linux, it's just usable." Bankrate Insurance also uses OneNeck's managed services in their support services. The OneNeck team helped resolve any post- installa on issues as they arose, giving Bankrate Insurance's team a li le breathing room with their business-cri cal systems. Harvey stated, "When you're trying to do more with less, you either reach out to the service community or hire more people. Being able to reach out to OneNeck and augment my staff, well, it's made my life easier." Be er posi oned for growth, Bankrate's partnership with OneNeck provides a myriad of benefits including: Simplified Management Management through a straigh orward interface that allows for more scalability among the Bankrate IT team. Faster Throughput Higher overall throughput to data center applica ons, resul ng in less lag me when accessing shared servers and faster connec ons. Continued Support With OneNeck's con nued support, Bankrate Insurance is confident in their investment and ongoing health of their data centers. About OneNeck IT Solutions OneNeck IT Solu ons LLC offers hybrid IT solu ons including cloud and hos ng solu ons, managed services, enterprise applica on management, advanced IT services, IT hardware and top- er data centers in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon and Wisconsin. OneNeck's team of technology professionals manage secure, world-class, hybrid IT infrastructures and applica ons for businesses around the country. OneNeck is a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS]. TDS provides wireless; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice; and hosted and managed services to approximately six million customers na onwide through its businesses U.S. Cellular, TDS Telecom, OneNeck IT Solu ons LLC, and TDS Broadband Service LLC. Visit tdsinc.com. Bankrate Insurance Summary OneNeck.com 855.ONENECK Part #9.2.3_CSBRI_0116_v2 ©2016 OneNeck IT Solutions LLC. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.