How a manufacturing company recovered from a data center crisis in 72 hours
A leading manufacturer with more than 5,000 employees and over €1B in annual revenue faced an unexpected evacuation of their data center. This is how comdivision helped them avoid downtime.
The Situation
When a critical incident forced our customer to evacuate one of their data centers, the risk of a complete operational outage became very real.
With more than ten years of partnership behind them, our customer immediately reached out to comdivision, looking for one thing:
a fast, seamless, and fully integrated solution - delivered in days, not weeks.
Q: How long have you been working with comdivision?
A: “More than ten years. They know our VMware environment very well.”
Q: What triggered this emergency?
A: “An incident forced the evacuation of our data center, we had only days to respond.”
Q: What was the main objective?
A: “A fast, stable transition fully integrated within our global network.”
Q: What were the biggest constraints?
A: “Severe time pressure and the need to keep operations running at all costs.”
What we did
- Ran a rapid requirements workshop
- Delivered a rapid emergenz design within 48 hours
- Built and deployed the POC in 72 hours
- Implemented VMware Cloud Foundation on a hyperscaler
- Automated networking with NSX
- Optimized resources using Aria
Strategic gains
- Shift to consuming VMware services instead of managing them
- Scalable and future‑proof architecture
- Faster project delivery
- Stronger partnership with comdivision
In just 72 hours the customer avoided downtime and gained a modern VCF platform, enabling scalability, efficiency, and long-term stability. comdivision delivered clarity, speed, and expertise at a critical moment.
