Benjamin Doyle, VP Sales Enablement & Analytics, Enterasys Networks, Inc.
Category
  • Consumerization of IT & The New C-Suite
The Project 

We deployed Box company-wide to support our next gen file collaboration.  As part of the deployment we migrated all personal file shares to Box and are also encouraging employees to use Box as a desktop backup solution. Currently we are decommissioning file servers and have successfully migrated content to Box for users in Korea, Japan and France and decommissioned the on-premise servers. 

The Technology

Box for Enterprise IT

Metrics Matter

Using Box we are saving $50K USD in raw storage costs and $50-100K on desktop backup costs.  We are also decommissioning aging file servers.

Disruptive Factor 

It looks a little while for our operations team to embrace Box, but now they are driving the migration of content to Box (from file servers and SharePoint) using WebDAV and Super Flexible File Synchronizer.  We’ve moved about 2 TB so far and decommissioned servers in 3 countries.  The Box deployment was done to 700 of our 1200 users in a few hours using Okta as our SSO portal.  This has transformed the way employees access and share files.

Shining Moment 

I wasn’t expecting usage from our executive team, but our CEO is using Box to share sales rep attainment and rankings with the the global sales team in Box.  Our SVP of Engineering is using Box to share large product analytics files internally.  In fact, almost all of our executives use Box on a regular basis.

 

ABOUT Enterasys Networks, Inc.

Enterasys Networks is a premier global provider of wired and wireless network infrastructure and security solutions. Our solutions enable organizations to drive down IT costs while improving business productivity and efficiency through a unique combination of automation, visibility and control capabilities. Enterasys provides a broad range of enterprise networking and security solutions by technology and industry.