Justifying any expenditure is hard, but what if you can show the potential return on investment upfront? Or justify the expenditure from another budget where OptiView will save costs?
A recently study of owners of the Fluke Networks OptiView provided real insight into not only improved performance but also cost savings. From a purely business point of view the OptiView can:
• Improve IT staff efficiency
• Decrease Costs
• Improve Asset Utilization
OptiView owners saw:
• 20% improvement in staff
• 25% reduction in Mean Time to Repair
• 33% reduction in remote site support costs
Read all the detail in our summary report - download here.
Below are a few of those OptiView owners and how they saved money, alternatively calculate your own potential cost savings with the online OptiView ROI calculator.
Credit Union Bank saves $800K over 5 years
Problem: Credit Union was experiencing slow network performance to 17 branch locations impacting customer service.
Solution: They solved the problems and achieved business goals using OptiView Analyzers for access-layer/mobile use and in the core.
Savings: The projected, cumulative five-year net benefit of $800,594 was driven by avoiding investing in new hardware, reduced maintenance costs, and improved productivity. With competitive product, they would have had to hire 2 additional IT staff, with OptiView they were able to manage network with existing staff. The bank is gaining more loyal customers because a faster network allows branch offices to provide improved services.
Read the full story here.
Medical equipment manufacturer saved $142,000 on WAN Provisioning Costs
Problem: A medical equipment manufacturer with a number of remote sites discovered that 40% of bandwidth on a T1 link was being used for non-business applications.
Solution: Using the OptiView, they were able to determine who was violating their use policies (identified which users where downloading streaming audio, watching YouTube videos, etc).
Savings: When user policies were enforced they estimated a savings of $142K in the first year in WAN provisioning costs.
Regional bank improves customer service and prevents network downtime
Problem: The CIO at a regional bank wanted a proactive network management solution that could spot problems and alert the IT staff immediately if a problem arises. With so much of their banking Internet-based, they couldn’t afford to have any of their systems go down.
Solution: The bank placed the OptiView Analyzer semi-permanently on a network link at the main branch office. While other tools provide visibility into the network segment between the switch and the router, the OptiView provided the bank’s IT staff with much broader visibility, enabling them to see across the routers into all branches.
Savings: Reduced remote site travel, prevented network downtime and improved customer service.
Bank secured network and eliminated consultant fees –saving $20,000 a year
Problem: Each quarter in accordance with FDIC requirements, the bank hired a third party consultant to inspect its network for security violations.
Solution: With the OptiView Analyzer using free string match and deep protocol recognition, they were able to scan the network for potential violations prior to audits and close any holes found in the security.
Savings: This saved an estimated $5,000 per quarter.
Fort Wayne Cardiology - saved on expensive switch upgrades and contultancy fees
Read the full story here.
Other owners you may like to read about:
Portsmouth University - gained greater visibility into the traffic across their complex switched network with VLAN’s, faster troubleshooting and heightened network security.
Read the full story here.
Federal Bank - gained a proactive solution that will alert the IT department immediately if any problems arise and visibility into the workings of the entire WAN.
Read the full story here.
For more information on the OptiView and a demo of it's features click here.
