Infosolve Technologies

Innovative Data Services Company Taps Sun’s Network.com to Create Compelling Market Offering

Infosolve Technologies, Inc. provides clients with comprehensive data solutions and integration services to achieve their business objectives and create strategic opportunities. Infosolve uses open source technologies and innovative business processes to provide clients of all sizes with access to advanced data services featuring Infosolve’s powerful Zero based data solutions, including Zero upfront costs, Zero licenses, Zero hardware requirements and Zero defect data™.

Business Issues

Enable enterprise data services that feature rapid implementation and require no IT infrastructure
Bring innovative and competitive services offerings to market faster
Reduce internal IT overhead and infrastructure costs
Scale and adapt services to meet changing client needs

Solution

Infosolve Technologies engaged the Sun Grid Computer Utility (available through Sun’s Network.com pay-per-use service) to perform key processing operations in support of the data services it offers its own clients.

Business Results

Saves $150,000 per year/per server node versus conventional hosting service
Eliminates $300,000/year requirement to build and maintain server cluster in-house
Provides operational flexibility to meet varying client needs
Establishes secure, scalable, affordable services offerings with rapid implementation

Products/Services/Solutions

Success at a Glance

New Jersey-based Infosolve Technologies gives customers across a wide range of industries the ability to rapidly integrate, cleanse and standardize their enterprise data. Since its inception in 2003, the company has acquired customers of all kinds and sizes—from Fortune 50 global giants to non-profit organizations.

To manage the growth of its business, Infosolve has focused on identifying the best computing and services delivery model to deliver the optimum value to its clients. In 2006, the company began to explore new processing options for its compute-intensive data matching (record linkage) and de-duplication services.

“ We look to Sun’s Network.com as a secure, scalable way to gain the additional processing power we need to service our customers without the added burden of building and maintaining a datacenter infrastructure. Utilizing Sun’s solution enables Infosolve to offer our clients innovative solutions grounded in industry expertise and customized for the needs of each individual client. ”

— Subbu Manchiraju, Vice President, Infosolve Technologies

Infosolve considered scaling its internal IT infrastructure, but the costs of procuring, maintaining, managing and continuously expanding new server clusters were prohibitive. Conventional hosting services were also expensive and lacked the kind of flexible usage and pricing models that Infosolve needed to serve its clients more effectively and at less cost.

Choosing the Compute Utility Model
After weighing the alternatives, Infosolve found the solution it was looking for in the Sun Grid Compute Utility. Accessed through Sun’s Network.com pay-for-use service, the Sun Grid provided Infosolve with a secure, scalable processing solution without the burdens of datacenter overhead such as software licenses, incremental hardware purchases, administration and maintenance, and power and cooling costs.

“We found the Sun Grid Compute Utility very synchronous with our business,” says Subbu Manchiraju, Infosolve Vice President. “We are also in the business of allowing our clients to achieve their objectives without the usual overhead costs. We view Sun Grid as our natural partner in delivering ‘zero-based solutions’, by which we mean solutions featuring zero up-front costs, zero licenses, zero hardware requirements, and zero defect data.”

Scalability and Security at the Right Price
Based on Java technology, the Sun Grid is compatible with Infosolve’s existing systems and business processes. Infosolve pre-processes customer data on its own systems and then quickly and securely uploads it to the Sun Grid. The Sun Grid features integrated security and privacy controls, allowing Infosolve to upload and download customer data with confidence.

In addition, the Sun Grid is based on a predictable $1/hour per CPU pricing model that allows Infosolve to pay only for the processing that it uses. In contrast to time-based hosting contracts, this allows Infosolve to manage variable data loads and various process complexities without limiting its services to pre-assigned time windows or paying for idle processors. In addition, Infosolve can now quickly scale up its use of the Sun Grid at the moment the need for new computing resources arises.

The Sun Grid is helping Infosolve save an estimated $150,000 per year per server node versus conventional hosting services. The savings enable the company to focus resources on creating a new paradigm in the data solutions space. “Sun is helping us deliver solutions that meet clients’ specific needs without investments in infrastructure and long-term contracts,” says Manchiraju. “We can solve any data problem with a powerful, scalable, reliable solution, with rapid implementation.”