Agency within the U.S. Department of Defense Will Use the Nutanix
Enterprise Cloud Platform Software to Power Edge Cloud
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Nutanix,
Inc. (NASDAQ:NTNX),
a leader in enterprise cloud computing, today announced it closed the
largest deal in company history in Q4 of fiscal 2018, worth more than
$20m with an agency in the U.S. Department of Defense. The customer will
use Nutanix software to operate 15 remote sites running two different
networks.
This customer selected the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform software
for its reliability and resiliency even at the edge after its previous
solution was crippled by power losses and complex operations. These
power losses resulted in IT teams spending harrowing hours coaxing the
previous solutions back to life to avoid data loss, all at the detriment
of operations near these sites.
According to IDC, “edge computing is growing increasingly important in
IoT environments with intermittent access to connectivity, low tolerance
for network latency, or high security requirements.”1 These
remote sites require robust software platforms that can support
specialized hardware and, more importantly, quickly and securely process
data on-site, eliminating the challenges of transmitting vast amounts
data back to a centralized cloud over unreliable network connections.
“Government agencies face enormous pressure to control costs, streamline
IT infrastructure, and maintain application performance from basic IT
functions to critical national security tasks,” said Chris Howard, Vice
President, Public Sector Sales, Nutanix. “The simplicity, ease of use
and overall great value of our software is why U.S. federal
organizations have been such early and sustained adopters of our
platform. We’re excited to continue to supporting their missions.”
This deal was one of five worth more than $1m in the U.S. federal
vertical, and one of 46 worth more than $1m overall in Q4. These deals
indicate increasing momentum among large customers as the company
continues an aggressive and successful shift toward a software-defined
business.
As government agencies increasingly shift attention toward modernizing
IT infrastructure to take advantage of the cloud, approximately 350 have
adopted the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform software to reduce IT
silos, cost and complexity within their infrastructure, creating an
ideal foundation for the hybrid cloud. With native virtualization
capabilities, application automation, centralized management, one-click
upgrades, and government-grade security features, Nutanix can support
any application at any scale.
For more information on our Q4 fiscal 2018 results, visit the IR
section of our website. More information on our solutions for U.S.
federal can be found
here.
About Nutanix
Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and hyperconverged
infrastructure solutions, making infrastructure invisible so that IT can
focus on the applications and services that power their business.
Companies around the world use Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS software to
bring one-click application management and mobility across public,
private and distributed edge clouds so they can run any application at
any scale with a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. The result
is organizations that can rapidly deliver a high-performance IT
environment on demand, giving application owners a true cloud-like
experience. Learn more at www.nutanix.com
or follow us on Twitter @nutanix.
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1 IDC, Edge Computing: The Next Stage of Datacenter Evolution
IDC Data Center Team, April 2018 US43727418
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