Bank Administration Institute Selecting XO Communications

XO Communications LLC announced that the Bank Administration Institute (BAI), a financial services association and industry partner for information and intelligence, has selected its Enterprise Cloud to streamline its backup and DR processes and to support the organization’s large storage capacity requirements.

An enterprise grade, performance cloud solution, Enterprise Cloud leverages tier-3 data centers and the XO nationwide network to offer HA infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings that enable BAI to virtualize and replicate their systems.

“BAI stores everything on its virtual backup server, including complex systems such as our research database, mail, archiving and file servers. The server can easily reach 5TB, well over the maximum size supported by many providers. However, XO Enterprise Cloud scales to meet our considerable capacity requirements, a critical deciding factor for us since our storage needs will only continue to grow,” said Jim DiNapoli, senior networking manager, BAI. “The more I learned about XO Enterprise Cloud, the more convinced I became that it was the perfect solution for BAI. With plenty of storage capacity and the scalability to grow with us, plus the adaptability to easily configure the environment to fit the way we do business, XO Enterprise Cloud was a clear winner,“

After implementing  Enterprise Cloud, BAI simulated a disaster situation and tested BC procedures using the virtual servers. The exercise proved to be successful, reducing BAI’s disaster RTO from two weeks to two days, enhancing BC and improving peace of mind. DiNapoli restored all of his organization’s systems and servers, including the CRM system, email, file systems and research database, in the cloud in two days on the first attempt – other providers’ restoration estimates to BAI were approximately two weeks.

“I am extremely impressed with the incredible flexibility of XO Enterprise Cloud. I can configure the environment the way I want without a lot of cumbersome restrictions, and the on-demand pricing model is very enticing. Openness, flexibility of use and simple pricing is something many companies want, but few providers offer in one package like XO Enterprise Cloud does,” DiNapoli said.

“Organizations like BAI are continually seeking virtual solutions as a way to effectively and efficiently protect core operations without spending unnecessary capital,” said Jake Heinz, VP marketing, XO. “XO Enterprise Cloud allows seamless migration of existing server workloads without sacrificing security, performance or service quality. The solution scales to meet storage capacity requirements of all sizes, making it easy for mid- and large-sized businesses to implement IaaS resources and to better integrate BC and DR planning into their overall data center strategy.“

Enterprise Cloud is designed to meet customer requirements for enterprise-grade cloud computing services delivered over a private nationwide network environment. The architecture, as an IaaS application, and its delivery via the XO network, provides higher levels of performance and isolation to help customers meet their own mission-critical IT requirements. Customers have the flexibility of multiple network connectivity options to access the Enterprise Cloud platform and multiple computing resource allocation options, such as shared, reserved and dedicated, to best support their application needs.