City of North Las Vegas
Location: United States
From IT transformation to urban revitalization
About
North Las Vegas is home to 240,000 full-time residents. Following a period of rapid growth and post-recession crash, the city faced a $152 million long-term budget deficit and was at risk of losing its charter.
Challenges
Meet demands of 13 city departments and the citizens they collectively serve.
Provide better emergency services through flexible information access.
Reduce IT operating expenditures (OpEx).
Improve DR for critical applications.
Solution
Virtualize the city’s IT infrastructure stack for a fully software-defined data center.
Transform network agility and security through micro-segmentation and automation.
Deploy and standardize virtual desktop infrastructure for employees, first responders, and citizens.
Outcome
Achieved fully funded, fully balanced budget and no long-term deficit in less than 4 years.
Saw 7,000 percent increase in jobs and 4,000 percent increase in capital investment.
22-person IT division performs at levels seen at municipalities with 70-person IT staff.
Products
VMware vShpere
VMware NSX
VMware vSAN
VMware vRealize Operations
VMware vRealize Log Insight
VMware Horizon
VMware App Volumes
VMware User Environment Manager
