Previously, IWD delivered its workforce services through 55 field offices in 53 of its 99 counties. Faced with budget cuts, IWD needed to identify opportunities to cost effectively deliver the same exceptional services. The agency investigated the use of virtualization for streamlining the way it delivered services. The agency elected to replace the storage
infrastructure with NetApp storage. This move resulted in marked performance improvement, storage management improvement, and greater satisfaction among its 600 users.