CloudVelox Helps MyPoints Deploy DR on AWS

CloudVelox, Inc. announced that MyPoints.com, Inc., a subsidiary of United Online, Inc., deployed its One Hybrid cloud software to leverage AWS for its cloud DR.

MyPoints had been provisioning and managing two separate data centers. With One Hybrid cloud the company was able to improve SLA response times and reduce TCO for DR by 50%. Since the fall of 2014, it was also able to perform more frequent testing of their secondary environment.

CloudVelox software automated key DR processes for MyPoints, including discovery, blueprinting, provisioning and deployment of the DR environment into AWS. The deployment was fast. Within a few weeks, MyPoints had the option of shuttering its secondary data center.

Several dry runs were conducted during a Proof of Concept (PoC) trial, which gave the team adequate time to build trust in the new environment. The PoC involved the deployment of One Hybrid cloud software on a staging pod with dozens of systems. The MyPoints team then tested the environment, igniting it into production on AWS with the push of a button.

Before CloudVelox, MyPoints had deployed a traditional DR model utilizing two data centers with duplicate infrastructure. The rapid growth of data was making the OPEX and CAPEX costs associated with housing, cooling and managing the secondary data center and duplicate infrastructure expensive. The new automated process allowed the company to reduce the time spent managing systems and the risk of data loss, which allowed the IT team to focus more on their core business.

The successful POC resulted in CloudVelox’s One Hybrid cloud software being deployed in the production environment. This allowed MyPoints to decommission the dedicated collocation facility reducing SLAs for internal customers from 48 hours to 24 hours. In addition, there was a 50% reduction in total costs as the facility was replaced by CloudVelox on AWS. The MyPoints operating environment in the data center is continuously synchronized into AWS, including replicating databases in real-time. A DR test run on AWS can be invoked anytime.

“The CloudVelox platform running on AWS helped our team to establish higher levels of service, resilience and accountability,” said Ananth Reddy, SVP, MyPoints. “We reduced DR expenses, increased protection and enhanced our ability to test our environment at will. That was a big leap from the world of maintaining a secondary facility.“

“Working with Ananth and his team was a rewarding experience,” said Rajeev Chawla, CEO, CloudVelox. “It is always a pleasure to work with IT teams dedicated to delivering high impact innovation.“