Customer Stories
Nashville Electric Service

NES Powers Sustainable Progress in Tennessee

Facing a substantial cost to continue maintenance of its aging storage infrastructure, Nashville Electric Service (NES) chose to migrate to Pure Storage for better reliability, lower cost, and a sustainable future.

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Summary

NES was used to power outages caused by tornadoes, windstorms, and derechos, but IT service outages were different. Its aging technology routinely suffered outages during upgrades, and inefficient disaster recovery caused delays. So, when confronted with a huge bill for continued maintenance, the utility provider decided to switch to Pure Storage. The move eliminated complexity, improved restore times, reduced cost, and created a more sustainable IT environment.

Industry

State and Local Government

GEO

North America

Use Cases

Accelerate Core Applications
Modernise Data Protection
Enable Multi-cloud

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Challenges

Serving a large community that depends on continuous service, NES became concerned about time-consuming upgrades that disrupted internal projects. A four-day outage due to poor restore capabilities following a major windstorm added to the discomfort with aging technology. When NES received a bill for more than one million dollars for ongoing maintenance of outdated storage, it was time to consider options.

Results

Business Transformation

Delivers power to growing customer base dependably and affordably
Establishes foundation for sustainable future with safe, reliable energy
Lowers energy costs and eliminates storage re-buys to reduce overall TCO

IT Transformation

Improves business continuity and restore times in disaster events
Cuts weeks off upgrade time and reduces storage rack space by 75%
Modernises and scales as needed, eliminating storage complexity

“Our IT transformation is aligned with—not at the expense of—our environmental responsibilities. With Pure Storage, we are leading our community down a greener path to a sustainable future.”

Stacy Mill

CISO, Nashville Electric Service

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