Scott Data, a Tier III Uptime Institute-certified data center operator based in Omaha, Nebraska, selected OcNOS and an open networking strategy to service its network needs and accommodate future growth. The disaggregated approach paired OcNOS with open networking hardware from UfiSpace, Edgecore Networks, and Celestica, reducing equipment lead times from years to weeks while keeping required budgets a fraction of competing closed-system solutions. Technology partner IP ArchiTechs provided essential deployment support.
The Challenge
Scott Data operates a 20-acre Omaha campus that includes 110,000 square feet of purpose-built, Tier III certified data center space, a 20-MegaWatt central plant, high-density cabinets, and colocation services. As one of only fourteen multi-tenant organizations in the nation to hold Tier III Certification in both design and facility from the Uptime Institute, Scott Data needed a network platform that could match its concurrently maintainable facility standards while sidestepping the procurement and cost drag of legacy single-vendor stacks.
- Long equipment lead times from closed-system vendors slowed network buildouts.
- Required budgets for traditional vendor solutions were significantly higher than open alternatives.
- The roadmap called for a logical evolution from mainframe computing toward future cloud computing.
The Solution
Scott Data deployed OcNOS across open networking hardware from UfiSpace, Edgecore Networks, and Celestica, giving the team a single network operating system that runs on heterogeneous merchant-silicon platforms. IP ArchiTechs supported the deployment, and the resulting architecture aligns with Scott Data’s broader strategy of disaggregating the network to gain flexibility across cost, support, and features.
Outcomes
- Equipment lead times dropped from years to just weeks thanks to heterogeneous hardware support.
- Required budgets came in at a fraction of competing closed-system vendor proposals.
- Scott Data gained an open foundation positioned for its move from mainframe computing toward cloud computing.
Why OcNOS
As Ken Moreano, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Scott Data, put it: “OcNOS and an open networking strategy hits all the right notes in terms of cost, support, and features. Service providers and OEMs have been using IP Infusion for years.” The selection reaffirms Scott Data’s stated core values of being a technical innovator in its market while channeling net revenues toward STEM college scholarships, a defining feature of the company founded by Walter Scott, Jr.