Case Studies
Real outcomes from Dataforge client engagements — storage migrations, cost reduction, and managed IT delivered for businesses across Ontario.
67% Reduction in Monthly Storage Costs
How Dataforge replaced Box.com with managed vSAN storage and cut monthly costs by 67% for a Toronto construction company with 50–70 users.
Licensing Halted a Planned Storage Expansion
VMware to Proxmox for a ~50-employee engineering firm after Broadcom pricing increases and a 64TB datastore limit—Ceph for databases, ZFS for images, Veeam then PBS.
300 Devices in the Field, Fully Managed and Secured
300+ field devices for a construction firm: O365 backup for bid files, always-on WireGuard, disk encryption, Dataforge RMM, and Sophos Complete MDR—one machine at a time over about a month.
Laptop Support That Takes Hours, Not Days
Managed fleet for a ~40-user construction firm nationwide: Google Docs backup, Dataforge RMM, Sophos Complete MDR, and Entra with MFA—consolidated from fragmented break-fix support; typical repairs in 15–30 minutes.
From $1,000 to ~$200 per Month on AI
Open WebUI on Dataforge infrastructure for a ~20-user financial research firm—pooled AI access, per-user controls, and custom models cut monthly spend from ~$1,000 to ~$200.
VPN Outages Stopped Being a Monthly Routine
Always-on WireGuard and single-team support for a ~20-user non-profit. Discontinued VPN equipment and multi-day reinstall loops replaced with MikroTik CCR under Dataforge care.
Four Remote Sites on a Modern Network in Two Weeks
MikroTik CCR routers, WireGuard, and BGP for a ~100-user construction firm—four remote sites cut over in two weeks, work-order waits down to 1–2 seconds.
Production Storage Without Endless Expansion
Linux production storage and tape archive for a national silkscreen printer—active jobs stay online, closed jobs roll to tape, restores by job number.