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How enterprises in healthcare, engineering and semiconductors worked with LAVA to cut spend, consolidate providers and find room to grow.

Healthcare · Network Spend Optimization

35%

reduction in overall telecom expenses

Reducing telecom spend for a major healthcare system

Clinics across FMOLHS, a health system with four main hospitals and 400+ clinics and offices, had bought internet and voice on their own. LAVA’s NSO audit gave IT full visibility of every service, contract and provider, then negotiated better pricing.

Engineering · Network Connectivity

$2.5M+

in savings shown in LAVA’s proposal

Global connectivity for an engineering firm

A firm with 45+ locations and 25+ providers wanted off MPLS and onto dual, diverse DIA circuits. LAVA priced aggregators against each other site by site.

Healthcare · NSO & TEM

$2M+

saved with LAVA’s NSO and TEM solutions

A national medical practice updates and saves

A practice with 120+ locations swapped MPLS for DIA and broadband at every site, and moved a stack of monthly carrier invoices into a single TEM solution.

Semiconductor · Colocation

13 → 3

data center providers, down-selected and negotiated

Colocation for a Global Fortune 500 company

Growth outpaced the client’s campus, and new space had to be procured in two weeks. LAVA ran RFPs in Central Mexico and Texas, then the client brought LAVA back for Canada and Germany.

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