Merlin International Case Studies

U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration: Virtualization

Case Study: Virtualization

Problem: After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) faced a considerably changed mission. The TSA needed the ability to rapidly evaluate new and disruptive technologies for applicability to its post-9/11 technology requirements.

Solution: Merlin International® built out an “on-demand” prototyping lab that delivered virtual resources – servers, storage and network – to technology evaluators.

Results: Employing a shared-resource model, the TSA dramatically reduced the overhead, lead-time and expenses of evaluating new technologies that come with dedicated platforms.