Frustrated with the Current VMware Cost Situation?
Have Rising VMware License Costs Affected You?
As an external IT service provider, you're currently facing the challenge of not being able to offer the companies you support a cost-effective virtualization solution.
BlueBoxx by Sphinx solves your problem!
- BlueBoxx offers you a scalable alternative starting from just 2 VMs.
- BlueBoxx is fully installed by Sphinx. Your existing VMs are migrated without downtime and unnoticeably for your customers.
- Sphinx acts as your service provider in this case and never comes into direct contact with your customers.
- BlueBoxx is based on open source and runs on-prem or in the cloud.
The BlueBoxx Concept
We deliver the finished platform - YOU CONTROL THE APPLICATION
Platform as a Service
Many cloud solutions force you to learn complex new dashboards and infrastructure logic. We do it differently: we deliver turnkey virtual machines (VMs) to you.
- Sphinx (the machine room)
We operate the BlueBoxx stack, the entire network, storage, and hardware. We make sure the services run, stay patched, and perform. - You as the external IT service provider (the business logic)
We provide you with the infrastructure. As admin, you manage the operating systems, databases, and your business applications as usual.
Advantage: You remain the point of contact for the business departments, while we invisibly cover your back.
Finally Time Again for Real IT-Projects
No Infrastructure Baggage
Your admin no longer has to deal with firmware updates for switches or failed hard drives in the SAN.
Focus on Services
Your admin can fully focus on managing the business services that drive your company forward.
Easy Handover
No complex API training. We provide the infrastructure – your admin logs in and gets to work.
Recovery in 5 Minutes
BlueBoxx is an integrated recovery and backup platform that consistently protects complete IT workloads and resets them to a clean recovery point within minutes.
Through atomic snapshots, blockchain technology, and tamper-proof backup mechanisms, systems, applications, and data are comprehensively protected. This reduces downtime, minimizes data loss, and quickly resumes operations after cyberattacks or system failures.
Open Technologies Instead of Proprietary Lock-in
Stay independent from individual vendors, avoid hard-to-calculate licensing models, and retain full control over your IT infrastructure.
The open-source-based approach creates flexibility in operation, scaling, and migration. This allows existing environments to be developed further efficiently, without being tied long-term to rigid platform or licensing requirements.
What You Gain With Spinx's BlueBoxx Solution
Independence
No more VMware licensing arbitrariness thanks to enterprise open source.
Security & Compliance
Hosting and operations by experts in Austria. Ideal for easily implementing NIS2 in your company.
Continuity
Switch without downtime, without users noticing.
Efficiency
Your team manages the services, we manage the technical foundation.
Ransomware-Proof
BlueBoxx by Sphinx protects against data loss from ransomware with immutable snapshots every 5 minutes. In an emergency, the entire IT environment is reset to its pre-attack state within seconds.
WHICH BLUEBOXX VARIANT FITS YOU?
For SMEs and Enterprise Organizations
With BlueBoxx, your costs stay transparent, downtime stays short, data stays protected, and IT teams remain capable even with limited resources. Depending on your company size, we offer you the optimal solution:
- SME - BlueBoxx-S3 is the 2-node cluster variant of our solution and is perfectly suited for small to medium-sized businesses.
- Enterprise - With BlueBoxx-X3, you can rely on the ultimate platform for all your IT applications.
Out-of-the-box
Für Unternehmen, die rasch von einer bestehenden Umgebung auf eine sichere Standardlösung wechseln wollen.
Combine and Go
Für Firmen mit vorhandener Infrastruktur, die schrittweise auf BlueBoxx-Niveau modernisiert werden soll.
As a Service
Für IT-Dienstleister, die Betrieb und Hosting komplett auslagern und ohne internes Infrastrukturteam arbeiten möchten.
More Flexibility, Less Headache
BlueBoxx can be used for smaller customers as well as enterprise organizations, giving you back the flexibility lost due to rising VMware license costs.
Our Customers Trust BlueBoxx
Team Statements
„The ideal IT infrastructure is imperceptible to customers – it works efficiently, smoothly and transparently in the background.“
Contact us
BERND SCHELLNAST
Managing Director
Head of Operations
Sphinx IT Consulting GmbH
+43 1 599 31 - 0
bernd.schellnast@sphinx.at