Solution brief As-a-Service Offerings (XaaS)

Key takeaways

Insight XaaS helps organizations modernize infrastructure without large upfront investments, thanks to predictable OpEx pricing and flexible consumption models.
Insight XaaS simplifies infrastructure operations through ongoing management. Organizations gain reporting, lifecycle management, and 24/7 assistance.
Capacity can align with evolving business demands. Insight XaaS enables scalable performance across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

Business challenges

Organizations are under pressure to modernize infrastructure while managing cost constraints, demand variability,and increasing operational complexity. The rapid growth of AI workloads is introducing new volatility in infrastructure pricing and supply chains. This includes frequent OEM cost increases, particularly in flash-based systems, which makes long-term cost planning more difficult. IT teams are left trying to match infrastructure investment to shifting business needs — without sacrificing cost, predictability, or performance.

Our solution

Insight X-as-a-Service OEM portfolio offers wide range of infrastructure, including storage, compute, networking, data protection, and hybrid cloud. These available solutions enable organizations to align needs based on today’s business demand through a simple monthly minimum commitment. Bursting or additional growth is available when needs change.

The service combines ongoing guidance, lifecycle management, and optimization to help organizations maintain performance, scale with confidence, and stay aligned with changing business needs. Our Client Delivery Management team conducts regular cadence meetings to review consumption and business needs, ensuring your organization stays on track. With 24/7 technical support and end-to-end visibility across the environment, you gain the oversight and operational consistency needed to support long-term growth.

Features & benefits

Financial flexibility

Shift from CapEx to predictable OpEx, preserving cash flow
Scale infrastructure usage based on business needs
Consistent pricing for contract duration

Operational simplicity

Consumption & usage reporting provided by Insight
Reduced burden on internal IT teams
Standardized and repeatable delivery models

Scalability & performance

Scale capacity consumption up (all) or down (NetApp)
Support for hybrid and multicloud environments
Deliver performance aligned to workload requirements

Risk reduction

Minimize overprovisioning and market volatility
Align infrastructure investment with business demand
Built-in lifecycle and refresh planning

Outcome

XaaS enables organizations to modernize infrastructure with greater financial flexibility and reduced risk. Through subscription-based consumption models and locked-in pricing over a committed term, organizations gain improved cost predictability. This helps reduce exposure to pricing volatility and align investment to evolving business demands. With access to responsive technical support when IT teams need a helping hand, organizations can maintain performance and control while confidently adapting their environment as requirements change.

Managed services portfolio

Insight X-as-a-Service program provides support options that align to your needs, from reactive technical assistance to fully managed services. Essentials helps resolve issues as they arise, while Advanced delivers proactive monitoring and optimization to improve performance and free IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives

	Deliverables	Benefits
24/7/365 reactive technical support	Experienced technical engineers for problem resolution	Around-the-clock support including after hours
	Vendors escalation	Insight as your single point of contact
	XaaS client delivery management	Dedicated Client Delivery Management leading ongoing meetings for usage and future planning
24/7/365 proactive monitoring & management	Patching	Reduces security and operational risks by staying up to date
	Proactive incident and problem resolution	Layers of staffing to work any incident regardless of time or day
	Change enablement	Increases governance and reduces risk
	Request fulfillment	Provide timely and efficient resolution of service requests

Why Insight?

Insight Enterprises is a leading Solutions Integrator that helps clients solve technology challenges by combining the right hardware, software, and services. As a Fortune 500 technology company, backed by 35+ years of expertise and a deep network of 6,000+ partners, we deliver secure, end-to-end IT solutions for organizations around the world.

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