Horry Electric Company is a member-owned utility company that provides electric service to its members. They are a customer-driven company that prides itself on staying up to date with the latest technologies in order to pass along benefits to its members.

Challenge:

When it came time to install and implement a virtual environment to better serve its customers, they turned to eGroup because of their reputation and background in virtual technologies.

Solution:

Working with eGroup allowed Horry Electric to get their virtual data center and other infrastructure projects up and running faster than if they had worked in house.

“I was skeptical about the amount of work they wanted to do in a short amount of time. But we were able to get it all accomplished in less time than they expected. Totally blew us away.”
- IT Manager, Horry Electric Cooperative

“With their expertise at our disposal, it is like having additional staff on hand. They have never made us feel like we were just another client. More like colleagues.”
- IT Manager, Horry Electric Cooperative

Results

Since then, eGroup has saved Horry Electric Cooperative time by keeping them informed of new and innovative technologies in the field and making sure the datacenter environment is running properly and staying updated.