Proof of Concept (POC)

Push the boundaries of what is possible.

WWT's proof of concept (PoC) labs give you a robust, unbiased proving ground that leverages our massive partner ecosystem to save you valuable time and money when innovating across the technology ecosystem.

Move quickly to:

Compare technologies or vendors
Test performance and functionality
Validate architectures
Gain confidence in your technology decisions

We help our clients:

Push the boundaries of what is possible.

Accelerate decision making

Validating new integrations or architectures can take months (if not years). Our dedicated PoC environments can cut that time down to weeks.

Mitigate risk

Test drive solutions before they're put into production. Validate solutions in a safe environment to ensure they'll work as intended once deployed.

Upskill your teams

Sharing is caring. We're here to give you as much insight into the process as you'd like, which leads to a better understanding of technology for your teams.

Drive meaningful innovation

Ideas are easy. Executing is the hard part. Our labs can replicate any environment to make sure your ideas will have the greatest impact on your organization.

Tap into expert insight

WWT's team of engineers are experts at testing technologies that were never intended to be integrated in the first place.

Success stories:

Restaurant Chain Achieves High Accuracy on Food Measurement With Computer Vision Solution

This National Restaurant Chain, one of America's largest privately owned fast-food chains, wanted to improve its food measurement accuracy and kitchen workflow practices to ensure that menu items are always freshly available for customers.

WWT Streamlines Public Cloud Migration for Private Holding Company

By leveraging NetApp ONTAP, the company improved latency by 15x and file availability by 7.5x.

ATC Lab Services Helps Mega-Scale Retailer Test SD-WAN Vendor Solutions

The Advanced Technology Center (ATC) Lab Services Team helped design, build and execute a proof of concept (POC) with a Mega-Scale Retailer that was interested in a global technology refresh of their retail stores and distribution outlets. The ATC Lab Services Team and Retailer evaluated SD-WAN solutions from four vendors against a standard test plan created in conjunction with the Retailer's priority use cases.

WWT Helps Global Financial Services Firm Identify a Data-Driven Path toward NetZero

Utilizing the power and intelligence of WWT's ATC to definitively identify ZutaCore as a pragmatic solution to cool its data centers, the customer now has a proven, clear path toward achieving its net zero emissions by 2030.

Global Financial Org Evaluates Cybersecurity Solutions, Optimizes Cloud Investments

Learn how the firm streamlined cloud software procurement and leveraged WWT labs to compare endpoint detection and response solutions.

Next-Generation Firewall Reduces Vulnerabilities, Sets Stage for Innovation

WWT labs and experts help an organization quickly evaluate, implement and operate business-critical security protection.

Our expertise

Leverage our sophisticated testing tools and capabilities.

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Our ecosystem

Bring in any of our thousands of OEM partners.

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Our people

Use our deep roster of subject matter experts to guide you along the way.

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How we move fast

For many organizations, performing critical R&D functions devours a tremendous amount of time, talent and money. We host our PoC engagements in our state-of-the-art Advanced Technology Center (ATC), a physical campus of data centers and labs that can tackle virtually any challenge you have.