"Like most companies with a national presence, we have to support desktops, laptops and mobile devices with a range of operating systems across a UK wide network. 3Sixty have really added value by implementing a virtual desktop and server solution for us. This has reduced our server and support costs as well as increasing data security and disaster recovery across our Group."
David Simon, Managing Partner, Robin Simon LLP
Client
Robin Simon LLP www.robinsimonllp.com
Robin Simon LLP is a specialist insurance law firm, with a national presence in the UK and an international reach.
Business Need
With over 100 staff located in offices in Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and London, running, maintaining and supporting 12 on-premise servers and individual desktops and applications was a time consuming and costly exercise. Robin Simon wanted to reduce these costs whilst increasing data security and improving admin support.
Technology Solution
We implemented a completely virtual and scalable environment utilising a managed VMware server platform delivered via a long-term hosting partner and our highly secure data centres.
Server virtualisation has reduced the company's reliance on, and maintenance of, on-premise servers and has boosted hardware utilisation from under 20% to over 60%, meaning the business is already seeing significant returns and measurable business benefits by making the most of their storage, network and computing resources.
What's more, the 3Sixty team are able to virtually support all desktops, servers, data centres, email, VOIP phones, blackberrys and other mobile devices, as well as data backups and disaster recovery, reducing the need for in-house IT teams at each office.
Return on Investment
- Reduce server infrastructure costs
- Improve business continuity and disaster recovery
- Reclaim data centre capacity
- Speed up deployment of new applications
- Improve IT staff productivity
- More effective sharing of infrastructure across groups
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