CEO’s Mission
The business had a budget of £300k for this project. This was designed around stabilising an inconsistent system and shoring up the IT architecture. This was required after the previous internal team unexpectedly left. The business had relied on one system that was severely out of date. With any support and upgrade contracts expired or on the verge of running out. Then, the Director needed to bring the entire system’s exchange limit under control. In addition, they needed to optimise it and help in reducing running costs. The company, with around 160 users, hadn’t had any regeneration or significant improvements for around 10 years.
What Our Director Did
Updated And Refreshed Systems
The IT Director analysed all the software and applications in use in the business, and consolidated the system. They then worked on consolidating 32 separate applications down to a core 16 programmes. This had the effect of drastically decreased running costs.The Director ensured each system was upgraded to the latest SQL programming system.
Optimised Practices and Running Costs
The Director identified a reliance on a single system and a physical server as an area for improvement in the existing work model. Therefore, by virtualising the entire environment, moving to 12 virtual servers and cutting down to just two physical in-house servers, the Director simplified the costs for the business, which saw a significant saving as a result.
Stabilised All Systems
Before the Director worked with the team, the business had found that everyday systems and applications were consistently crashing. Finally, part of the project involved upgrading the company to the latest SQL programming system. Then after this, the Director made sure everything from software to exchange system was fully optimised.