• Provide infrastructure to support the high storage capacity requirement of the industrial design images, accessible from anywhere
• Upgrade to an enterprise-grade network to provide speeds suitable for modern collaboration
• Migrate email to a managed cloud solution

Solutions

Implementation

Once Kingman Visual agreed on the proposed changes, they were implemented over the following phases:

1. The relevant requirements were initially scoped to ensure suitable hardware and connectivity offered an optimal end-to-end experience. 
2. Vendors were consulted and engaged to begin the fibre internet installation.
3. Local network infrastructure was upgraded to provide a suitable network backbone.
4. Server hardware was sourced, built and tested for performance before being installed as part of a staged upgrade to existing hardware.
5. Load-balanced remote desktop servers were configured for access by staff through a secured gateway.
6. On-premises Exchange email servers were integrated with Microsoft Exchange Online to facilitate the phased migration of staff mailboxes before decommissioning the on-premises server

Benefits

Upgrading the legacy server and network hardware provided tangible efficiency gains influencing staff productivity. This provided a direct cost-benefit of thousands of dollars per month through the increased turnaround of company projects.

Increased security leveraged from the next-generation firewall and email services managed with Microsoft secure data centres.

Improved resilience and disaster recovery correlate with reduced downtime during a disaster and the associated negative costs.

Knowing IQPC are only a phone call away is very reassuring, it is like they are an extension of our team. I would have no hesitation in recommending IQPC to anyone. They are incredibly knowledgeable and extremely friendly and just fantastic to deal with. No IT headaches here!

NICOLE RENSHAW