The Who
- International shipping company handling both freight and courier contracts
- Recent business expansion led to new sites being acquired
- Headquarters in UAE, with 3 UK sites
The Challenge
- Recent contract awarded with one of the world's largest online retailers
- Internal networks needed updating to be able to support growth anticipated
- Existing infrastructure composed of a mixture of vendors across each of the UK sites
- Needed to consolidate and unify networks to establish a future-proofed, company-wide standard
- Increased public consumption of online retail during COVID-19 intensified urgency of project timelines
The Solution
- Solutions evaluated based on maximising existing infrastructure where possible and securing headroom for growth at each location
- Network and Intelligent Edge solutions from HPE Aruba put forward for consideration
- Technology scoped and right-sized for each location
- Each UK location re-fitted with modern network fabric
The Benefits
- Close relationship with HPE secured competitive commercials to meet budget requirements
- Time and resource burden of right-sizing solutions taken away from customer
- Improved network management using cloud-based control console
- Simplified deployment of policies to secure and govern networks active in all 3 sites
- Real-time monitoring in a single consolidated network view
Why Servium?
- Longstanding, trusted relationship
- Confidence that we would deliver
- Easy interface into HPE for technical and commercial support
- Transparency and openness around cost and solutions
