Managed IT

Due to rapid growth, Shionogi’s existing IT support services arrangements no longer suited their business and operational requirements. With a more mature agile, efficient solution needed, Shionogi approached OryxAlign to provide strategic direction and consultancy to mature their IT strategy, build an internal capability and deliver a managed technology service to support the forecasted growth of their operations in the UK and Europe.

Due to the highly sensitive nature of its business, the IT systems at Brockton Capital are critical to the smooth and secure running of its entire operation. Likewise, the ongoing support of its user community and infrastructure demands to be of a truly exceptional standard.

An aging and inefficient infrastructure was causing increasing frustration and operational issues at The Mailbox. Critical business functions such as telephony were being affected by end-of-life and poorly managed Cisco infrastructure, which was proving to be a sizeable risk to the 24×7 operation. To add to the problems, there was a notable lack of proactive and responsive managed services, further frustrating the user community.

Solace wanted greater efficiency and collaboration so that staff spent more time supporting survivors and less time navigating files on their laptops and emailing attachments for teams to update.

The charity also has a flexible workforce, including many volunteers and contractors on short-term projects. They needed support that could quickly set up new employees but also quickly remove access after their contract ends.

The very environment in which VIRTUS operates makes it susceptible to a range of ever-intensifying trends, challenges and threats; as a direct result, a sophisticated approach to security is an absolute imperative.

To add to an already challenging situation, the VIRTUS infrastructure is growing increasingly complex and constantly evolving due to a number of factors: ongoing expansion, growing and developing infrastructures, flexible workforces, users moving outside the corporate perimeter and accessing resources from a range of alternative devices.

Ella’s Kitchen recognised that its unreliable and dated IT infrastructure was not fit to meet the challenges of its rapidly growing business. A major refresh was urgently needed, and a managed technology support solution was the only answer.