Neptune (acquired by Empowered SMS in 2014) is one of the UK’s leading Unified Communications specialists, offering cutting edge services within digital workplace solutions and managed services.
The situation
Recent expansion of services portfolio to include Microsoft Unified Communications Solutions led to a requirement for an on-premise, enterprise-grade solution
Existing infrastructure management services to be transformed
Our approach
Captured customer requirements through workshops
Created roadmap of technology options and proposed a specific scenario to transform to their target Microsoft solution
Designed and built new Microsoft Hyper-V physical server environment
Designed concept Microsoft IaaS private cloud platform for internal production
Migrated infrastructure management and file services to new environment
Outcomes achieved
53% saving on file storage
Physical footprint of Neptune’s data centre was optimised
Greater efficiencies and agility in internal planning and collaboration
Improved showcase for Neptune sales team to generate new business
Successful transition to new consolidated platform from end of life platform
