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Threadneedle increases profitability with savings of £1.5 million per year
Threadneedle has out-tasked datacenter and network management to Computacenter under a 10-year contract. The agreement includes support for servers, operating systems, storage, backup, email and IP (Internet Protocol) telephony, and an IT transformation programme that involved consolidating five data centres and re-locating to two new managed facilities, halving its server estate through virtualisation and implementing a new storage area network (SAN) and backup environment. Threadneedle has reduced its operational costs by around £1.5 million a year thanks to the partnership with Computacenter.
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Harvey Nichols enhances the customer experience and will make savings of £1 million with unified communications
Harvey Nichols partnered with Computacenter to implement a new unified communications infrastructure incorporating IP telephony and wireless connectivity. Based on Cisco technologies, the new solution has simplified collaboration across the company’s 11 sites as well as IT support. Computacenter is also responsible for supporting the solution under a five-year contract. As well as significantly reducing Harvey Nichols’ telephone bills, the new infrastructure is more cost-effective to support, which will result in savings of £1 million over 10 years. Employees can devote more time to customers and answer queries in a shorter timeframe, which helps improve the retail experience and maintain Harvey Nichols’ reputation.
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BT Innovate & Design increases agility and reduces development costs with improved collaboration - Global teams can work without the need to fly
BT Innovate & Design is responsible for designing, building and implementing the IT platforms, networks, products and services that the BT Group relies upon. The organisation’s agile development teams are distributed throughout the UK, the US, India, China and South Korea. BT partnered with Computacenter to develop and install a solution based on SMART interactive whiteboards and Internet Protocol (IP) audio-conferencing facilities. More than 100 collaboration workstations have been implemented at BT Innovate & Design offices worldwide and its strategic partners, enabling developers to collaborate in real-time with remote colleagues. Computacenter is also responsible for maintaining and supporting the new technologies
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BGC Partners enhances business agility with strategic partnership for sourcing IT
Working in fast-paced financial markets, BGC Partners’ business needs to be dynamic to take advantage of new revenue-generating opportunities. To ensure new and existing staff have access to the right technologies, BGC must be able to procure and deploy workstations within very tight timeframes with equipment being procured from up to 40 different suppliers, BGC lacked the responsive service and strategic IT sourcing relationship it needed. BGC has centralised the procurement of workstations, Wintel servers and consumables with Computacenter. The strategic IT sourcing partnership with Computacenter enables BGC to procure technology faster and with greater reliability, which enhances the firm’s business agility and competitive advantage. BGC has also reduced IT costs by taking advantage of Computacenter’s buying power and centralised processes. Simplified procurement has enabled the company to halve its procurement team so staff can focus on the firm’s strategic IT roadmap.