Houston Company Survives IT Staff Layoff as Part of M&A
A massive industrial contractor realized their legacy hardware was vulnerable to threats.
A massive industrial contractor composed of several subsidiary companies in Texas was preparing for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). But the company had several drawbacks that made it difficult to pull off its growth goals.
Situation
Its subsidiaries employed dissimilar technologies that made consolidation a challenge. In fact, some subsidiaries were still using older legacy hardware, making them vulnerable to threats both from outside and within. Speaking of inside threats, several longtime employees, disgruntled by the changes that the company was going through, were able to steal company data due to the inadequate cyber security measures that were in place.
The Tech Turnaround Solution
To be able to address several things at once, we placed this particular client of ours under the CompleteCloud solution. It provides complete infrastructure from the data center to the employees’ desk, managed security solutions, complete mobility, and 24/7 support.
Result
This allowed the Houston company to achieve the following:
- All company data was placed in a secure private cloud, SSAE 18 SOC 2 Type 2 data center, complete with backup and business continuity precautions in place. With this setup, the company data is fully secured, making it difficult for any disgruntled employee or a determined hacker to access important files.
- With CompleteCloud, all servers and dedicated employee workstations sit in the data center, running all the software. Meanwhile, employees use thin clients (or simplified PCs with no hard drives) for their daily work. This setup allows the company to pay on a cost-effective per user, per month plan. It also allows their employees to work anywhere an internet connection exists.
- Platform growth as a result of a simple subscription increase allows for easy scalability without ever having to buy a new piece of hardware again. This solution also enabled the client to grow through mergers and acquisitions.
- Once migration to the platform was finished, the internal IT staff was no longer needed, except to focus on their business line applications. The rest of their IT needs were managed by our IT experts.
With the CompleteCloud solution, the company was able to save 35% of their entire annual IT budget.
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