IT infrastructure redesign - Property

Overview

 

Customer: International Property Organisation
Country or Region: United Kingdom
Industry: Property

 

Products

 

  • IBM HS20 eServer Blade Centre
  • IBM HS20 Blade Servers
  • Microsoft 2003 Standard & Enterprise Edition
  • Exchange 2003 Standard & Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Cluster Services
  • Lanboss Migration Tool Set

Benefits

  • High availability and improved overall messaging performance.
  • Scalable future proof design.
  • Simplified migration strategy from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange 2003
  • Ability to remotely connect to the messaging system via Outlook Web Access.
  • Ability to utilise RPC over HTTP for remote Outlook client users.

Task Phases

 

Project Initiation - preliminary meetings took place with the customer to discuss the specific requirement of the project and to gain an understanding of key goals and drivers in relation to the delivery.
Technical Workshops - Technical workshops were used to examine the overall requirement in great detail and to formulate an agreed prospective technical design.
Discovery & Audit - On site discovery and auditing was carried out to ensure that our consultants had a full understanding of the existing environment and to ascertain the risks involved.
Detailed Design - detailed design document was produced by our consultants and was reviewed by all parties involved prior to submission for approval.
Planning & POC - This phase defined the project plan in preparation for the implementation. Full testing of the proposed procedures was carried out during the Proof of Concept, and the results of which were documented in full for the customer.
Implementation - pre-defined staged implementation, starting with the initial offsite build of the server infrastructure, through to the implementation onsite.