Manufacturing
ACTIVITY
Saintex is manufacturing group specializing in metal fabrication and processing for a range of industrial applications. The group operates around 50 sites worldwide and employs approximately 1,600 people.
The project at a glance
Saintex is a mid-market industrial manufacturer with a small IT team. Over the years, and through a series of joint IT projects, the group has forged a close partnership with Hardis Group, whose multidisciplinary team offers services ranging from initial technology consulting and recommendation based on business requirements, through to system deployment and operation.
Project objectives
- Maintain and upgrade IT infrastructure.
- Secure data hosted across multiple systems and implement access security measures.
- Quickly process and store ever-growing volumes of data of vastly different kinds.
- Implement tools to better exploit data from multiple systems.
- Boost productivity and collaboration.
WORK PERFORMED
- Operated and managed IBM i infrastructure, with a focus on system performance and availability.
- Deployed a disaster recovery plan (DRP).
- Deployed a data management platform for data processing and analytics.
- Deployed Cato Networks’ Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform to optimize and secure online access to hybrid environments.
- Migrated the existing mail system to Microsoft 365, and operated the new system.A
BENEFITS
General benefits:
- A single partner with the ability to meet the full range of needs, irrespective of scope, technology, or domain.
- End-to-end project management, from consulting and design through to system integration and operation.
- Support with selecting tools and technologies suited to technical needs and constraints.
Business benefits:
- IT infrastructure availability, performance and operation.
- Improved resilience to incidents.
- Faster processing and analysis of data hosted across different systems (cloud and on-premises).
