Case Studies
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Here are some of our recent IT case studies, feel free to contact us if you want more information about the type of work we do.
Case Studies
Link to: Remote working solution in under three weeks
Rapid implementation of affordable home working at an NHS Trust
This NHS Trust needed a quick and affordable remote working solution to enable non-clinical staff to continue supporting their colleagues from home to reduce the risk of spreading infection. By repurposing servers from another project at the Trust, Fordway designed and implemented a solution in less than three weeks with capacity for several thousand users.
Link to: Tackling data backup and data loss in the construction sector
Tackling data backup problems in the construction sector
This multi-site organisation was struggling to handle rapidly growing volumes of digital information, from laser scans of sites to blueprints and CAD files. Current storage levels for both production and backup were only just keeping pace; backups were taking longer, and a lot of manual intervention from its small IT team was required to keep the system running.
Link to: Stress testing ensures seamless remote working
Rapid stress testing ensures seamless remote working, and the lessons for future IT changes
One of Fordway’s customers decided to stress test its remote working solution, giving just 24 hours’ notice. By anticipating the issues and preparing support staff, Fordway ensured that problems were resolved quickly and the organisation was able to continue with BAU with all staff working from home.
Link to: Azure Optimisation Case Study
Cutting public cloud costs through business analysis and service consolidation
This rapidly growing organisation wanted to move more services to the cloud as its on-premise servers were reaching end of life, but first needed to rationalise its existing cloud services, which had grown haphazardly and were expensive and difficult to manage.
Link to: Remote working solution in under three weeks
Implementing remote working rapidly and affordably for an NHS Trust
This NHS Trust needed a quick and affordable remote working solution to enable non-clinical staff to continue supporting their colleagues while working at home to reduce the risk of spreading infection. Fordway designed and implemented a solution in less than three weeks…
Link to: Managing logistics with cloud computing
Managing logistics with cloud computing
IT has been instrumental in enabling a specialised logistics company to grow its business and handle the increasingly complex needs of its customers. To improve data security they chose a managed cloud service from Fordway to provide their specialised applications to virtualised desktops…
Link to: Desktop Case Study - Bristol Community Health
Managed Cloud and Desktop as a Service support 1,600 community healthcare workers across Bristol.
When it took over service provision for health services in Bristol it needed a purpose-built IT infrastructure that would support mobile working for its 1,600 staff.
Link to: Using Office 365 to support collaboration on HS2 at engineering joint venture Fusion
Using Office 365 to support collaboration on HS2 at engineering joint venture Fusion
To facilitate secure, collaborative working for members of the project team, Fordway implemented a dedicated Office 365 domain and now provides ongoing user support to Fusion through its Service Desk.
Link to: Consolidating data and preparing for a paperless future at acute hospital trust
Consolidating data and preparing for a paperless future at an acute hospital trust
When the SAN at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwick NHS Trust reached the end of life, the Trust chose Fordway to design and install a new scalable solution, which would consolidate storage from across the Trust.
Link to: Brent Council reduces IT power consumption by 80% through the use of desktop virtualisation
Brent Council reduces IT power consumption by 80% through the use of desktop virtualisation
Fordway and Brent Council implemented a virtualised desktop infrastructure which reduced power consumption by more than 80%, saving money on electricity costs and reducing the council’s carbon footprint.
Link to: Cloud platform supports engineering joint-venture with Crossrail
Cloud Platform supports engineering joint-venture with Crossrail tunnelling
Fordway set up a cloud based infrastructure and fully managed and hosted business continuity/disaster recovery solution for the Crossrail project in just four weeks using its two UK data centres.
Link to: Hosting desktops and a critical regulatory portal for the Oil and Gas Authority
Hosting desktops and a critical regulatory portal for the Oil and Gas Authority
With the online portal which handles the majority of its consent and regulatory activities becoming increasingly unresponsive, the Oil and Gas Authority needed a new secure hosting environment…
Link to: Fordway's shared services help councils reduce costs and improve disaster recovery
Fordway’s shared services help councils reduce costs and improve disaster recovery
To meet the need to reduce costs while protecting front line services, Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils agreed to work together to implement a shared services initiative. They chose Fordway to design…
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