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“Collaboration using Skype and
SharePoint has become the norm, making
us more productive and saving on travel
costs,” remarks Neethling. “It’s much
easier to work on the same document in
real time without multiple versions being
emailed to and from recipients. We also
have virtual workshops and can achieve in
an hour something that might previously
have taken weeks. Our productivity has
increased significantly as a result.”
Tradebridge has also been impressed by
the versatility of the SteelHead solution
and its ability to underpin multiple cloud
platforms: “We are a forward-thinking
company and constantly review our
technology needs. It’s good to know
that if we move to G-Suite, I won’t have
to repurchase software or licences,”
explains Neethling.
One of Tradebridge’s initial SLA
requirements was zero downtime and,
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“Riverbed
worked with our
local partner,
Datacentrix, to
deliver the project
on time via detailed
planning.”
again, Riverbed has been up to the task.
Application availability and performance
during the first year have been faultless,
ensuring users have access to the
information, applications and services
they need to do their job.
expect the division to perform at 100%
so I must deliver 100% uptime.”
The company is now working with
Datacentrix to look at how to better
integrate business intelligence into the
cloud services but in the meantime,
Tradebridge expects the use of the new
platform for collaboration to continue to
grow in popularity.
“We told our employees if you use
similar services at home to collaborate
with friends, then you can use this
platform in a business environment
the same way and it took off like
wildfire,” concludes Neethling. “With
Riverbed underpinning Office 365
and SharePoint, we enjoy premium
performance, total reliability and the
ability to collaborate with confidence.” n
“If we want to deliver our services to
clients, we have to live and breathe it
ourselves in-house,” adds Neethling. “I
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