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PROJECT FOCUS
Hilson Moran works
globally on some of
the most prestigious
buildings including
30 St Mary Axe and
20 Fenchurch Street
needed rock-solid support. No
support solution, no contract.
Riverbed provided this by
introducing Zycko to work with us
on the installation and ongoing
support in the Middle East.”
Nuvias (incorporating Zycko)
is an international specialist
distributor of IT solutions, covering
technology areas for many parts
of the business IT infrastructure
including data networking, data
storage, virtualisation, cloud,
monitoring and management and
data centre infrastructure. 
SteelFusion
Central to the project, Riverbed’s
SteelFusion had its work cut out
matching the ability required by
the client – who’s work includes
arguably some of the most
prestigious projects in the hottest
construction markets. These
include the provision of building
services for the 2012 Olympic
Village in London, 30 St Mary
Axe (The Gherkin), 20 Fenchurch
Street (The Walkie Talkie), and
the masterplan to a community of
50,000 residents off the coast of
Abu Dhabi.
In each remote office location
Hilson Moran deployed Riverbed
SteelFusion, described by its
creator as a software-defined
edge solution that delivers
unprecedented data security,
needed the network to support
collaboration, for colleagues to be
able to send and access large CAD
files wherever, whenever.
“In particular, the opening of a
new Hilson Moran office in Qatar
focused attentions on a deadline.
I knew I didn’t want to put server
hardware in there, hardware we’d
struggle to support and end up
needing to replace in three years. I
wanted us future-proofed.”
Every company’s needs are
of course different, and Hilson
Moran’s global spread presented
particular challenges.
Lee explains, “Riverbed helped
us address our concerns around
support in the Middle East.
Because of the critical nature
of our work, I made it clear we
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