The Business Exchange Bath & Somerset Issue 6: Winter 2017/18 | 页面 25

Norland College’s High Performance IT Network Revamp
With a brand new campus being and network infrastructure. They Financial Officer of Norland, Alex
built this was the perfect opportunity also supplied super fast fibre optic Read said: “Systemagic efficiently
for Norland College to build a high connection to the internet, giving the planned the final move across Bath,
performance IT network from the entire college fast and reliable access. They quickly ensured core office
ground upward. Systemagic worked As well as this both campuses are systems were up and running, ready for
alongside the project management protected with enterprise-level business returning staff. Throughout the move,
team to create an IT telecoms budget, continuity solutions ensuring that even the college suffered minimal downtime,
provide project management for in the event of an IT disaster there is and the support received ensured a
technical implementations, server minimal disruption to students and staff. smooth, stress free transition.”
Final thoughts from the Managing Director
The biggest area of growth we’ve business now want to run a mixture of
seen this year is with Microsoft cloud Apple and Microsoft computers and
solutions, we have migrated literally servers, or want to make the jump
thousands of users to their Office 365 from Microsoft to Apple completely.
and Azure platforms in 2017. These Our team have been busy training in
technologies allow our clients to take Apple solutions and in response to
advantage of the latest cloud-based this extra demand we’ve employed an
technology without major up front Apple specialist who brings 8 years’
investment, and provide IT systems experience of implementing and
that scale up and down with their supporting Apple business solutions.
business demands. In fact, we’ve been In a year that Systemagic celebrated
so successful in this area that we won 18 years in business, moved to bigger
an award in London in October for our and better offices, won multiple
successes with Microsoft’s cloud tech! awards and welcomed 3 new team
We’ve also seen a massive increase in members, we have really enjoyed
the demand for Apple computers and helping businesses in the South West
servers in business, especially in the and beyond improve their businesses
media and design sectors. Many more through the use of technology.
Centre: Martin Spiller, Chairman of Systemagic receiving
‘Best Newcomer’ award at the Microsoft’ cloud tech
awards in October 2017.
The Systemagic Team outside their new offices in
Bradford on Avon
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