Data Management
Holmes Group
Streamlining Global Data Management
Holmes Group
- Industry: Architecture, Engineering & Construction
- Size: 201 – 500 Employees
- Annual Revenue: £1 Mn
- Locations: 15 Sites
Solution
- Evaluate and select technology
- Conduct rigorous testing
- Centralising data in the cloud
- Optimising backup processes
Challenge
- Enhancing Collaboration Across Locations
- Centralising Data Efficiently
- Streamlining Backup Processes
- Simplifying Storage Architecture
Results
- Simplified data protection model
- Slashed costs and complexity
- Enhanced file retrieval times
- Facilitated seamless collaboration
About Holmes Group
The Holmes Group is a leading international engineering, product design, development, and testing firm operating across New Zealand, Australia, the USA, and the Netherlands. With a rich history of over 65 years in the industry, they have consistently delivered engineering excellence on a global scale.
Holmes Group’s commitment to combining rigorous thinking, original technologies, and ingenuity has positioned them as a creative, quality-focused alternative to conventional engineering.
The Challenge
Historically, the Holmes Group operated its file services through a decentralised approach. Each of its 11 locations functioned independently, with every site equipped with its own dedicated storage and backup infrastructure. This fragmented approach raised several critical issues that traditional storage methods struggled to address:
- Collaboration: How could team members across different locations work together seamlessly without the need for constant data replication?
- Centralising data: How to ensure that centralising data would not result in latency or slowdowns for users trying to access the data from various global locations?
- Backup: How could the organisation streamline the processes to reduce the time and resources required for backups?
- Storage: How could the organisation simplify its storage architecture to reduce complexity and improve manageability across its distributed environment?
Holmes Group sought to answer the critical questions posed by traditional storage methods:
- How could team members across different locations work together seamlessly?
- How to ensure that centralising data would not result in latency?
- How could the organisation streamline the processes to reduce the time and resources required for backups?
- How could the organisation simplify its storage architecture to reduce complexity?
The Nephos Solution
Nephos embarked on a transformative journey to find the most suitable technological solution tailored to the specific needs of the customer.
Evaluation and Selection: Our team conducted a thorough analysis and comparison of various platforms, focusing on scalability, reliability, and integration capabilities. After an exhaustive evaluation, a cloud storage platform with superior features was chosen for its potential to meet the company’s unique requirements.
Rigorous Testing: A comprehensive testing period was initiated with the aim to ensure the platform’s ability to integrate and centralise data across the company’s eleven sites, creating a cohesive and unified file system.
Implementation and Transformation: The implementation of the selected technology marked a significant transformation in data management and accessibility. By centralising data in the cloud, the organization achieved improved local performance and streamlined data management processes, enhancing access and security.
”We were looking for partners with the right combination of intelligent technology and business understanding.
Seb HerrmannICT Programme Manager
The Results
The deployed solution brought significant improvements to Holmes, enhancing user transparency and streamlining operations. Here are the key results:
- Cost and Complexity Reduction: The solution notably slashed the cost and complexity of their storage infrastructure, eliminating redundant data stores and the requirement for a separate file backup system.
- Performance Enhancement: Users experienced faster file retrieval times and smoother access, noticeably improving overall user satisfaction.
- Facilitated Collaboration: The solution improved file-sharing capabilities and provided real-time updates resulting in seamless collaboration across Holmes’ global locations.
