The Challenge
The Customer was working through a partnership disaggregation from a consortium IT Service to regain IT autonomy, underpinned by a strategic MSP partnership to augment limited in-house IT skills. The Customer went to market to seek a single supplier to accelerate the immediate requirement and support their long-term digital strategy to modernise IT with 'better use of data for insights and improvements'. With data sovereignty being a key concern for the Customer, a UK-based service provider was essential.
The Solution
The Customer engaged Exponential-e to deliver a fully managed IT service, including:
- End to end migration of critical systems and workloads into Azure.
- UK-based Managed Cloud Services for Azure-based workloads.
- Dedicated IaaS for localised/sensitive workloads
- UK-based user service desk for ~400 end users.
- Onsite support function.
- Lifecycle management of end user devices.
- Local Area Network deployment and management.
- Wide Area Network.
The full stack solution provided excellent value to the Customer, allowing them to accelerate the disaggregation through a single supplier partnership.
The solution was fully delivered by Exponential-e delivery services - Project Management, Azure Migration Specialists, User Specialists, Service Management and Onboarding Teams over a period of eight months. This ensured the project was delivered on time and budget to meet the transition targets defined by the Customer.
Solution Benefits
- Deployment and configuration of CAF-aligned Azure Landing Zones.
- Azure Migrate-based migration of Windows Server and Linux Virtual Servers to Azure.
- Migration of 9TB file data to Azure Files.
- Infrastructure resiliency with Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup.
- Deployment of Intune and MEM for unified device management.
- Unified identity services through Microsoft Entra.
- Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365.
- Seamless cutover of user support services.
- Optimised wireless network coverage within key user locations.
- Three-Year Azure Savings Plan for cost control over contract terms.
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The digital launchpad for life-changing training and apprenticeships
About JTL
Operating across England and Wales, JTL offers world-class training and apprenticeships in the fields of electrics, plumbing, and heating, providing aspiring tradespeople with the launchpad for successful, long-lasting careers.
Solution
Exponential-e's self-owned, enterprise-class network is the foundation of JTL's IT infrastructure, and - in turn - much of the training they deliver. Scalability is a critical factor here, ensuring new training sites can be opened and closed down as seamlessly as possible. New sites are typically deployed every 2-3 months, with sixteen sites in operation around England and Wales at the time of writing, and four more currently in the works.
This is highly scalable, highly available connectivity is complemented by a Cloud-based, AI-powered Contact Centre platform, ensuring trainees are always able to make contact with the right person throughout every stage of their programme, across an evolving range of channels. All trainee information is fully centralised throughout each stage of their programme, ensuring agents are able to resolve any queries as quickly as possible, with minimal points of contact required.
Exponential-e also provide additional support is also provided around the provisioning and management of key software licences, ensuring all staff and trainees are equipped with the tools they require, for the best possible rates.
JTL's account team at Exponential-e continue to work closely with their own IT team and other teams from across the company, identifying and acting on new opportunities for improvement and innovation. In this way, JTL's IT infrastructure can continue evolving in response to the needs of trainers, trainees, and apprentices, freeing them to focus on the learning experience
"The key thing about our partnership with Exponential-e is the reliability. Our connections rarely ever go down, and we're never in any doubt as to who to talk to for anything, whether that's launching a new site, or further consolidating and optimising our IT ecosystem. In this way, technology remains a powerful driver for the quality of training we are able to deliver."
Parth Parmar, Head of Technology, JTL
Challenges
JTL's training programmes depend on seamless communication between trainees, trainers, and administrative staff, all of which demands a highly resilient, scalable, and secure IT infrastructure. The deployment of new training sites, wherever and whenever they are needed, is also a critical priority, requiring close collaboration between JTL's own IT team and various third parties, including key technology partners.
Solution benefits
- World-class IT infrastructure in place for new training sites as soon as they open their doors
- highly scalable, highly available connectivity,
deployed at more than sixteen sites across England and Wales
- An omnichannel contact centre platform ensures a
smooth, stress-free experience for every trainee and apprentice, before,
during, and after their programmes
- Key Microsoft licences delivered as a fully
managed service, resulting in new cost savings and efficiencies
- Hands-on support from a dedicated account team around the opening of new training sites and ongoing service optimisations
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