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Private to public cloud: global engineering design firm adopts IT strategy built for growth

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Discrete Manufacturing
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Khatib & Alami Offshore (K&A), a global engineering design firm, was facing challenges due to its rapid growth. The company needed a robust infrastructure that could ensure efficiency and protect the workloads associated with its clients’ multi-billion dollar projects. The company's technology journey has taken it from disparate IT islands to private cloud and, finally, to public cloud, which has delivered the most cost-effective, agile means to ensure rapid scalability and facilitate growth plans. The company manages complex, high dollar projects with aggressive deadlines, making it vital for K&A to ensure its mission critical systems, such as email and project management, are available and meeting performance and SLA targets. Read More
About Customer	Khatib & Alami Offshore (K&A) is one of the top 100 international design firms in the world. Established in 1964 as an architecture consultancy, K&A has grown to attain international status with operations in the Middle East, Africa, Western Europe, and North America. The company has achieved leading consultant status in a number of disciplines including architecture and engineering services; urban and regional planning; water and environmental engineering; transportation and traffic; industrial; power and electrical utilities; telecommunication; construction and project management; and Geographic Information Systems solutions. K&A attributes its success to its employees and their expertise in managing multi-billion dollar projects. The company is also a pioneer in adopting cutting-edge technology to ensure improved services and results. Read More
Solution	To meet its IT requirements, K&A conducted a financial study project in 2008 to determine the feasibility of opening a new and self-operated data center. As part of the study, K&A looked at multiple cloud vendors and selected 11:11 Systems as its cloud provider. K&A moved to a private cloud using its own equipment housed in a data center in Frankfurt that 11:11 used for colocation. To optimally protect its virtual assets and workloads, K&A implemented a cloud-based disaster recovery plan with 11:11. After several years, K&A began to look at the public cloud to house those applications due to hardware restrictions and the need for scalability. K&A selected 11:11's Enterprise Cloud Services public cloud which gives the company much greater flexibility and agility and relieves the burden of having to maintain its own equipment. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Discrete Manufacturing

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Khatib & Alami Offshore (K&A), a global engineering design firm, was facing challenges due to its rapid growth. The company needed a robust infrastructure that could ensure efficiency and protect the workloads associated with its clients’ multi-billion dollar projects. The company's technology journey has taken it from disparate IT islands to private cloud and, finally, to public cloud, which has delivered the most cost-effective, agile means to ensure rapid scalability and facilitate growth plans. The company manages complex, high dollar projects with aggressive deadlines, making it vital for K&A to ensure its mission critical systems, such as email and project management, are available and meeting performance and SLA targets.

About Customer

Khatib & Alami Offshore (K&A) is one of the top 100 international design firms in the world. Established in 1964 as an architecture consultancy, K&A has grown to attain international status with operations in the Middle East, Africa, Western Europe, and North America. The company has achieved leading consultant status in a number of disciplines including architecture and engineering services; urban and regional planning; water and environmental engineering; transportation and traffic; industrial; power and electrical utilities; telecommunication; construction and project management; and Geographic Information Systems solutions. K&A attributes its success to its employees and their expertise in managing multi-billion dollar projects. The company is also a pioneer in adopting cutting-edge technology to ensure improved services and results.

Solution

To meet its IT requirements, K&A conducted a financial study project in 2008 to determine the feasibility of opening a new and self-operated data center. As part of the study, K&A looked at multiple cloud vendors and selected 11:11 Systems as its cloud provider. K&A moved to a private cloud using its own equipment housed in a data center in Frankfurt that 11:11 used for colocation. To optimally protect its virtual assets and workloads, K&A implemented a cloud-based disaster recovery plan with 11:11. After several years, K&A began to look at the public cloud to house those applications due to hardware restrictions and the need for scalability. K&A selected 11:11's Enterprise Cloud Services public cloud which gives the company much greater flexibility and agility and relieves the burden of having to maintain its own equipment.

Impact #1	K&A can easily add more resources when required, allowing them to focus on core business strategies.
Impact #2	Fast recovery in the event of an outage is now possible, ensuring business continuity.
Impact #3	The burden of maintaining their own equipment is now on 11:11's shoulders, freeing up K&A's resources.

Impact #1

K&A can easily add more resources when required, allowing them to focus on core business strategies.

Impact #2

Fast recovery in the event of an outage is now possible, ensuring business continuity.

Impact #3

The burden of maintaining their own equipment is now on 11:11's shoulders, freeing up K&A's resources.

Benefit #1	Cost savings of 35-40%

Benefit #1

Cost savings of 35-40%

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Private to public cloud: global engineering design firm adopts IT strategy built for growth

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