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South African Fintech Overcomes Infrastructure Challenges with Microsoft Solutions

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Event-Driven Application Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud
Applicable Industries	Cement Construction & Infrastructure
Use Cases	Construction Management Infrastructure Inspection
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Allegiance Consulting, a South African fintech company specializing in complex financial planning systems, faced significant challenges when the COVID-19 health crisis struck. The company had to quickly adapt to a remote working environment and reassure its clients about the future. The main challenges included developing applications quickly on a secure and scalable infrastructure and staying connected with colleagues and clients. The company had to develop an engagement application for one of its large clients using Microsoft's Blazor technology. This application was a diagnostic tool providing guidance on dealing with the health crisis financially while staying safe. The company also had to ensure that its entire staff of 37 people could connect internally over a secure platform and collaborate with clients. Read More
About Customer	Allegiance Consulting (Pty) Ltd is a South African fintech company that specializes in complex financial planning systems. The company started as a team of legal and business consultants in 1999 and has since expanded to include talented developers, quants, and UX specialists. The company serves five of the largest banks and life companies in South Africa and has a staff of 37 people. Allegiance Consulting has been using a private cloud for more than 10 years and moved to Azure local infrastructure in 2019. The company is also planning to automate its infrastructure layer hosted on Azure. Read More
Solution	Allegiance Consulting turned to Microsoft solutions to overcome these challenges. The company developed an engagement application using Microsoft's Blazor technology and deployed it on Microsoft Azure, which provided the necessary scalability and security for an enterprise-level application in the financial services sector. The company also moved from a private cloud to Azure, which gave them access to enterprise-level cloud solutions and allowed them to scale applications up or down at any given point in time. To stay connected with colleagues and clients, the company used Microsoft Teams as their main platform for communication. The company is also planning to automate its infrastructure layer hosted on Azure to spin up new environments without human interaction and deploy on a continuous basis using Azure DevOps as their base pipeline layer. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Event-Driven Application

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud

Applicable Industries

Cement

Construction & Infrastructure

Use Cases

Construction Management

Infrastructure Inspection

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Allegiance Consulting, a South African fintech company specializing in complex financial planning systems, faced significant challenges when the COVID-19 health crisis struck. The company had to quickly adapt to a remote working environment and reassure its clients about the future. The main challenges included developing applications quickly on a secure and scalable infrastructure and staying connected with colleagues and clients. The company had to develop an engagement application for one of its large clients using Microsoft's Blazor technology. This application was a diagnostic tool providing guidance on dealing with the health crisis financially while staying safe. The company also had to ensure that its entire staff of 37 people could connect internally over a secure platform and collaborate with clients.

About Customer

Allegiance Consulting (Pty) Ltd is a South African fintech company that specializes in complex financial planning systems. The company started as a team of legal and business consultants in 1999 and has since expanded to include talented developers, quants, and UX specialists. The company serves five of the largest banks and life companies in South Africa and has a staff of 37 people. Allegiance Consulting has been using a private cloud for more than 10 years and moved to Azure local infrastructure in 2019. The company is also planning to automate its infrastructure layer hosted on Azure.

Solution

Allegiance Consulting turned to Microsoft solutions to overcome these challenges. The company developed an engagement application using Microsoft's Blazor technology and deployed it on Microsoft Azure, which provided the necessary scalability and security for an enterprise-level application in the financial services sector. The company also moved from a private cloud to Azure, which gave them access to enterprise-level cloud solutions and allowed them to scale applications up or down at any given point in time. To stay connected with colleagues and clients, the company used Microsoft Teams as their main platform for communication. The company is also planning to automate its infrastructure layer hosted on Azure to spin up new environments without human interaction and deploy on a continuous basis using Azure DevOps as their base pipeline layer.

Impact #1	The use of Microsoft solutions allowed Allegiance Consulting to quickly adapt to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 health crisis. The company was able to develop and deploy an engagement application quickly, ensuring business continuity and reassuring its clients. The move to Azure provided the company with the necessary scalability and security for its applications. The use of Microsoft Teams allowed the company to stay connected with colleagues and clients, ensuring the delivery of projects. The company also saw an increase in productivity with the shift to remote work. However, the company is now faced with the challenge of managing project schedules to ensure that family life does not suffer under the new digital normal.

Impact #1

The use of Microsoft solutions allowed Allegiance Consulting to quickly adapt to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 health crisis. The company was able to develop and deploy an engagement application quickly, ensuring business continuity and reassuring its clients. The move to Azure provided the company with the necessary scalability and security for its applications. The use of Microsoft Teams allowed the company to stay connected with colleagues and clients, ensuring the delivery of projects. The company also saw an increase in productivity with the shift to remote work. However, the company is now faced with the challenge of managing project schedules to ensure that family life does not suffer under the new digital normal.

Benefit #1	The company was able to quickly develop and deploy an engagement application for one of its large clients.
Benefit #2	The company was able to move from a private cloud to Azure, which gave them access to enterprise-level cloud solutions.
Benefit #3	The company was able to stay connected with colleagues and clients using Microsoft Teams.

Benefit #1

The company was able to quickly develop and deploy an engagement application for one of its large clients.

Benefit #2

The company was able to move from a private cloud to Azure, which gave them access to enterprise-level cloud solutions.

Benefit #3

The company was able to stay connected with colleagues and clients using Microsoft Teams.

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