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Case Study

VSO

Voluntary Organiser
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  • Sector

    Charity

  • Solution

    Server Virtualisation, Infrastructure

  • Platform

    VMware vSphere

VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. VSO tackles poverty by using the skills, commitment and enthusiasm of individuals from around the world. For 50 years, the charity has been recruiting volunteers aged between 18 and 75 to live and work in the heart of local communities.

VSO Charity event

Challenge

The charity needed a new cost-effective server, storage and backup solution to run in-house applications that support around 900 staff in 35 locations worldwide. VSO wanted to rationalise their ageing physical server estate, since they were relocating their head office to smaller premises in Kingston upon Thames, with a reduced data centre. Value for money was a primary factor in choosing their new IT solution 

Solution

  • VMware vSphere server virtualisation
  • Reduced seven racks of equipment down to two
  • Freeing up valuable space & IT resources 
  • Close collaboration between the SysGroup & VSO staff to implement the project 

Result

  • Project completed on time and on budget
  • Successful move to the new headquarters
  • Increased confidence with their new IT infrastructure 

Testimonial

SysGroup impressed us with a creative design that exceeded our requirements for the budget we had available. We are really pleased with the new IT infrastructure design and installation. We look forward to working together in the future to build more IT infrastructure, including improvements to our overall Business Continuity capabilities, and our DR strategy.

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