UKRI Case Study

Working with UK Research & Innovation, a new organisation that needed a new IT system.

The Project

In 2018, UKRI was established as a new organisation and with that came the need for a brand new IT system to help them work efficiently from day one.

UKRI wanted a modern IT system, one that was alligned their ‘Cloud First’ vision of addopting cloud-based services wherever possible and therefore keeping infrastructure to a minimum. It was absolutely vital that the new IT system was ready from day one, which meant the service needed to be available in under 6 months.

The Approach

We worked closely with the customer during the initial discovery, to capture their busineses requirements.

We designed a new IT system that met the business requirements, and also adopted cloud-based services where appropriate.

The team designed and deployed the technical architecture to provide the business with everything they needed to work effectively as an organisation from day one.

The Result

The project was delivered on-time, with the new IT system going live within 6 months.

Staff were able to work from day one, having received an introduction and overview of their new IT service by the team, working alongside internal support staff.

The project was a success, and the organisation set to work with a reliable IT system that allowed staff to work together efficiently and productively.

The engagement with the UKRI included the following areas

Strategy & Design
Strategy development and consultation followed by high level solution design and planning.
Cloud IaaS
Cloud IaaS (Azure) based infrastructure deployment with zero on-premises server infrastructure deployment.
Office 365
Configuration of Office 365 and support to adopt Office 365 services for office productivity and email.
Security
Indepentant penatration testing via CHECK accredited partner.

End user device
Design and deployment of a secure Windows 10 build with sheduled updates and maintenance.
Network & Remote Access
Network & firewall design and deployment and remote access design and configuration.
Cloud Print
Configuration and deployment of cloud-based managed print platform and printer devices.
Support
Support and guidance to ensure a smooth transition of services into BAU.

Built upon the following

Guiding Principles

The Core IT services delivered as part of the greenfield project were designed and built based upon the following guiding principles:

Cloud first

Minimal Infrastructure

Buy before build

Always mobile

Secure by design

A modern approach to

Managed Print

In keeping with the ‘Cloud First’ vision and requirement to keep infrastructure to a minimum we deployed a fully managed truly cloud-based print solution.

Integreated with Azure AD

Support for multiple tenancies

No Print Servers

No VPN

Secure release ‘Follow Me’ printing

Hot Desk Working

A simple and effective hot desk environment that user’s can work at effectively wherever they choose to sit, find out more below.

Effective Meeting Space

Meeting rooms are equipped with video conferencing facilities, with HDMI or Wi-Fi connection to share content from the user’s laptop with tidy cable management.

Servers On-Premises

Servers Deployed (IAAS)

250+

Onboarded Users (and growing)

Firewalls Deployed

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UKRI Case Study

The Project

The Approach

The Result

The engagement with the UKRI included the following areas

Strategy & Design

Cloud IaaS

Office 365

Security

End user device

Network & Remote Access

Cloud Print

Support

Guiding Principles

Managed Print

Hot Desk Working

Effective Meeting Space

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