CASE STUDY
Stefanutti Stocks is effectively a large global cloud-driven enterprise with an As-a-Service IT department providing services to its conglomerate of multiple business units that manage numerous projects concurrently , many of which are hosted on untouchable systems . No stranger to the cloud , Stefanutti Stocks made a bold move into the VMware cloud not so long ago , the challenge however was that it was all hosted in Europe . After identifying the need to bring its cloud closer to its physical geography , the Stefanutti IT team set out to find a local VMware Cloud Verified partner .
Early cloud adopter
Stefanutti Stocks is a major listed player in the South African and Sub-Saharan African construction market . It employs 7,500 people and earns over 5 billion rand ( US $ 308.7 million ) in annual revenue from projects worldwide , from Cape Town to Dubai . Running hundreds of projects simultaneously , ranging from small operations to sites with hundreds of engineers ,
Stefanutti is a conglomerate of many different projects . That said , the company runs its head office operations and systems not dissimilarly to an SME .
To service such broad needs , Stefanutti ’ s IT department operates as a service provider to the business , said Kevin Wilson , General Manager of Group IT Services , Stefanutti .
“ Our IT group acts like a service provider or a reseller , providing different services for around 16 companies and 200 to 300 projects at any given point . So , we must be agile and efficient and ensure access to systems no matter where the construction crew lands ,” he said .
Blending the old with the new
To facilitate such a rich mixture of projects under the roof of an enterprise , Stefanutti began leveraging the cloud several years ago , explicitly using VMware and its vCloud Air solution hosted in data centres in Europe . The arrangement enabled it to run legacy applications
THE MOVE TO LOCAL DATA CENTRES VASTLY REDUCED STEFANUTTI ’ S LATENCY ISSUES , WHICH
HAD PREVIOUSLY CAUSED HAVOC WITH SENSITIVE LEGACY APPLICATIONS .
IT ALSO LED TO MUCH LOWER COSTS .
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