Public Sector Core Migration

A very large public sector client had a requirement to migrate their existing aging datacentre core networks to modern equivalents. The primary challenge was that these datacentres supported an estate of over 300,000 users, meaning that downtime was strictly limited. The work involved the supply, testing and installation of several hundred fibre and copper cables. The final pivotal element was the careful migration of live services to the new core platforms. Our consultants were tasked with the planning and execution of the entire migration. This ultimately involved multiple engineering teams working shift patterns and performing detailed handovers. Timing of each activity was crucial and every task was scheduled in painstaking detail, both to minimise risk but to ensure that the client was kept constantly appraised. The operation ran day and night over several days and was a complete success. All of the individuals involved were ultimately awarded commendations for their involvement.