{"id":54524,"date":"2018-12-12T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/?p=54524"},"modified":"2018-12-12T10:08:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T10:08:24","slug":"case-study-azure-hybrid-cloud-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/2018\/12\/12\/case-study-azure-hybrid-cloud-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa chooses an Azure hybrid cloud to support Digital Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Digital now spans across the entire organisation, impacting everything from research to customer engagement and internal culture. We’ve gone in with both boots pushing on with containerisation, AI and serverless projects. We’ve had a fantastic journey with N4Stack –\u00a0 paper cuts are down 99%, Elf morale is at an all time high and the project has delivered an amazing Christmas spirit ROI.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″]<\/p>\n THE CHALLENGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Santa & the Elves Ltd were experiencing major issues with the operational infrastructure. Originally CEO Nic reached out by accident after attempting a web search for \u201c4 New Sacks\u201d and the lead came in via the n4stack.io<\/a> website. After an initial confusing conversation, we struck up a strong rapport, got on to the topic of IT operations and Nic was very transparent around his issues. The main challenges he highlighted were:<\/p>\n Data<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Legacy Systems and Architecture <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moving forwards Nic had recognised the need to embrace technology and provide his customers with a digital experience.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″ border_style_top=”solid” border_style_right=”solid” border_style_bottom=”solid” border_style_left=”solid” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″ saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n THE SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n To meet its Digital Transformation agenda Node4<\/a> delivered a hybrid cloud environment using Microsoft Azure. The project was split into 2 modes; \u201cSustain & Evolve\u201d designed to address the immediate stability issues and \u201cDigital Transformation\u201d which leveraged the Azure platform for new services.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sustain & Evolve<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial _builder_version=”3.17.6″ author=”Alabaster Snowball” job_title=”DevOps Engineer” portrait_url=”http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DevOps.png” quote_icon_background_color=”#f5f5f5″ text_orientation=”center” body_text_align=”center”]<\/p>\n The Elf development team are 440x faster from commit to deploy thanks to N4Stack DevOps!<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″]<\/p>\n Digital Transformation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n After much discussion around the Public Cloud choices Santa opted for Microsoft Azure mainly based on his concerns that Amazon may be seen as a competitor.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″]<\/p>\n THE FUTURE VISION<\/strong><\/p>\n Santa and the Elves Ltd are now looking to leverage more AI Services going forwards. 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