Hurix Digital Modernizes IT Systems for a Food Manufacturing Giant

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Client Overview

Our client is a renowned food items manufacturer headquartered on the East Coast of the USA. The client has a huge workforce of over 1,000 employees and annual revenues surpassing $1 billion, they play a pivotal role in the food manufacturing industry.

The Challenge

The client's IT infrastructure and services were outdated, having not undergone any significant upgrades or modernization for many years. This legacy system caused frequent and prolonged outages, leading to several critical challenges like:

Unproductive Man Hours

Frequent downtimes led to significant productivity losses.

Delays in Mission-Critical Business Activities

Business operations were often interrupted, causing delays in essential activities.

Customer and Channel Partner Dissatisfaction

Inconsistent IT performance resulted in dissatisfaction among customers and channel partners.

Loss of Business Revenue

Operational inefficiencies and downtimes impacted the company’s overall revenue.

These issues underscored the urgent need for a comprehensive modernization of their IT infrastructure to support their current operations and future growth.

Our Solution

Hurix Digital’s cloud services team initiated the transformation with its Cloud Advisory, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Application and Cloud Security services. This helped Hurix Digital understand the client’s current digital estate and prepare for a future that would address their business challenges and aspirations.

1 Discovery and Assessment

2 Strategic Planning and Business Case Development

3 Modernization and Migration

The client's legacy IT services were heavily reliant on Microsoft Technology, making Microsoft Cloud services the optimal choice for modernization.
Executed 5 sequential projects to migrate and modernize the client's IT systems and services using Microsoft Cloud services.
Implemented high-availability and disaster recovery measures for all mission-critical IT services.

4 Enhanced Security Posture

This methodical approach ensured that the client’s IT services were upgraded and aligned with their long-term business goals.

The Result

Post-modernization, the client’s IT systems and services experienced a dramatic improvement. The results were:

15 Minutes of RTO ( Recovery time objective) and RPO (Recovery Point objective) made all Business-critical IT systems and services not to be down for more than 15 minutes under any circumstances
Overall IT services availability reached more than 99.99%
Better system performance, leading to increased operational efficiency.
Enhanced security measures to protect against threats and manage security operations effectively.

These improvements resolved the client’s existing issues while also securing them for future success.

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