Transforming Network Sustainment
A global financial services company faced complex challenges around strict financial protocols, large-scale device refreshes, and network automation. With over 32,000 devices requiring updates across U.S. branches and data centers, they partnered with a top global technology firm, which engaged GDH’s Project Team Services to streamline operations.
GDH’s automation reduced project timelines and human errors, delivering faster configuration, greater network availability, and less downtime. The initiative saved millions and successfully upgraded all devices, aligning the company’s infrastructure with future automation goals.
CHALLENGE:
A Global Financial Services Company reached out to a leading global technology company to help with their intricate challenges associated with B2B transactions, strict financial protocols, and the imperative need for meticulous processes.
The company’s automation of the change process posed a substantial hurdle, demanding the exploration of ways to enhance productivity and reduce project timelines.
The challenge also extended to refreshing 32,000+ devices across the U.S. in data centers and branches, all while ensuring security against potential threats and minimizing downtime.
In an era defined by rapid technological advancements, maintaining secure and efficient networks is crucial. This case study explores how a leading global technology company tackled the challenges of network management, automation, and efficiency for a Global Financial Services Company.
With cyber threats evolving and technology advancing rapidly, upgrading infrastructure is a necessity. This case study focuses on how they emerged as a key player, specializing in comprehensive solutions ranging from network refresh, network redesign and automated change processes applicable to both the technology and financial industries, ensuring resilient networks and minimizing disruptions.
SOLUTION:
The leading global technology company responded by hiring GDH’s Project Team Services (PTS) to assemble a team of over 15 network and design implementation engineers. GDH’s strategy encompassed the creation of process network change documents, method of procedure, and network configurations; all significantly streamlining the implementation process on the 32,000+ devices.
In the initial phase, the focus was design, documentation, change management preparation, and implementation while in Phase 2, they focused on continuing implementation, configuration, automation, and equipment refresh.
RESULT:
The outcomes of GDH’s Project Team Services efforts have been nothing short of transformative. The introduction of a tailored automation application for configurations not only expedited the process but also facilitated real-time reviews, greater network availability, and less down time.
Through implementation and automation, they achieved a more updated and secure infrastructure, reducing the threat and outage landscape for the global financial services company.
Automation not only decreased project execution time but also mitigated potential human errors, resulting in greater network availability and significantly less downtime.
The ongoing commitment to automation aligns with the corporation’s vision of a fully automated environment, minimizing errors and ensuring adaptability, precision and a robust network.
- Saved millions of dollars through efficient project execution
- Automation accelerated projects & saved valuable time
- Successfully implemented and upgraded 32,000+ devices
- Greater network availability and less down time
Building secure network infrastructure at scale takes more than advanced technology—it Automating large-scale network refreshes across thousands of devices requires precision, expertise, and the right talent. At GDH, we specialize in IT workforce solutions that help financial services companies modernize infrastructure while maintaining strict security protocols and minimizing downtime.
Whether you need network automation specialists, infrastructure engineers, or skilled implementation teams, our Project Team Services deliver measurable results.
Ready to automate your network refresh and reduce project timelines? Contact GDH today to see how our engineering teams can accelerate your infrastructure modernization.
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