Virtualisation & Data Centre Consolidation

THE CLIENT

Investec Bank is an international specialist banking group that provides a diverse range of financial products and services to a niche client base across three principal markets – the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Investec manages assets of over £50 billion with an operating profit before tax in 2008 of over £500 million.

WHY P3M GLOBAL?

The Bank engaged p3m global in partnership with Union Solutions to assist with the analysis and provide recommendations on how best to resolve the infrastructure challenges, and to manage the delivery of the virtualization and data center consolidation.

p3m global managed the programme from definition through to delivery and BAU hand over by providing overall project management including:

• Planning and scheduling.


• Management of execution team.


• Proactive risk management and issues resolution.


• Governance structure.


• Management of complex multivendor environment.


• Communication with stakeholders at all levels.

The benefits realised by Investec as a result of the programme and the professional services provided by p3m global were impressive and can be broken down in to 3 main groups:

• Improved business efficiency


• reduced costs


• Improved service

P3M GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

• Overall project management


• Planning and scheduling


• Management of execution team


• Proactive risk management and issues resolution


• Governance structure


• Management of complex multivendor environment


• Communication with stakeholders at all levels