Providing high-performance, scalable infrastructure for Finsbury Trust.

CASE STUDY | FINANCE

What was the challenge?

• Finsbury Trust wanted to replace its core IT infrastructurer

• A new solution was essential to keep pace with the company’s growing needs

• New disaster recovery capabilities and fast backups were required

‘Our totally refreshed and modernised core infrastructure has resulted in faster response times, greater compatibility, faster DR solutions and better system stability all within a time-frame and budget that was very competitive,’ IT Manager, Finsbury Trust

THE POINT

With over 30 years of leadership as one of Gibraltar’s premier trust, fiduciary and fund services providers, Finsbury Trust has built a brand name characterised by a commitment to expert client service, professionalism, integrity and innovation. Now the company needed a new state-of-the-art IT infrastructure to compete even more successfully for international business.

CAE provided its industry expertise to ensure Finsbury Trust got the best mix of technologies — and could deploy them with minimal downtime.

THE OUTCOMES

• Finsbury Trust can compete more effectively in global marketplace

• Completely new IT infrastructure and disaster recovery provision

• Faster, more reliable system for greater employee productivity and business performance

• One-stop solution, exceeding expectations

• Delivered on time and within budget

THE OUTCOMES

• CAE solution design, installation and support

• Dell servers for exceptional performance

• Microsoft Windows 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012 & Exchange 2013

• VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi V5.5 • Cisco 2960X switches x4• VEEAM Essentials (Enterprise) for

backup and replication• BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express

5.0 for advanced smartphone features

SERVICES

• Solution design for completely new IT infrastructure & disaster recovery provision

• On-site installation, patching & con guration of hardware, operating systems, software, switches and power

• Upgrades for existing equipment that could be reused

• O -site support package that included access to CAE expertise, vendor warrantees and Cisco SMARTnet