Case Studies

Leading law firm Weightmans keeps its data safe with SunGard.

When Oxford University Press needed a recovery solution it could rely on to keep its books on the shelves, SunGard ensured there was a happy ending.

Office depot

Customers rely on Office Depot to supply the business essentials they need when they need them.

Markel

In these days of red tape and bureaucracy, insurer Markel International’s unregimented approach to business continuity is highly unorthodox. But it is a policy that has proved successful for over three decades.

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Working with SunGard has not only provided LSE with data centre resilience and 24/7 Information Availability; SunGard’s data Profiling has also helped LSE to better understand its data, allowing it to identify mission critical information and revise its recovery strategies to reflect this.

Jive

Founded in 2001, Jive Software is today the market leader in Social Business Software.

Irwin Mitchell

Founded in 1912, Irwin Mitchell is one of the UK’s top law firms, with over 2,100 employees based at seven offices in the UK and two international offices in Spain. The awardwinning firm relies heavily on its IT systems and contact centre, which handles more than 7,000 incoming calls daily.

Infinity

Infinity is part of SunGard Availability Services’ sister company, SunGard Financial Systems, which provides software and IT services to institutions across the financial services industry.

Genesis

When leading fund manager Genesis found it was regularly exceeding its storage allowance it called on SunGard for help. By eliminating large volumes of unwanted data Genesis has been able to save thousands of pounds in excess charges.

Financial Times

A missed edition would result in reputational damage and lost sales and advertising revenue worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Centrica

A telephony fault meant Centrica’s most vulnerable customers were unable to top up their meters during one of the coldest periods of the year. But Centrica’s smooth relocation to a SunGard Workplace Recovery centre proved customer care is not just hot air.

Castle Cover

Castle Cover needed to review their disaster recovery plans in order to ensure increased business resilience.

British Medical Journal

On 7 July 2005, the British Medical Journal (BMJ), based at the British Medical Association’s headquarters in Tavistock Square, London, found itself at the centre of the terrorist attacks on the city.

TV3

TV3 is a commercial free-to-air television broadcaster in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland which launched in 1998. It was the country's first independent commercial broadcaster. TV3 is operated by the TV3 Group which also consists of television channel 3e and the online service tv3.ie which is hosted by SunGard Availability Services (Ireland) Limited.

Cibenix

Innovative mobile application developer Cibenix (www.cibenix.com) needed a cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) hosting provider it could rely on to ensure uninterrupted service for an application (‘app’) developed for a leading mobile phone operator.