Background & Brief
The Anderson Spratt is one of Ireland’s largest and most successful marketing communications organisations. Since 1982 it has been providing a comprehensive range of communications services to many of the world’s most successful brands and blue chip companies.
Employing over 100 staff, and with offices in Belfast, Dublin and Holywood, Anderson Spratt Group required an Internet technology provider to complement and augment its internal IT resource. They engaged Tibus to leverage technology for greater competitiveness, improved flexibility in working processes and an increased responsiveness to the changing needs of its clients.
Services
- Tibus provides a range services to The Anderson Spratt Group:
- Hosting for business critical corporate websites
- Management for an extensive Domain Name portfolio of 120 online identities
- Internet Access for 105 users across four physical sites
- Firewall management and dynamic Anti-Virus services.
- Secure inter-site links and remote access for users through managed VPNs
- Email Server (fully managed and hosted) – webmail, SMTP, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam
- Pro-active technical steering and discreet advice
Tibus works closely and discreetly with this key client - pro-actively advising on technology strategy; and delivering on business-centric IT projects.
Results
- Resource is maximized. The strong Anderson Spratt internal IT team can focus on critical day-to-day work and production support activities.
- Brand integrity protected through 100% uptime for websites, critical for an industry-leading marketing communications company such as ASG
- Improved productivity for key workers and client facing team members, remote access allows them to work whilst on the move or with their clients
- Flexibility allows modern client expectations to be met. ASG staff can complete work according to the needs of the client through secure VPN access
- Costs minimised through intelligent Internet Connectivity arrangements
- Internal communication improved and centralized in an Intranet and file stores - accessible from any ASG office across secure links
