Simpson & Marwick

U.K Legal firm cuts cost of hardware by 80 per cent with virtualised server environment.

The IT team at Simpson & Marwick - one of Scotland's leading commercial litigation law firms - wanted to support its business continuity plan with a faster, more flexible technology environment, The team chose Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Exactive to deploy Windows Server 2008 operating system with its integrated Hyper-V virtualisation technology. The virtualised environment not only supports a more robust disaster recovery strategy, but it is also helping the business cut its hardware costs by 80 per cent, while energy consumption has fallen by 4,075 watts. What's more, the virtualised environment has helped the business make the most of the company's Microsoft licensing entitlements an maximise return on investment.