Clients
Insight Concepts client case studies
Picchu Maternity - Helping to build a start-up business
Pixology Software - Supporting and developing existing network infrastructure and services
Knomo - Audit, evalution and upgrade of existing internal network and services
PNI Digital Media - Connection, integration and consolidation of international corporate offices
Mutualism: an interaction between distinct entities in which all members benefit from the association.
At Insight Concepts we have a clear understanding of the role that we play within our client's organisation and we strive to develop relationships that go beyond that of the standard customer/service provider. We focus on providing our clients with the tools, services and advice required to run a more efficient, productive and profitable business. We believe that the business advantage gained in using our services should be demonstrable and the cost justifiable so that both parties are able to see the clear the benefits of the relationship.
Picchu Maternity - Helping to build a start-up business
"Insight Concepts have provided us with more than just a technical service, their determination to gain an understanding of our business needs and then provide complimentary technical solutions has been integral to our success as a business."
Cammie Jackson, Managing Director, Picchu Maternity
Picchu Maternity is a designer maternity wear label set up in 2005 as a start-up company and has since grown to become one of the premier maternity wear labels in the maternity wear market in the United Kingdom, as well as making steady in-roads on the international maternity wear market. Insight Concepts has been working very closely with Picchu Maternity as a one-stop information technology support provider, including;
- design and deployment of the web site and ecommerce systems
- search engine optimisation
- set up and management of the internal office network, computers and servers
- setup and management of email server, webmail and mobile email systems
- configuring VPN access for remote workers
- setup and management of security firewall and anti-virus
- planning and deployment of backup, disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
- managing relationships with all other technical service providers - website hosting, broadband, telephony etc.
Pixology Software - Supporting and developing existing network infrastructure and services
Pixology was a Guildford based software development company that became a global leader in online digital printing solutions. The company functioned as an application service provider to many of the major high street photo retailers including Jessops, Boots, Tesco and Asda. Insight Concepts was contracted to provide I.T. support for their corporate networks and systems and the London data centres hosting their online applications and services. In 2007, Pixology was bought by the Canadian based company Photochannel to form a new group of companies called PNI Digital Media. We has continued to provide I.T. support to the UK arm of PNI Digital media (detailed in a seperate case study below)
Services provided to Pixology by Insight Concepts included:
- Management and monitoring of corporate networks, servers and computers
- Support of corporate systems including email servers, database servers, file and print servers, etc.
- Management of corporate security systems including firewalls, email gateways and anti-virus
- Support and development of testing, staging and secure production environment networks running the online business applications and services.
- Deployment and management of business application servers including web server farms, database servers and larger data storage volumes
- Strategic planning to provide high availablity online services, disaster recovery and business continuity
- Manage realtionships with service providers including data centre hosting , ISPs, telephony, hardware and software suppliers, etc.
Knomo - Audit, evalution and upgrade of existing internal network and services
Knomo are a London based company that produces a line of luxury bags and accessories. Set up in 2004, they have grow rapidly and now have offices in London and New York and staff and agents that travel around the world. In 2007, Insight Concepts was asked to evaluate their internal network and I.T. services setup and produce a proposal for consolidating various internal newtworks and systems into an integrated unit, improving access to shared resources and providing remote access for highly mobile workforce. The proposal was accepted and we have since implimented the design and continue to monitor and maintain the network and system. Services and hardware provided by us to Knomo include:
- Audit and evaluation of existing network and systems and produce design proposal to meet clients requirements
- Decommision of existing, disparate wireless networks and provide new network structured cabling, hubs and switches
- Implement Windows Server 2003 Active Directory for management of users, objects and relationships that make up the new network environment
- Set up and securing of shared resources including shared data and printers
- VPN configuration to allow secure access to the internal network for remote staff.
- Implementation of system and data backup systems for disaster recovery purposes.
PNI Digital Media - Connection, integration and consolidation of international corporate offices
Photochannel are a Canadian company that specialises in developing digital photo printing software and services; partnering with the likes of Costco, Walmart, Sam's Club and Blacks, among others. In 2007, Photochannel bought out a UK based competitor, Pixology, to form a new company named PNI Digital Media. Insight Concepts was contracted to design and deploy a solution that would connect the Vancouver and Guildford offices to form a virtual private network, consolidate the corporate I.T. environments of the two companies and migrate all users and services to the new environment. Services provided include:
- Audit and evaluation of existing network and systems and produce design proposal to meet clients requirements
- Installation and configuration of new network infrastructure and virtual private network (VPN) between Vancouver and Guildford offices
- Creation of new Windows Server 2003 Active Directory child domain for UK offices, and migration of users, objects, services and relationships to the new domain..
- Decomissioning of obsolete network infrastructure and services.
- Ongoing support of corporate environment and production data centres and previously provide to Pixology.