SAS International

With a WAN upgrade and cloud migration, we supported SAS International to embrace the cloud and leave legacy systems behind.

CLIENT

SAS International

INDUSTRY

Manufacturing

SERVICE

Secure Networks

The client

SASInternationalisaleadingBritishmanufacturerofqualitymetalceilingsandbespokearchitecturalmetalwork.

Its success is built on continued investment in manufacturing and achieving value for clients through world-class engineered solutions. The company has recently expanded its export markets and employs nearly 900 staff internationally.

The challenges

SAShasahighly-diverseITenvironment,andthenatureofitsbusinessmeansthatitoperatesmanybespokesystemsthatarespecifictotheindustrialsector.

Historically, many of these were hosted within on-site ageing servers that had poor connectivity, and the company’s key concerns were reliability and how to boost performance. The company recognised the problem, but with such specialist systems, it wasn’t as easy as simply replacing them, as often an alternative wasn’t available.

The modernising of its systems needed to be done gradually, moving away from on-premise where possible and looking at private and public cloud alternatives. SAS International appointed managed services specialist Nasstar as its strategic IT supplier, which quickly identified that a key issue was the underlying connectivity.

Our goal

HelpSASInternationalmoveawayfromlegacyon-premisessystemsandembracepubliccloud.

The outcome

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Massive cloud adoption with minimal disruption

SAS International successfully transitioned 95% of its systems to the cloud in just three years, using a carefully managed, step-by-step approach that avoided disruption to critical business processes.

Increased system resilience and uptime

The new cloud-based infrastructure has delivered 99.999% uptime, an enormous improvement from the previous two to three outages per day, ensuring greater reliability and business continuity.

Reduced IT burden and improved efficiency

With Nasstar managing the cloud environment, SAS International’s lean IT team can focus on strategic priorities rather than day-to-day support, significantly reducing operational strain.

Improved security and regulatory readiness

The move to a cloud-first model has made GDPR compliance and future regulatory demands easier to manage, with documented, secure systems that support bespoke and complex IT environments.

What SAS has to say...

"We have a lean IT team, so taking this responsibility out of our hands and giving it to Nasstar resolved a huge headache. With their help, we have delivered a step-change. From having zero systems in the Cloud just three years ago, today around 95% are now Cloud-based. This had to be a very carefully-managed transition so as not to disrupt our complex business."

James Greene

Group IT Manager

SAS International

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