Case studies

We operate in both the public and private sectors and work with organisations of all sizes. Whoever the client and whatever the size of the project, our care and attention to detail is exactly the same.

Data Centre Hardware Install: Paris & Frankfurt

531 x physical devices and 2,700 cables installed in Frankfurt. 217 x physical devices and 600 x cables installed in Paris.

Data Centre Exit: Singapore

310 x devices decommissioned and recycled. On-site shred of 2,534 HDDs / SSDs. IT relocation of 10 x devices to a local office. 3 x devices shipped internationally.

Data Centre Relocation: Didcot to Farnborough

73 x devices relocated on an end to end basis incl. project management, full hardware & cable trace audit, infrastructure design, supply of materials, structured cabling, pre-cabling, secure relocation, cable connect & dress and handover support.

Data Centre Relocation – Welwyn Garden City to Harlow.

88 x physical devices relocated in one migration event.

Full site surveys at source and delivery locations.
Full hardware and end to end cable trace audit.
Creation of full source and delivery site rack plans and patching schedule.
Supply of cable materials.
Pre-cable of delivery racks ahead of the relocation.
Secure relocation on a de/re rack basis.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.

Internal Data Centre Relocation – Woking.

41 x devices relocated in one migration event.

Full site survey and RAMS creation.
Full hardware and end to end cable trace audit.
Creation of full source and delivery rack plans and patching schedule.
Supply of cable materials.
Pre-cable of delivery racks ahead of the relocation.
Secure relocation on a de/re rack basis.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.

Data Centre Relocation - London to Reading.

17 x devices on an end to end basis in one migration event.

Full site surveys at source and delivery locations.
Full hardware and end to end cable trace audit.
Creation of full source and delivery site rack plans and patching schedule.
Supply of cable materials.
Secure relocation on a de/re rack basis.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.

IT Relocation – London to Nottingham.

21 x physical devices in one migration event.

De/Racking.
Packing of Equipment.
Secure Relocation with Computer-Spec Vehicle.
Positioning of Equipment.
Goods in Transit Insurance Cover.

Data Centre Relocation – Bridgend to Hertfordshire.

46 x physical devices moving on the same day with 23 x priority devices moving first in a separate vehicle with 23 x disposal devices following on.

Packing of Equipment.
Secure Relocation with 2 x computer spec vehicles.
Racking Support at Delivery Site.
Positioning of Equipment.
Goods in Transit Insurance Cover.

New Hardware Installation + Asset Disposal - Slough.

New Hardware Installation of 6 x devices + collection and offsite disposal of 27 x devices and 500 x HDDs.

Technical Project Management.
Rack, Stack and Patch of 6 x Devices.
Asset recovery of 27 x devices and 500 x HDDs.
Asset Disposal Inventory Report.
20mm shred of all data-bearing assets with full Certificate of Data Destruction.
IT Recycling of non-data-bearing assets in accordance with the WEEE directive.

NVIDIA Data Centre Relocation – Frankfurt to Paris & Amsterdam.

50 devices relocated and reconnected over 2 migration events.

Migration support to disconnect cables and recover PRO cables.
Relocation on a de/re rack basis.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.

Data Centre Relocation – London Dockalnds to Welwyn Garden City.

9 client environments totalling 200 x physical devices relocated over four migration events.

Full site surveys at both locations.
Full hardware and end-to-end cable trace audit.
Technical Project Management – design of delivery site rack plans and patching schedules.
Full pre-cable ahead of the first relocation.
Relocation on a de/re rack basis.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.
Supply of cable materials.
Goods in Transit insurance cover.

Brandwatch - Data Centre Relocation within multiple sites within M25 area.

13 phase Data Centre relocation programme.

Full site surveys at all locations.
Secure relocation on a de/re rack basis.
Goods in Transit insurance cover.

Virtual1 Data Centre Relocation – London to London.

97 devices relocated and reconnected over 7 migration events.

Full site surveys at both locations.
Full audit – 97 x devices. 1,200 x cable connections.
Technical Project Management – Delivery site rack plan and patching schedule design.
Full pre-cable ahead of the relocation – Supply and installation of 1,200 x cables.
Relocation on a de/re rack basis – 97 x devices.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.
Goods in Transit insurance cover.

University of Oxford Data Centre Relocation – Oxford to London.

64 devices relocated and reconnected over a single migration.

Full site surveys at both locations.
Verification audit.
Technical Project Management support.
Full pre-cable ahead of the relocation – Installation of 450 x cables.
Relocation on a de/re rack basis – 64 x devices.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.
Goods in Transit insurance cover.

New Hardware Installation for Leading Global Data Centre – London.

End to End Hardware Installation of 55 devices.

Full site survey.
Technical Project Management support.
Installation of 55 x devices and 432 x cables.

L&Q Data Centre Relocation – London to London.

88 devices relocated and reconnected in a single migration phase.

Full site surveys at both locations.
Full infrastructure audit – 88 x devices. 650 x cable connections.
Technical Project Management – Delivery site rack plan optimisation and patching schedule support.
Full pre-cable ahead of the relocation – Supply and installation of 650 x cables.
Relocation on a de/re rack basis – 88 x devices.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.
Goods in Transit insurance cover.

Choopa Data Centre Relocation – London to London.

280 devices relocated and reconnected in a single migration phase.

Full site surveys at both locations.
Full audit – 280 x devices. 1,100 x cable connections.
Technical Project Management – Delivery site rack plan and patching schedule design.
Full pre-cable ahead of the relocation – Supply and installation of 1,100 x cables.
Relocation on a de/re rack basis – 280 x devices.
Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.
Goods in Transit insurance cover.

Royal Mail Group - Hardware Audit - UK Wide.

2,762 physical devices audited in 11 days.

RMG required this information to assist them with their high level planning for an IT consolidation project.
Royal Mail Group (RMG) engaged Sunspeed to complete a physical hardware audit of their main IT estate, which was spread across ten different Data Centre / Computer Room locations throughout the UK.