Modernised infrastructure. These two words are weighed with far more than just the idea that legacy technology and systems are replaced by the shiny and the new.

For Principa, modernised infrastructure was the terminology that defined their smart move to a hybrid cloud environment that allowed the company to fully align internal systems with strategic objectives and overcome lingering system performance and infrastructure challenges.

“Principa wanted technology that would allow them to free up capacity and focus outwards, on strategic initiatives, rather than having to focus inwards on addressing operational challenges,” says Johan De Villiers CEO at First Technology. “They wanted their data and analytics toolkits to be compliant and capable, providing them with the insights they needed to run innovation, not run around patching operational problems within their internal environment.”

Principa had been juggling numerous challenges with regards to system efficiency and scalability, delivering a less than optimal support to product innovation and growth. The company serves multiple clients over more than 20 countries and has delivered more than 2, 000 analytical projects to date.

The partnership between the two market leaders, Principa and First Technology, took Principa’s ageing infrastructure into the cloud, enabled comprehensive digital transformation, reduced expenditure, and increased innovation. All in one, swift, hybrid move.

Read the full article in the July edition of EngineerIT