Baillie Gifford and Co
Scenario
Well Managed Infrastructure – Enterprise Infrastructure Refresh
Situation
Baillie Gifford is one of the UK's leading and fastest growing privately owned investment management firms, funding some of the world's leading institutions. Based in Edinburgh, Baillie Gifford's main lines of business include pension funds, institutional clients, investment trusts and retail financial products. They offer a full range of pooled fund services to smaller pension funds and have significant asset management businesses in the UK, USA, Canada, Japan and Germany.
To keep pace with consistent growth across all aspects of its operations Baillie Gifford sought to upgrade its IT infrastructure.
Charteris Role
Charteris were chosen to design, implement and support a secure infrastructure solution, which enhanced performance, improved stability and manageability, and afforded gains in versatility, scalability, and user productivity.
Our work included:
- Design and Implementation of an enterprise wide Windows and Active Directory Infrastructure.
- Design and Implementation of a resilient Exchange Messaging Solution.
- Design and Implementation of a Common Desktop Operating Environment.
Solution
Charteris defined and implemented a flexible project approach to completely refresh the corporate infrastructure within challenging constraints and to deliver the following benefits:
- Lower costs of operating the core IT infrastructure.
- Increased quality of service across server and desktop estates.
- Enhanced security.
- Greater agility across the corporate IT platform.