Nichols Group – Autonomous Cloud

Introduction

• Industry: Management Consulting
• No. of Employees: 200 employees
• Services: Iconic infrastructure programmes & complex projects
• Target Sectors: A wide range of industries

Nichols Group engaged with Ultima to implement a cloud-based solution to improve their workspace and provide a seamless experience for employees, no matter where they are working from. The solution was required to optimise the environment whilst offering increased flexibility and full Azure management, to reduce management overhead and the need for any additional staff.

Solution

• Implemented Autonomous Cloud, an in-house Azure solution.
• Provided automated management, monitoring, and proactive analysis of native Azure services.
• Included advanced ITSM integration and automation for new and existing resources.
• Ensured intent-based security, automatic incident reporting and anomaly detection.

Outcomes

• Nichols now has an easy-to-manage environment with automatic onboarding, patching, back-up, monitoring, and optimisation.
• Nichols can scale their environment up or down as required.
• Nichols has increased visibility of their estate through real-time dashboards and automated documentation.
• Nichols’ Azure environment is fully supported by Ultima’s UK-based 24/7 ISO 27001 certified technical