Ballintrae

Data Centre Services

Data Centres and the infrastructure that supports them are critical to the operations of global financial services businesses. In an industry that cannot afford downtime due to the huge financial and reputational damage it causes, Ballintrae provides advice and hands-on support to a number of its enterprise clients particularly where the recent trend to outsource in this area has left key areas without local advice and support.

Ballintrae specialises in the provision of key consultancy services in this field and in particular, we provide a range of services in the following, key areas:

  • Unix/Linux platforms
  • WinTel platforms
  • High Performance / Grid Computing
  • Database Administration
  • Storage
  • Virtualisation

Without local access to world class consultancy in these areas, global organisations will be at a competitive disadvantage. While the initial cost advantages of off-shoring may seem attractive, a local team of experts who can provide advice and rapid hands-on support across a range of issues including crisis situations are still necessary. Only by developing face-to-face relationships with the business, business analysts and lead developers, combined with proximity to the Data Centers themselves, can an IT function make a meaningful difference and delivery rapidly.

Virtual Infrastructure Services:

Ballintrae are also specialists in the area of virtual desktop infrastructure where we are currently working with partners on one of the largest virtual desktop infrastructure programmes in the world.

We have significant expertise in Cloud computing and in particular, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provision, co-existence and migrations. This flexible computing model lends itself extremely well to the operational management and provisioning requirements that face many enterprise data centres today. We are able to provide a readiness analysis and guidance as well as working with partners to implement solutions.

If you need advice or hands-on support in any of these areas, why not contact Ballintrae today to discuss your requirements and to talk about the work we have been doing in this area.