London School of English
"We wouldn’t have been able to make these improvements to our IT infrastructure without the skills or experience of a third party. Doherty listened to our needs, prepared a clear proposal, and delivered beyond our expectations."
David Singh, Network Engineer - London School of English
- Key Objectives
- Improve integration between two sites
- Faster internet access to students
- Reduce cost of communications
- Upgrade existing IT structure
- Remote e-mail access for employees
- Minimize downtime of PCs
- Improve protection against virus threats
- Doherty Delivered
- Significant time and cost savings
- Better and increased communications
- Minimse travel between sites to resolve technical issues
- Faster response in dealing with technical issues
- Reduced cost of communications
- Faster internet access
- Centralised management of anti-virus
- Easier deployment of standard pc build
Background
Founded in 1912, The London School of English (LSE) is the longest-established accredited English language school in the world. LSE provides a wide variety of business and professional courses for students from over 71 countries.
With 60 staff and two schools in London, LSE has experienced exceptional growth over the years. As a result, they were looking for a partner who could upgrade their IT capability to meet new demands, deliver internal efficiencies and offer better solutions for their staff and students.
The challenge
- After an initial consultation, Doherty identified a number of areas for improvement. These included:
- a new IT structure that would accommodate LSE’s growing needs including a new booking system
- improved links between their two London sites
- cut down on technical staff needing to make expensive trips between offices.
- external access to e-mail was necessary as staff travel globally to meet clients and business partners