Solutions
Technology supply, deployment and commissioning
We source, configure, install and commission the technology your operation runs on: end-user devices, servers, networking, connectivity and the software stack on top of them, under one accountable contract rather than five vendors pointing at each other.
The situation
What usually brings people to us
- The laptops arrive from one supplier, the licences from another, and nobody owns the fact that neither works on the site network.
- A rugged device is specified for an office and fails in the field within a month.
- Equipment gets installed and then abandoned, because nobody was contracted to train anyone on it.
What we build
The components
End-user and office technology
Laptops, desktops, workstations and peripherals, specified for where they will actually be used and delivered configured.
- Standard, rugged and high-performance laptops
- Engineering and analytics workstations
- Printers, scanners and peripherals
- Meeting-room and collaboration equipment
Infrastructure and connectivity
The equipment rooms, networks and links that everything else depends on, built for the uptime the operation needs.
- On-premise and hybrid servers
- Storage and backup
- Routers, switches, firewalls and access points
- Satellite and long-range connectivity for remote sites
- Industrial PCs and edge devices
Software and configuration
Every device arrives with the right stack on it, licensed properly and hardened before it reaches a user.
- Operating systems and endpoint security
- Licensing, correctly assigned and tracked
- Standard build images per role
- Integration with your identity and access systems
Installation, training and support
Our engineers do the physical install and the commissioning, then train the people who will live with it.
- On-site installation and cabling
- Network design and commissioning
- User and administrator training
- Documentation and formal handover
- Preventive maintenance and support cover
Integration
What it connects to
You already run systems that work. We connect to them rather than asking you to replace them.
- Existing domain, identity and access management
- Current network topology and addressing
- Legacy systems that must keep running
- Your procurement and asset register
Deployment
We work in offices, terminals, yards, vessels and offshore locations. One contract, one accountable partner, and a handover pack that means the next engineer can pick it up.
Read our security and data-ownership position on the credentials page.
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Other capability groups
Software Platforms
Fleet, asset and procurement systems that show you what is actually happening, in time to act on it.
Field & Offshore Robotics
Inspection and monitoring for places where sending a person is slow, expensive or unsafe.
Tell us what you are trying to fix
Most conversations start with an operational problem rather than a technology. Describe yours and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for it.