IHS Markit Regains Focus on Business Goals with Secure Azure Cloud Managed by Ntirety
IHS Markit is a global information provider that combines data, analytics, and insights to provide solutions for business, finance and government. Organizations around the world rely on IHS Markit to address strategic and operational challenges. In turn, IHS Markit relies on advanced technology to deliver its robust solutions.
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Challenge
While IHS Markit consistently delivered insightful information to clients, its IT team did not have the bandwidth to manage, monitor, and secure the company’s own IT systems. The organization struggled with limited staff for its internal IT needs and lacked the specialized skills needed to manage its growing Microsoft Azure systems. The IHS Markit team struggled to maintain the company’s 24/7 operations and needed support to continue to grow securely.
Solution
IHS Markit turned to Ntirety to help manage its Azure cloud operations. Ntirety provided Azure expertise and best practices in security and networking, which gave IHS Markit more bandwidth to move faster with less risk. Ntirety took over network operations of IHS Markit’s research and development department, in addition to Disaster Recovery planning, and database management, monitoring, and tuning. Thanks to weekly meetings with Ntirety’s Solutions Team, the company was even able to get the type of actionable insights they served to clients for their own internal cloud systems.
IHS Markit not only got time back to focus on desired business goals, but also a stronger security posture to protect proprietary data. With Ntirety acting as front line for monitoring and patching, the organization’s internal teams could push forward with peace of mind.
Results
Relieved of the operational management of their numerous Azure cloud environments, IHS Markit could focus on their business priorities without pausing to handle repetitive tasks. To meet their varying needs, Ntirety’s cloud management team can quickly expand VM capacity as needed, enabling IHS Markit to deliver crucial insights and analytics to its clients as needed.
Thanks to 24/7/365 monitoring, tasks that could easily be overlooked by resource-constrained internal teams are managed, enabling the organization to operate smoothly without a hiccup in security. While escalation procedures were put in place, Ntirety often resolved any issues independently, allowing the IHS Markit team to stay focused on their work without cybersecurity concerns. From security to day-to-day cloud operations, IHS Markit found an expert partner to handle mission-critical IT needs with Ntirety.
