How we helped outhers

Anglia Ruskin University

Having selected the Nutanix Cloud Platform, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) appointed Nutanix Partner Cutter Group to help realise its new virtualised infrastructure, from design to implementation. Now ARU is benefiting from a lower total cost of ownership, simplified IT management and enhanced security features.

Rushcliffe Borough Council

When challenges recruiting IT support staff started to adversely affect the user experience, Rushcliffe Borough Council entered into a hybrid managed services contract with Cutter.Now, experienced technical experts from Cutter work as part of the in-house IT team, delivering exceptional user support and continuously improving the IT environment

Anglia Ruskin University

The virtual desktop platform at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) needed to be resized and reimagined to improve the user experience for academic and support staff. Cutter Group was called in to support the project and used its long experience and pragmatic approach to ensure a swift and successful migration to Parallels RAS

Fife College Enterprise Virtualisation

A further and higher education college in Scotland has transformed the way that it delivers IT services for staff and students, by consolidating and virtualizing its server infrastructure and introducing a new virtualized desktop environment. Now the IT team no longer has to spend all its ti me responding to IT outages and performance issues and can instead focus on providing value-adding IT services.

Cloud Migration Case Study

A large UK-based energy organisation turned to Cutter for expert advice to help it move over 800 Citrix desktops to the cloud. With Cutter’s guidance, the company achieved a successful phased migration, tightened its application security and enabled users to work more productively from any location.

The Malcolm Group

The Malcolm Group wanted to upgrade its existing virtualised server infrastructure and invest in a new virtualised IT platform to support the continuing growth of its business. It appointed Cutter Group to provide specialist virtualisation expertise, implement the latest VMware solutions and provide ongoing support.”

Moulton College Enterprise Virtualisation

For more than a decade, Cutter Group has been helping Moulton College to optimise its virtualized desktops and servers so that it can deliver dependable IT services for students and staff. Cutter was initially appointed to avert a crisis with a failing virtualized desktop installation, but soon became a trusted partner providing strategic advice, practical help and ongoing support.

St Albans High School for Girls

St Albans School appointed Cutter after considering proposals from three alternative IT providers. Bahram Tavakoli, head of IT Services at the school, recalls: “Cutter demonstrated a very effective proof of concept and presented a flexible implementation plan that would cause minimum disruption to the running of the school. In contrast, the solutions proposed by alternative suppliers included scheduled downtime, which isn’t welcome in any organisation.”

Moulton College Veeam

The Business Challenge Moulton College has a sizeable ICT network that supports 800 employees and 3,800 students across several campuses. Eighty percent of the computing infrastructure is virtualised on VMware vSphere with 76 Windows and Linux virtual machines (VMs). Like many educational institutions, Moulton College has a restricted budget to support its ICT infrastructure. Therefore, its small ICT team must be practical and resourceful. As soon as team members realised their legacy backup tool wasn’t designed to back up and recover their virtual environment efficiently and effectively…

TOP Case Study

Passionate about improving opportunities for women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Oxford Partnership set out to deliver a high quality of vocational education at four female colleges in the country. It appointed Cutter to design and deliver a cost effective IT infrastructure that would enable it to transform women’s lives through excellent teaching and learning.

West Midlands Fire Service

At the second largest fire and rescue service in England, Cutter Group has implemented a virtual desktop infrastructure across 38 fire stations. Now firefighters and support staff have faster, more flexible access to the IT services they need to help them keep the 2.8 million people in the West Midlands safe.”

New College Worcester

An extraordinary residential school, New College Worcester improves the lives of children who are blind or have severe visual impairments. It appointed Cutter Group to upgrade its aging IT infrastructure and give it the reliable IT foundation it needs to empower students to lead independent, self-confident and fulfilled lives.