CHALLENGE

A boutique financial services firm needed to decide whether to move it operations into the cloud or stay on premises.

RESULT

The firm was able to use the methodology to move its non-core operations into the cloud at a large savings

CHALLENGE

The introduction of Sarbanes Oxley has significantly increased the requirements for financial firms when it comes to cyber security, privacy and reporting IT incidents. This creates a large non-core expenditure for this hedge fund which is now required by regulation.

RESULT

As a result of the solution recommended, installed and maintained by HHW the hedge fund has seen a significant decrease in the amount of SPAM, viruses, malware and DDoS attacks that their network was experiencing. Additionally, the use of the virtual CIO helped management identify the need for a comprehensive set of IT Policies, IT plan for the quarter and tested incident response and disaster recovery plans.

CHALLENGE

A government owned utility provider’s disjointed radio systems were unable to communicate with each other due to limitations on frequencies and the use of different frequency bands at different sites.

RESULT

HHW’s team conducted an assessment of the various modes of communications that the utility was using. From this assessment HHW provided various options for improving communications in the field to the utility and produced a matrix which explained how each solution met the various needs identified by the utility.