Pictured: Andrew Burtenshaw, director of Intelligence
Works
When Sutton Coldfield engine maker Cubewano won a multi-million
pound defence contract with the US military to develop a
revolutionary new engine, it drafted in Birmingham IT firm
Intelligence Works to provide a robust, dependable and secure IT
infrastructure.
Cubewano expanded its team of design engineers quickly after
winning the contract, so needed an entire new system to support the
new members of staff - from server down to workstations. It needed
to be scalable to cope with further expansion as well as
defence-grade security to track and protect the Intellectual
Property being developed.
Intelligence Works implemented a bespoke document and records
management system based on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and
Microsoft Project 2010, which allowed employees to securely share
files with suppliers whilst tracking the progress of various
development projects. With Cubewano's management often visiting
customers abroad, Intelligence Works implemented a Hyper-V and
Remote Desktop Services solution which mean they could collaborate
with colleagues - no matter where they were in the world.
Craig Fletcher, managing director of Cubewano, said: "We run a
design department which has to meet deadlines reliably and
effectively, so it was essential that our IT infrastructure
supported this and didn't hinder our designers with performance
problems. Intelligence Works recognised this and created a system
for us that is reliable, flexible and fast - helping us to increase
productivity.
"Working in both the military and aerospace sectors requires an
incredibly demanding IT security system to ensure proprietary
information is kept track of and protected. Intelligence Works
helped us achieve a system which complies with complex security
requirements such as the US government's International Traffic in
Arms Regulations, but did so without compromising day-to-day
usability or performance in our system."
Andrew Burtenshaw, director of Intelligence Works, commented:
"We work in genuine partnership with our clients, investing time
and effort to understand their business objectives and how our IT
solutions can support them in achieving these. We really get under
the skin of an organisation to recommend a whole system that will
work intuitively, and are always on hand to help should things go
wrong.
"Cubewano wanted systems in place to support demanding business
functions, which were critical to making its engines fly. We
designed, implemented and supported class leading collaboration,
CAD and document management systems to ensure the success of the
company's project."
Based in the heart of the Midland's technology community at
Birmingham Science Park Aston, Intelligence Works provides bespoke
and off-the-shelf IT solutions to a variety of SMEs and public
sector and third sector organisations. The company is a Dell
Registered Partner and a Microsoft Gold Partner.