Overview:

The client, a prestigious football club with ambitions to rise into the second tier of English football, faced the challenge of upgrading their cabinet infrastructure to accommodate new hardware and support future growth. 

Client Aim:

The aim was clear: complete the upgrade in a single night, out of hours, ensuring zero disruption to business operations. 

Client Objectives:

To achieve this, the club sought a flexible partner capable of executing the work within an 11-hour window. The new cabinet needed to be spacious enough for upcoming hardware demands while fitting into a constrained space. This required meticulous planning and execution without hidden costs.

Challenges They Faced:

The challenges were significant. The work had to occur outside normal business hours to avoid interruptions during operational times. Additionally, finding a partner who could deliver this project overnight without requiring senior IT staff on-site posed its own difficulties.

Special Considerations:

Preparing for all eventualities due to the high stakes involved. A fresh team was scheduled at 6 am for handover from the night team, ensuring seamless support as operations commenced.

Services delivered encompassed a comprehensive cabinet upgrade: cataloguing existing network topology, uninstalling and reinstalling patch leads and panels with precision. The new cabinet installation included accessories and professionally redressed cables for an aesthetic finish. Racking and stacking followed pre-agreed methodologies tailored to client specifications.

Finally, first-day support was provided by competent personnel ready at Ground opening to assist staff with any immediate needs, ensuring that despite extensive overnight changes, operations began smoothly and efficiently.

Services Delivered:

As part of our comprehensive services delivered, we undertook a detailed cabinet upgrade to enhance the client's network infrastructure. The process began with cataloguing the existing topology and layout of the network, ensuring that every component was meticulously documented. We then proceeded to uninstall the existing patch leads, patch panels, and hardware before carefully removing the old cabinet to prepare for the installation of a new, upgraded one. This new cabinet came equipped with modern accessories designed to boost efficiency and organisation.

During this upgrade, we paid particular attention to redressing the cables within the cabinet. This not only improved functionality but also provided a professional aesthetic look that aligns with industry standards. Once redressed, we reinstalled all hardware and carefully restored the network patching exactly as it was before—albeit in a much tidier fashion.

In addition to this upgrade, our team executed precise racking and stacking operations by adhering strictly to a pre-agreed methodology. This ensured that we delivered an exact layout and configuration tailored specifically to meet our client's needs.

Furthermore, our cabinet patching service involved repatching the network back to its original configuration seamlessly. Finally, recognising that support is crucial during transitions like these, we offered first day support—a competent set of hands available on-site—to assist staff upon store opening and ensure smooth operation from day one.

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