As an international law firm,  Denton Wilde Sapte  has a responsibility to protect its client’s data.  It also has to ensure rapid data access for lawyers working around the world.  It outsourced its data hosting to Telstra and gained the network resilience and security that is critical for its business. 

The Challenge:

High data security and business continuity are two critical requirements for Denton Wilde Sapte.  The company is an international law firm with over 800 lawyers and a network of 14 offices spanning the UK, Europe, Middle East, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS ) and Africa.  Whether the firm’s lawyers are advising a client on a branding deal or ensuring that a multi-million pound property sale runs smoothly, they need 100% faith in their data security and rapid access to information.

When Denton Wilde Sapte relocated from two London offices to its headquarters in the City of London, it reviewed its entire IT infrastructure.  One of its major challenges was managing and securing its growing volumes of corporate and client data.  A second pressing challenge was the need to replace its in-house disaster recovery solution to achieve more robust business continuity processes.

The Solution:

 After seeking advice from Comunica Ltd, a network and IT infrastructure specialist, Denton Wilde Sapte decided to outsource its data and selected a co-location hosting solution from Telstra.  The firm now uses 82m2 of space at Telstra’s state-of-the-art data centre in London’s Docklands.  In the future, as its requirements evolve, it has the ability to quickly and easily add whatever additional capacity it needs.  Denton Wilde Sapte’s servers are connected directly to Telstra’s high speed, fully redundant backbone to ensure complete network resilience and security.

The Benifits:

Outsourcing its data was a huge step for Denton Wilde Sapte – but the company has no regrets.  It has significantly reduced the complexity and cost of data management, whilst improving information security and boosting its disaster recovery processes.  Telstra’s advanced cooling and power facilities have also enabled the company to achieve maximum performance from its hardware.

Following the introduction of the Telstra co-location solution, Denton Wilde Sapte has been able to free up valuable time within its internal IT department.  As a result, its IT team has been able to build a new lab for testing new software patches, operating platforms and hardware before rolling them out across the company’s IT network.  This has contributed to an improvement in the quality of service that the firm can offer to employees.  

Denton Wilde Sapte has complete confidence in the reliability and security of its data.  Telstra regularly carries out simulated ‘black outs’ to check the resilience levels of all its systems and make improvements.  This gives Denton Wilde Sapte the reassurance it needs that its data is in safe hands and available 100% of the time.