Agile and  Modern IT Solutions

Developing a personalised recommendation engine with integrated e-commerce proved a significant challenge for a small startup to build and expand. Hum sought a reliable technology partner capable of fostering this idea from its inception, providing ongoing support as it evolved alongside the growing business and offering the expertise required to incorporate advanced features such as Machine Learning-based recommendations progressively. AspireLive, with its proven track record, was the perfect fit for this role.

AspireLive took the lead in the e-commerce development initiative, meticulously crafting strategies to build a tailored platform aligned with their customer's needs and objectives. Their expertise in technology architecture was instrumental in laying a robust foundation for scalability and seamless integration of advanced functionalities. Beyond offering strategic guidance and expert recommendations, AspireLive actively participated in the implementation, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. This partnership evolved organically over a year, fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, and a shared vision for future technological advancements. By proactively introducing innovative features like Machine Learning-based recommendations, AspireLive elevated the e-commerce project and solidified its role as a critical enabler of the startup's technological success, turning a challenging endeavour into a thriving and sustainable ecosystem.

A prominent organisation in the water treatment industry encountered issues with its Cisco Unified Communications (UC) solution, which caters to more than 100 end users. The current IP address setup posed efficiency, scalability, and network reliability challenges, necessitating a comprehensive overhaul. The project aimed to revamp essential UC components' outdated IP address configuration while minimising operational disruptions. The intricate environment comprised a UCS server, multiple Cisco UC virtual machines, an extensive phone network, and several Cisco Voice Gateways.

The solution involved addressing the challenges with the existing UC infrastructure, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), Cisco Unity Connection (CUC), and Cisco Emergency Responder (CER), which utilised cumbersome static IP addresses. These static addresses posed management and update difficulties, compounded by their placement in the same subnet as the data network, heightening security vulnerabilities and reducing network availability. The project demanded meticulous planning and coordination to seamlessly execute the IP address reconfiguration without causing service interruptions or downtime for UC users and critical applications. The reconfiguration encompassed updating the IP addresses of numerous UC devices, servers, gateways, and endpoints distributed across various sites and regions, ensuring a smooth transition to a more secure and efficient network setup.

Yamana Gold Inc. faced significant hurdles with their on-premises backup solution, Commvault, spanning configuration management, backup job oversight, and restoration timeframes. These challenges presented obstacles that hindered their disaster recovery capabilities and posed limitations on the scalability initiatives vital for accommodating the company's evolving needs and growth trajectory. The complexities in managing configurations, monitoring backup jobs effectively, and reducing restoration times underscored the pressing need for a comprehensive overhaul of their backup infrastructure to ensure robust disaster recovery mechanisms and streamlined scalability pathways.

Our proposal entailed migrating Yamana Gold Inc.'s backup infrastructure to a Commvault setup hosted on AWS. By leveraging the multi-availability zone feature within AWS, we aimed to enhance the redundancy and scalability of their backup system. This migration to AWS offered improved fault tolerance through redundant data storage across different zones and provided the flexibility to scale resources dynamically based on workload demands. The utilisation of AWS infrastructure allowed for enhanced data protection, increased system reliability, and the ability to seamlessly expand storage capacity as needed, ensuring a robust disaster recovery framework and accommodating future growth requirements effectively.