CHARTER HALL
“ PEOPLE ACROSS THE BUSINESS ARE NOW ENCOURAGING US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN AND FOCUS ON DIGITISATION ”
– Aidan Coleman , CTO , Charter Hall
needed to upgrade it , and most of the time that capacity wouldn ’ t be needed . Bringing in technology partners like Microsoft and VMware to create a DR solution in the cloud meant that for a management fee Charter Hall moved millions of dollars off its balance sheet , at the same time enabling it to recover from any disaster scenario with speed and agility .
Microsoft Azure is now Charter Hall ’ s platform of choice for conditioning all its data and documents , continues Coleman . “ We have been able to eliminate all but between 5 % and 10 % of existing infrastructure in our data centres .” Unlocking the value of elements such as OneDrive , SharePoint in conjunction with Power BI , and the CRM capabilities of Dynamics has de-risked the business significantly as well as eliminating infrastructure cost . “ From an infrastructure point of view , I would say that we are very close to being fully cloud enabled ,” Coleman continues . “ We are rolling out a network to our retail shopping centres and corporate sites over the next 12 months and
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