The Challenge
A leading technology company needed to enhance its cloud hosting environments by integrating a wide range of new hardware and software components. The scope of work extended beyond technical implementation and included creating billing workflows, delivering finance training documentation, supporting change management and conducting knowledge transfer sessions with ongoing support.
The project required coordination across numerous infrastructure components, including switches, routers, wireless controllers, load balancers, DNS, IPAM, DHCP, F5s, VMware AVI, Infoblox and Education systems. Managing these diverse technologies while ensuring a seamless knowledge transition posed a complex challenge.
How We Helped
Experis provided end-to-end support through strategic planning and architectural design services tailored to the client’s cloud infrastructure goals. Our team designed a scalable solution that covered all hardware and systems integration needs, including network devices, load balancing tools and core DNS and IP management platforms.
Key activities included:
- Designing workflow diagrams for billing, finance training and change management
- Delivering knowledge transfer sessions and post-implementation support
- Leading integration efforts with a multidisciplinary team of project managers, DevOps consultants, solution architects and testing specialists
This collaborative approach ensured the successful alignment of automation, technical implementation and business process integration.
The Impact
The initiative resulted in a fully integrated infrastructure across physical, logical and virtual environments. Ansible Tower, the enterprise version of Ansible, was used to automate hardware provisioning and support API-driven operations. Ansible Tower is designed to help organizations and teams scale their automation efforts quickly and effectively, significantly improving the efficiency and scalability of the client’s cloud hosting.
Key outcomes included:
- Streamlined hardware and system integration through automation
- Reduced manual workload and increased operational efficiency
- Improved workflows for billing and change management
- Successful knowledge transfer and long-term support for ongoing infrastructure reliability
The solution delivered measurable benefits by combining advanced automation with strong project governance and cross-functional expertise.
