Mason Street Furniture: Moving a growing national business to the cloud

Mason Street Furniture (MSF) is a nationwide highways contractor specialising in street lighting, traffic signs, technology, traffic signals, fibre networks, electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and independent connections. The business relies on dependable technology to support its operations, communications and internal processes. Placeholder: current staff numbers and turnover, confirmed with MSF (Q23)

The challenge

MSF needed an IT environment that was more resilient and easier to manage. It wanted to rely less on traditional infrastructure, improve access to systems and data, and make sure its technology could support flexible working, business continuity and future expansion.

Its priorities were to improve reliability, protect business information, simplify support and create a cloud-based foundation that could scale with the organisation. It also needed an IT partner that could provide responsive support while helping it adopt cloud technology in a structured, practical way.

What we did

We designed and implemented a Microsoft Azure cloud environment around MSF’s operational requirements. It gives the business a secure, scalable platform for hosting services, managing data and supporting users.

Alongside the new environment, we provide a fully managed IT service, with ongoing monitoring, maintenance and help for users. The work has:

• improved access to business resources, so staff can work more flexibly and securely
• added resilience, through cloud-based infrastructure designed to support continuity and recovery
• given MSF a platform that can adapt as its needs change over time

The result

MSF now has a more modern, dependable and flexible technology environment. The business has a clearer IT structure, better support arrangements and a cloud platform aligned with its long-term requirements.

It can have greater confidence in the reliability and availability of its IT systems, and users have more flexible access to files, applications and business resources. IT management is simpler, with a single managed service partner.

The project has given MSF a stronger IT foundation, including for data protection, resilience and business continuity, and a cloud environment with the flexibility and scalability to grow with the business.

Working with Enhanced

We combine technical expertise with a consultative, service-led approach to managed IT. For MSF, that means one partner that implemented the right cloud technology and continues to provide guidance, proactive management and ongoing support.