Background
After 149 skilled workers joined Worldpay from RBS Group as part of the company’s acquisition, it quickly became apparent that the company had a significant gap in expertise which needed filling before their datacentre project could get underway.
Challenges
In just four months, Wavestone had to managed and built Worldpay’s datacentre infrastructure to support a new, online payment system. Wavestone was the first partner Worldpay engaged for its datacentre discovery phase. The two companies worked closely together to deliver Worldpay’s datacentre infrastructure in just four months.
Answers and key factors for success
In the space of just four months, Worldpay and Wavestone were able to deliver the complete physical datacentre infrastructure, in record time.
- Helped build a new datacentre infrastructure to support a new online payment system
- Worked as a partner on the infrastructure journey, from strategy and planning through to planning and execution
- Provided leadership advice to selection of hardware, strategy and dayto-day management of the project
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“One of the keys to the success of our relationship has been Wavestone’s ability to sit as part of my leadership team and provide clear, succinct and strong input wherever it has been required.”
Erik Toivonen, Chief Technology Officer
