Out with the Legacy Hardware and In with the Cloud

UPSTACK connects Sequoyah Electric with a customized cloud solution to improve work-from-home and in-the-field systems

Summary

Since 1988, Sequoyah Electric has built a reputation for innovation and customer dedication for electrical design-build and construction needs. Their expertise ranges from complex, multi-phased design build projects to technically challenging industrial and low voltage installations. Services include electrical engineering, datacenter and server room installations, structured cabling, and wireless networks.

The Challenge

Like every company at the start of 2020, the sudden global pandemic forced everyone to suddenly work from home. Sequoyah Electric, having only operated with an office-centric environment, was immediately confronted with a legacy phone system, a confused workforce, and the unknown security challenges of a work-from-home environment. Compounding the problem, Sequoyah had to address incumbent vendors, plagued by service quality, reliability, and scalability issues.

“UPSTACK not only lowered our costs, but also saved us tons of time which allowed our team to focus on other critical projects.

– Andrew Baker,
Director of Information Technology, Sequoyah

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The Approach and Services

UPSTACK understood the technology issues, and the business challenges, and recommended Sequoyah move services to the cloud. We worked with the leadership team to develop a strategy to meet the communications and collaboration needs of their now distributed workforce. We developed a customized cloud solution which leveraged existing Microsoft licensing, utilized Microsoft Teams to reduce training burden and time, and eliminated unnecessary desktop hardware. In the process, all legacy, on-premises equipment (the old PBX) were eliminated. With UPSTACK’s help, we performed a multi-vendor analysis to identify the ideal partner for Sequoyah’s future, bringing a qualified field of 36 providers and presenting the best 2

Services included:

Solutions design architecture
Comprehensive technology vendor review and cost analysis
Comprehensive technology vendor review and cost analysis

The Outcome

In 30 days, UPSTACK delivered a complete work-from-anywhere solution from a full-service provider, eliminating hardware and enabling Sequoyah employees and contracts to communicate securely from home or in the field. A dramatic cost reduction of 90% was achieved. This work resulted in Sequoyah ensuring their ability to effectively communicate with their customers and maintain their brand reputation for innovation and customer dedication.

Results included:

Only 30 days of work from start to solution
A 90% reduction in annual phone system costs
Work-from-anywhere services with improved security and updated technology
Comprehensive technology vendor review and cost analysis
Due diligence via market intelligence assessment

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