Extech Cloud helps Hunters Law create a modern workplace

When Hunters Law first approached Extech Cloud, it was looking for a new strategic IT direction. It wanted an IT system and infrastructure that was designed for the firm, and worked exactly how the firm wanted it to.

Extech Cloud started working with Hunters Law at the start of 2020. With more than 100 staff, the company needed to upgrade its infrastructure and its servers, which were more than five years old.

The firm’s Citrix virtualisation software licence fee renewal was also approaching which was a main driver for change. Hunters was also previously told by its software owners/providers that it was not possible to put the firm’s old apps on the cloud.

Hunters’ previous IT partner was therefore pushing the firm towards a “hybrid environment” where it was to be locked-in to a data centre. Hunters didn’t want to be tied down to one supplier and thought it had no way out – until now.

“We embarked on a complete review of our IT infrastructure with the focus on a modern workplace where our staff could work from anywhere. We chose Extech Cloud as they were able to demonstrate they could pull all of our technologies together properly to make us more efficient, while saving us significant capital expenditure and licencing costs.” Arif Kamal, chief finance and operations officer, Hunters Law.

Journey to the cloud

When Hunters Law first approached Extech Cloud, it was looking for a new strategic IT direction. It wanted an IT system and infrastructure that was designed for the firm, and worked exactly how the firm wanted it to.

With lots of applications, its whole system was increasingly slow and it didn’t want to spend significant money on upgrades and licences for marginal improvements. Many of its PCs and laptops were also on Windows 7, which reached the end of its life in early 2020.

Extech Cloud audited the whole IT infrastructure and assets, set an IT strategy and began modernising everything including more than 100 user PCs and laptops. Extech Cloud deployed Windows Autopilot, making it easy for everyone to receive their new machines and get working straight away.

The full transition to the cloud was staged in tandem with its Citrix virtualisation software. At first, some of its older applications were not fully integrated into the cloud, but were accessed as before.

Hunters Law now takes full advantage of the benefits offered by Microsoft 365 and Azure, with the very latest security and exceptional performance levels.
Four pieces of legacy software now run on the cloud thanks to Extech Cloud’s pioneering implementation of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD).