Leading National Airline in Morocco (Public Sector)

Service Portfolio

• IT Business Consultancy
• DC Transformation and Consolidation
• Disaster Recovery Strategy

Strategy/Initiative

AVIANET provided the following services:

• As-Is Analysis: Comprehensive analysis of the existing IT infrastructure in the data centre.
• Gap Evaluation: Review and evaluate gaps, identifying opportunities for IT infrastructure improvements.
• Action Plan: Provide recommendations and a plan of action for enhancing the existing data centre.
• DR Solution Review: Review and evaluate gaps, identifying improvements for the disaster recovery (DR) solution.
• DR Methodologies: Recommendations on replication and failover/failback methodologies for DR.
• DR Solution Design: Finalize an optimal DR solution and provide a high-level DR solution design.
• RFP Development: Develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) based on the optimal DR model to identify a suitable vendor for implementing the DR data centre from scratch.

Business Purpose

The customer has defined a growth strategy for the next 10 years to develop its leadership in the airline market at an international level. This involves significant development in major domains, from operational and commercial cycles to financial and supply chains. AVIANET’s support includes implementing a distant second data centre to ensure a robust DR Plan. This second data centre must be flexible with the latest technologies, ensuring high performance, cost reduction, and compliance with security standards.

AVIANET Solution

AVIANET’s Consultancy and Security Engagement included the following phases:

Phase I – Assessment & Gap Analysis: Comprehensive assessment of the existing infrastructure and identification of gaps.

Phase II – Recommendations & Design: Provide recommendations on the existing infrastructure, develop a design for the future DR, and prepare an RFP for vendor selection.

Phase III – Solution Validation & Vendor Selection: Validate the solution, evaluate vendors, negotiate contracts, and select a suitable vendor.

Phase IV – Project Management & Governance: Oversee the implementation of the second data center, and manage migration and testing.

Post-Go-Live – DR/BCM Advisory: Provide ongoing advisory services for disaster recovery and business continuity management on an annual basis.

Business Outcome

Project duration: 12 months, culminating in the delivery of the following artefacts:

• Detailed Analysis, Findings & Recommendations: Comprehensive documentation of the assessment and recommendations.
• Scope of Disaster Recovery Solution: Definition of the scope of the disaster recovery solution.
• Application Scope & Criticality: Analysis of application scope and criticality.
• DR Site Infrastructure Setup: Establishment of infrastructure for the DR site.
• Disaster Recovery Options: Evaluation and recommendation of disaster recovery options.

Competition We Beat

• Open floated RFP

Follow-On Engagements

• Post-Go-Live – DR/BCM Advisory: Continued advisory services for disaster recovery and business continuity management on an annual basis.