Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd is the largest residential lettings agent in the South East of England. They provide 10 branches throughout the South East along with back office sites.

Originally, a UNIX environment existed. MTB were asked to provide a Windows platform to run alongside this, integrating the two systems. The transition has gradually been made to the Windows operating system, and eventually the legacy systems will be entirely superseded as the data held on them becomes redundant.

The UNIX infrastructure involved an expensive leased line system. MTB have provided a solution to move the company from such an uneconomical system, to a much more cost effective solution involving ADSL and dedicated VPN connections. The remote branches are entirely interconnected allowing staff to hot desk from branch to branch and still access their email and files in a 'roaming profile' manner.

MTB also provided a solution for users to access their mail from home, abroad or any location with internet access. As with any of our customers, maximum uptime is one of the most important factors that MTB deliver. Over a long period some downtime is inevitable due to system updates etc, however MTB have provided Ashton Burkinshaw with a solution that can distribute the Server load across multiple sites thus reducing the Single Point of Failure, and maximizing staff efficiency through availability.

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