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Cloud Edge Work With Aurora44 Games With IT Infrastructure

Friday 16 February 2018, 7:38PM

By Beckie Wright

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Aurora44 Games is an award winning gaming development studio based at Avalon Television Studios in Wellington, and they recently needed their IT infrastructure set up from the ground up. Cloud Edge worked with them to set up a new installation for 20+ staff working from different locations.

The challenge for Cloud Edge was that Aurora44’s leased office was full of old equipment and in a disused state. They needed their space up and running and fit for 20+ staff. After clearing it out and purchasing new desktop computers, Aurora44 called in Cloud Edge to set up the IT infrastructure.

Cloud Edge came up with the solution, setting up internet and network access for desktops and servers, with a physical server to meet storage and compliance needs, an Email server (Exchange 2016), and an FTP server for remote users. They also provided VPN access for overseas users and those working from home, a centralised code repo, file shares for staff access with a monthly maintenance and support package in place. IT help was also available as and when needed.

Andrew Pahuru, Aurora44’s Chief Technical Officer, gave his feedback. “It was a big project. We had tradesmen carpeting and painting at the same time and staffing underway, along with the IT environment getting set up. Eventually we had 20+ people all start work at the same time. Since then it’s been hands off and smooth running with IT support in place with a set number of hours available to us each month.

“One of the reasons we went with Andy was because he’s local and we’ve made use of his fast response times to sort out emergency issues. We rely on Cloud Edge to maintain the servers remotely and keep them patched and secure. Andy is always professional and working with him has been great.”

Business phones, fast internet and IT is Cloud Edge’s business. They are based in the Hutt Valley and are trusted by some big players, including Multi Doors and Avalon TV Studios, so to find out more about VOIP phone business, VOIP phone systems for business and business phones please go to https://cloudedge.nz .