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Hybrid Co-Lo Case Study / C12 Capital >

A spin off from Barclays, C12 Capital was under tight deadlines to fully separate its business operations from the international banking giant. Within a mere three months, C12 had to have its own technology infrastructure up and running, which, given its lack of facilities at its Manhattan headquarters, required deployment to two co-location facilities – one primary and one backup. A key component of this spin off was the relocation of 50 traders, 40 back-office personnel, and the company’s 15-person London office.

For this challenging project, C12 turned to Align to design and implement a fully redundant voice and data solution. Working closely with C12’s project team, Align harnessed its project-management and advanced-technology expertise to deploy a hybrid technology platform of both physical and virtual technologies.

We engaged two co-location providers to support the planned user base and leveraged their Tier 3 facilities to build out a secure enterprise-level infrastructure.

Three months later, Align’s project leadership had successfully separated C12 from Barclays – on time and on budget – delivering a secure, reliable, and flexible infrastructure solution. Traditional and virtual environments were brought online concurrently, helping expedite personnel relocation. The hybrid solution, optimized for DR and BCP scenarios, fostered a high-performing technology infrastructure across the various facilities, resulting in reduced CAPEX and high-level redundancy.