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Adam Matthew Digital is an academic publisher based in the United Kingdom. It is known for its award-winning online products providing access to global leading archive and library collections.
The company specializes in online primary source databases and curated collections for the humanities and social sciences. It focuses on humanities-based materials with the belief that at the heart of education is the freedom to think critically with the help of the latest technologies. It reimagines primary sources to empower current and future generations to challenge, analyze and debate.
Based in Wiltshire, Adam Matthew Digital has over 100 employees and primarily distributes its products across the United Kingdom and North America. It has longstanding relationships with various Libraries and Archives such as the British Library, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The New York Public Library, and many more.
Over the last two decades, the company has overcome many challenges in developing its products in line with the move to digital archives and publishing.
The rise in technical advances and customers’ expectations of hosting, functionality, and industry standards create increasing challenges around overseeing the maintenance and support of existing platform services and the integration of those relevant technical partners.
Adam Matthew Digital lacked the technical in-house expertise to sufficiently manage the data operations. It wanted to build its own software team and give them the tools and the back-office support they needed to expand their expertise, without the burden of implementing and managing the infrastructure and servers.
To allow the team to focus on delivering business value for its customers, it needed a managed service partner that would remove this stress and allow the team to focus on the work that is critical to business success and growth.
Adam Matthew Digital’s incumbent provider was unable to provide them with the expert time and tailored approach they needed for business growth and product expansion.
One of the challenges the company faced was the migration between two data centres. This migration had to be conducted within a tight timeframe, meaning that the move of existing data from one data centre to another had to be completed rapidly. To achieve a smooth and seamless migration, expert assistance was needed.
For Adam Matthew Digital, it was also vital that data was securely migrated without any damage or loss. After migration, it was also imperative that its data was securely stored and wasn’t at risk of being corrupted or lost.
Another data challenge was the commissioning of its SAN discs in the migration. The huge amount of data that needed to be audited and provisioned, called in to question the in-house team's ability to physically copy and migrate the data. This was partly because it had a limit on the bandwidth restricting that level of data replication.
As a global hybrid multi-cloud managed service provider, Aptum was able to deliver complex and tailored solutions across a fully managed, high-performance network. With decades of experience helping over 1400 customers, Aptum was able to provide a wide range of managed hosting services to help Adam Matthew Digital manage its data and meet its business objectives.
With its extensive knowledge of both hybrid and multi-cloud hosting services, as a Modern Infrastructure company, Aptum was able to provide the right support for Adam Matthew Digital and help them unlock their full potential as a business.
Aptum’s total solution was tailored specifically to Adam Matthew Digital. Considering everything the team needed to succeed, Aptum implemented solutions that would allow it to achieve its business goals without having to compromise on security and data management.
As a result, Adam Matthew Digital was able to store, manage, and secure the critical data that is integral to the business operations. It was able to continue giving its customers the products and services they needed without compromising its archives. The personalized experience Adam Matthew received catered to its business needs with its goals being the focal point of all planning.
“The dedication shown from Aptum has been maintained throughout our partnership which has allowed us to grow alongside each other which has been the best outcome we could have asked for.”
The team at Adam Matthew Digital were always well informed of the progress and stages through the regular meetings with the Aptum team. These meetings started off weekly and became more frequent closer to the migration date. Aptum gave the team their undivided attention throughout the process and was on hand to answer any queries or concerns. A meticulous level of planning went into the migration and every step was accounted for.
