Case study · Logistics & transport
A logistics operator modernizes its infrastructure across 12 sites
Leading logistics operator in Mali. Obsolete IT infrastructure (aging tower servers, no redundancy), inter-site connections via costly leased lines, heterogeneous and under-specified user fleet.
99.95%
application uptime
850
workstations deployed in 6 months
12 sites
interconnected via SD-WAN
Project challenges
What the client needed to solve
- Guarantee a high application uptime for the business ERP (5 hours/day of downtime on average with the previous setup)
- Refresh 850 workstations without interrupting operational activity
- Reduce interconnection costs between 12 sites spread across the country
- Prepare the cloud migration of certain non-critical applications
Our intervention
The Sylamtech solution
- Audit of the existing system + target sizing (3 weeks)
- Main datacenter built on Nutanix hyperconvergence (3 nodes) with Veeam backup
- SD-WAN interconnection between the 12 sites, automatic failover on carrier outage
- Centralized mastering of 850 HP workstations in our 250 m² Safety Room
- Plug & Play deployment in waves of 50 workstations/week with user training
- Maintenance contract with 4-business-hour SLA + proactive 24/7 supervision
Technologies deployed
Nutanix HCI · Veeam Backup · HP ProBook · Cisco SD-WAN
Measured results
The impact on the business
- 99.95% application uptime since go-live (vs. ~85% before)
- 850 new workstations deployed in 6 months with no interruption
- 60% reduction in interconnection costs (SD-WAN vs. leased lines)
- Peak capacity absorbed during high season without manual intervention
- Cloud migration (messaging + collaboration) carried out smoothly in 2025
About this case study
This client's name has been anonymized at their request for confidentiality reasons. The figures, technologies and results presented are real and come from the project actually delivered by Sylamtech.GROUP. Named references are available on request, under a confidentiality agreement.