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A logistics operator modernises its infrastructure across 12 sites

A leading logistics operator in Mali. Obsolete IT infrastructure (ageing tower servers, no redundancy), site interconnection over costly leased lines, a heterogeneous and underpowered user fleet.

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99.95%
application availability
850
workstations deployed in 6 months
12 sites
interconnected via SD-WAN
Project challenges

What the client needed to solve

  • Guarantee a high application availability rate for the business ERP (5 hrs/day of downtime on average with the old system)
  • Renew 850 workstations without interrupting operational activity
  • Reduce interconnection costs between 12 sites spread across the whole country
  • Prepare the cloud migration of certain non-critical applications
Our intervention

The Sylamtech solution

  • Audit of the existing setup + target sizing (3 weeks)
  • Main datacenter on Nutanix hyperconvergence (3 nodes) with Veeam backup
  • SD-WAN interconnection between the 12 sites, automatic failover in the event of an operator outage
  • Centralised imaging of 850 HP workstations in our 250 m² Safety Room
  • Plug & Play rollout in waves of 50 workstations/week with user training
  • Maintenance contract with a 4-business-hour response time + proactive 24/7 monitoring
Technologies deployed
Nutanix HCI · Veeam Backup · HP ProBook · Cisco SD-WAN
Measured results

The impact on the business

  • 99.95% application availability 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 the high season with no manual intervention
  • Cloud migration (email + collaboration) completed smoothly in 2025

About this reference

This client's name has been anonymised 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, subject to a confidentiality agreement.

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