Our Expertise

Technical Authoring

Detailed documentation is central to each new deployment undertaken by SCG. In addition to new deployments, SCG offer Technical Authoring Services for existing environments. These services include the creation of manuals, processes and detailed diagrams to help businesses understand their existing environments.

Businesses often find themselves reliant on critical applications/environments without having a detailed understanding of how they are built and operate. There are many reasons for this situation to arise including:

• Initial deployments not being documented
• Key members of staff leaving the business
• Environments being upgraded or amended without updating existing documentation

This situation presents uncertainty and risk as businesses find themselves unable to confidently answer key questions about their critical services:

• How could we restore service during an outage?
• Which elements of our environment do our critical services interact and rely upon?
• How could we safely update our critical services?
• Do we have any single points of failure in or critical services?

Where possible SCG work closely with critical service owners in order to capture working knowledge and transform this into structured documents and processes. In the absence of critical service owners, SCG use their technical experience to reverse engineer environments and present the information to clients using pre-defined templates.

Benefits of SCG Technical Authoring Services:

• Remove the element of unknown for critical systems
• Disseminate knowledge to wider audiences
• Create new/update existing documentation
• Identification of single points of failure
• Identify inter-dependencies of apps/infrastructure
• Document processes to reduce time to restore service in the event of outages
• Allow client staff to focus on BAU activities while detailed documentation is created

Have you been putting off upgrading your IT systems?

Perhaps your current solution is a virtual desktop infrastructure or VDI, which is hosted on-premises?

Do your users experience regular authentication issues or when they do manage to log in, are greeted with an incredibly slow system and general performance?

Is your workforce expressing frustration at not being able to achieve what they need to within the virtual desktop space – whether that be accessing a file, printing a document, or even accessing a much-needed app?

Are there constant problems with connectivity? Is this having a knock-on impact on staff productivity?

Or maybe your IT team isn’t convinced that this virtual desktop solution offers you watertight security and data protection measures? With ever-advanced security threats and increased vulnerability to cyberattacks in remote working setups, this is NOT something you can afford to ignore…

Whether you have a virtual desktop solution that just isn’t up to scratch, or you’re at the very beginning of exploring a virtual solution, then Citrix Desktop as a Service (DaaS), is worth your consideration.

You could be compromising security, performance and stability. Contact Stadia to discuss a secure virtual desktop solution.

Citrix DaaS: a virtual desktop solution that enables secure and smooth remote working

Citrix DaaS enables secure remote access to apps and company data through virtual desktops that are hosted in the cloud, as opposed to a virtual desktop infrastructure or VDI, which is hosted on-premises.

DaaS delivers a secure connection to those apps whether your staff are at home, on holiday, in the office or at an internet cafe.

Wherever your workforce is.

Save time and money and increase productivity with DaaS.

Let’s look at some of the ways DaaS could benefit your business:

Increased security: With Citrix DaaS, your infrastructure remains secure – no matter where work gets done or what devices people use. With all corporate data stored securely in the cloud rather than on individual devices, your IT team can easily protect it. This separation means that even if a device is compromised, your data won’t be.

Cost reduction: With DaaS, there’s no need for apps to be hosted on individual devices, so no need for costly new hardware or hardware refreshes. This will help to reduce your implementation costs significantly.

Improved employee efficiency: A reliable DaaS connection will enable your employees to get on with the task at hand, rather than struggling with poor connection and ongoing disruptions. Constant access to the information, apps and tools your team need to get work done can increase employee efficiency by around 5 per cent. This can also help improve employee perceptions of you – and position you as a forward-thinking digital employer.

Deployment: With Citrix DaaS, you can select the app and desktop virtualisation deployment that fits your business, whether moving fully to cloud infrastructure or adopting a hybrid approach. Apps can be updated, managed and presented from behind the scenes and without interrupting users.

Streamline management: With the rapidly increasing demands of remote working, you can’t afford to be slowed down by temperamental IT. The easier it is to manage your environment, the better position your business will be in to meet the needs of an increasingly dispersed workforce. Within Citrix, you can oversee all of your service offerings from a single console to streamline IT operations.

Unlock the increased productivity benefits of Citrix DaaS. Contact Stadia to discuss the tailored solution for your business.

Working with Stadia Consulting Group – a Citrix Partner

Stadia is a Citrix Partner Silver Solution Advisor and we know that smooth-running, remote working solutions are crucial for your business. In order to achieve that, you need a market-leading virtual desktop experience that can grow and flex to your business needs.

Security is paramount and we understand that your staff and their working experiences are a priority. That is why we put these elements at the heart of all our remote working tailored services.

We offer design, troubleshooting, upgrades, reviews and implementation advice on Citrix DaaS and other remote working solutions. This will help to significantly upgrade your remote working practices.

With a wealth of experience and a supportive team on hand to guide you – we can deliver your Citrix DaaS set-up or upgrade – no matter what the requirements.

A health check for the Microsoft 365 licensing spend in your business

Microsoft 365 licensing and Azure expenditure can undoubtedly cause confusion, but we’ve found a way to simplify it for our clients.

Our bespoke analysis service is free of charge. It will allow us to review not only your licensing set-up, but also your Azure consumption and understand exactly what you’re paying for. 

Over a maximum of a week, we will monitor your environment – with absolutely no interruption to your business. From there, we’ll provide you with a whole host of compelling insights that will help you make more informed decisions about how to move forwards.

So what are the benefits?

1. Maximise your Microsoft 365 investment by optimising licenses, getting a much firmer grip on usage and improving productivity too. 

Know More: Understand how users are interacting with solutions, gain insights into Teams collaboration and call quality, and uncover deeper insights into Microsoft 365. 

Save More: Identify opportunities to save money on unused licensing, zombie accounts, and duplicated functionality.

Do More​: Use our recommendations to improve security, monitor access, and present confident business decisions – all based on up-to-date analytics.

2. Make the most of the Azure cloud platform by delving deeper into spend, risk and usage – opening opportunities for future digital transformation.
 

Minimise Risk, Improve Governance: Receive in-depth security insights and governance recommendations, identifying gaps in security and risks daily. 

Control Resource Management: Understand Azure consumption, make sound business decisions, and identify reallocation opportunities, through AI tagging, integrated infrastructure management, and extensive cloud transparency.

Working with Stadia Consulting Group

We have supported many of our clients through this process already, saving time, optimising set-ups and future-proofing businesses.

The process is a very simple one:

1. Book a call with us here – so we can assess where you are currently at. We’ll have a discussion about your existing environment and how we can support – so you can understand if and how we can help save you money.
   
2. Book your free analysis report – so you can get a complete picture of the state of your licensing set-up and Azure consumption. There will be no business interruption, and this will take a maximum of one week to carry out.
   
3. Schedule a follow-up call – so we can walk you through the results, answer your questions and make our recommendations.
   
4. Implement the changes and optimise your licensing solution, so you can enjoy greater clarity and less wastage.

Working with Stadia Consulting Group

We’d like to make your life that little bit easier (hey – you’ve got enough on your plate).

We’d like to offer this initial service completely free of charge too.

What’s more, we’ve been told we operate like a boutique agency, even though we service some of the country’s largest organisations.

And that’s important to us.

Our approach is the personal one – to be your right-hand partner – from start to finish (and beyond). 

We’re always on the end of the phone and, as with all of our services, we’ll remain close. We’ll act as an extension of your team and we’ll also try our very best to make the whole process an enjoyable one.