Stratagem IPM: QuoStar creates a multi-cloud modern workplace for leading law firm

Overview

Founded in 1999, Stratagem IPM is a leading intellectual property and patent advisory firm specialising in the fast-growing biotech sector. Its team of around 60 staff, including two dozen attorneys and a small IT team, are split between three offices in Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge. When it became clear an urgent and comprehensive IT overhaul was required, Stratagem brought technology partner Lights-On Consulting on board to oversee the project.

The challenge

The value Stratagem IPM offers its clients fundamentally rests upon how happy and productive its team of legal and IP experts are. The firm realised that the best way to support these goals was to modernise its IT infrastructure with a shift to the cloud – whilst supporting existing applications and enhancing security, compliance and availability. Due to multiple end-of-life systems and virtual desktop infrastructure no longer able to meet the needs of the firm, there were extremely tight deadlines to meet.

The solution

QuoStar used its deep sector expertise in the legal industry, vendor-agnostic approach and technical know-how to achieve a major IT overhaul for Stratagem, aligned with its business goals, in just six weeks. 

By understanding the client’s requirements, QuoStar took a tailored approach that went way beyond the kind of simple, out-of-the-box technology deployment that is commonplace in the industry. This included migration to Microsoft Modern Workplace solutions such as Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams for unified communications, and information management and data sharing solutions. QuoStar understood the highly sensitive nature of the data handled by Stratagem for its clients, deploying multi-layered defences including EDR, XDR, vulnerability management, and ZTNA.

QuoStar also utilised its designations as official Microsoft Solutions Partner for Azure to deploy an Azure-based business continuity solution. And it combined this with a private cloud deployment to host critical business applications for Stratagem. All of this was achieved without causing any unplanned downtime.