Post February 2011 earthquake, all three Blackwells companies and their respective IT systems had to be merged to one location. BTG engineers entered the red zoned and damaged Blackwells and Canterbury Mazda sites, collected all hardware and infrastructure, moved and organised internet feeds, and generally ‘made things work’ to minimise downtime.The challenge – post earthquake merge
With a history dating back to 1923, and a ‘one stop shop’ approach to doing business with their valuable customers, Blackwells is most definitely a staple on the Canterbury map! They needed BTG’s support during the Canterbury earthquakes to be able to continue business processes with minimal downtime, and physically move their entire operation… ‘quickly’
“The influx of staff numbers to one site, Sockburn, meant the addition of portacom buildings, temporary cabling switches, networking in relation to the joining of the 3 businesses together, managing various auto industry applications, and so on…”
BTG continue to work closely with Blackwells to fine tune processes.
Future Vision
“We are looking for some land to rebuild in the city. It will be Canterbury Mazda moving back into the city. We are going to build a showroom for Mazda. We can then get rid of the portacoms floating around the place, and will need to then integrate the city site, wherever that may be, back.”
Blackwells have signed on to BTG’s Manage IT managed services contract in September 2013, and BTG play a huge role in supporting their IT.
