Case study presentation by Philip Wright, Head of Technology at TMP Worldwide

1. TMP Worldwide
Punching above your weight

2. Introduction
• TMP Worldwide - Recruitment communications
• Head of Technology

3. Two problems, one solution
Problem 1:
• Graduate recruitment systems
Problem 2:
• Wide spread of clients and solutions
Solution:
• Rackspace Hybrid Cloud

4. Problem 1
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Very spiky traffic - Students
Heavy processing – Dynamic application forms
Data security – Personal candidate data
Limited budget – Small company
Limited technical resource – Developers only

5. Rack connect
Evolution of solution

6. Problem 2
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Dedicated (originally clustered with SAN)
Expensive and over engineered
Flexibility
Retained security

7. Rack connect
Evolution of Solution #2

8. Summary
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Ensure it’s the right thing to do
Not necessarily a lower cost solution
Evaluate architecture carefully
Monitoring is vital
Provides greater flexibility

9. Thank you.
Philip.Wright@tmpw.co.uk
Twitter: @tmpworldwideuk
LinkedIn: TMP Worldwide UK
tmpw.co.uk