DMW Group
DMW is one of the UK's leading independent IT consultancies specialising in the design, delivery and operation of IT systems.
DMW's consultants are experienced programme managers, technical architects and IT infrastructure & operations specialists with a big consulting firm heritage. They have deep IT delivery and technical skills and a commitment to client service. They are accustomed to dealing with senior-level management and working within teams made up of clients, third parties and contractors.
Reputation and word-of-mouth have been DMW's primary sources of work since they were founded in 1989. The firm's reputation is based on:
• Integrity - our recommendations are always made with our client's best interests in mind, not our own commercial priorities.
• Intellect - we hire the brightest people from the best organisations.
• Pragmatism - we are known for delivery on our promises, so we are realistic about what is achievable and think laterally to make things happen.
DMW’s IT services span the full systems lifecycle from assessments and feasibility studies through to project delivery and into ongoing support. Their work falls into the following categories:
• Innovative Design. DMW's design services are driven by the business needs of today and the foreseeable future. They make use of DMW's deep understanding of modern IT systems and technology to translate these needs into practical technical designs.
• Successful Delivery. Successful implementation of IT solutions needs a holistic approach that takes account of both business needs and technical challenges. DMW's delivery services define realistic implementation approaches that balance these factors and drive these through to a successful conclusion.
• Optimised Operations. As much as 80% of the costs of an IT service will come during its operation. DMW's optimisation services ensure these services are delivered to the required quality, at a cost the business can afford.
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Rationalising global networksDMW was engaged to rationalise the bank’s global networking systems, which were provided and supported by multiple local carriers. In addition to designing the new solution we engaged with the procurement department to conduct competitive dialogue with a reduced number of pre-selected suppliers.
As a result of the project the client was able...
Virtualisation of an outsourced serviceOften DMW will identify cost saving and performance improvement opportunities as a result of a technology review. In this example we reviewed the department’s data centre estate as part of a programme of work to rationalise IT infrastructure and identified opportunities to reduce costs by introducing virtualisation technology, and then worked...
Cost reduction for Market Data servicesThe client was faced with a mounting Market Data bill and was looking for ways to contain costs in this area.
DMW reviewed the existing Market Data contracts and managed a renegotiation that saved 25% of the cost, amounting to some £800,000 of savings. DMW further reviewed a contention issue that was reducing Dealers' ability to access real...
Delivery of new eCommerce platform for major high street retailerDMW helped a major high street retailer to implement new e-commerce and call centre systems to support a multi-channel, multi-chain solution that could be accessed by customers "any time, any place, anyhow".
DMW consultants took key roles in managing the 2 year, multi-million pound programme. We helped develop the original marketing concept into a...
Data centre build for a top tier investment bankDMW led the design team to create the IT infrastructure for state-of-the-art data centres in the UK and USA for the client's investment banking business.
Work included selecting the following components and creating an integrated architecture:
- Server operating systems.
- Databases.
- Storage technologies.
- Networks.
A key driver for the project...
Support transition of an oil trading platformDMW managed the transition to production service of the client's core oil trading platform. This included:
- Agreeing transition requirements.
- Ensuring that a global support structure was in place.
- Recruting and training support staff.
- Managing operational acceptance tests.
- Testing and then running the production cutover activities.
Transition of support and maintenance to offshore managed serviceDMW worked as part of a team to transition the support and maintenance of a portfolio of over 50 applications to offshore vendors.
Using a structured approach DMW consultants managed the transition of application knowledge and provided advice and guidance to shape the retained organisation’s roles and responsibilities. They also designed the...
Large scale infrastructure transitionDMW's work at this major retailer covered a series of significant IT programmes that enabled the client to move to a more streamlined IT operations environment, facilitated the delivery of new functional services and enabled its branch infrastructure to be updated.
Key activities included:
- Transitioning a virtual call centre project into a production...
An alternative investments providerAs part of a £10m programme, DMW reviewed the client’s existing hosting facilities and developed a global data centre strategy specifying new regional strategic data centres that offer DR and data backup to one another, avoiding the need and cost of having both primary and DR facilities in every region.
DMW specified a programme of infrastructure...
A leading energy companyDMW was asked to manage the delivery an off-shore shared service for application maintenance in order to reduce ongoing application costs.
DMW took responsibility for the transition of 25 applications to the offshore provider. Using a structured approach we managed the transition of application knowledge and provided advice and guidance to shape the...
A leading global investment bankDMW was engaged to rationalise the bank’s global networking systems. In addition to designing the new solution we engaged with the procurement department to conduct competitive dialogue with pre-selected suppliers. The key features were:
· A standard contract and SLA with no commitments which suppliers agreed to negotiate...
A large central government departmentOften DMW will identify cost saving and performance improvement opportunities as a result of a technology review. In this example we reviewed the department’s data centre estate as part of a programme of work to rationalise IT infrastructure and identified opportunities to reduce costs by introducing virtualisation technology. We then went...
A large Japanese investment bankThe DMW Group secured a 25 per cent reduction, amounting to £800,000 per year, in this bank’s costs for the market information services delivered over its digital distribution system. During our negotiation with vendors, we also secured a 40 per cent increase in the volume of data available to dealers.
As part of our review we noticed...
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