{"id":40809,"date":"2024-11-11T15:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=40809"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:39:45","slug":"south-taranaki-council-migrates-business-critical-applications-to-nutanix-msp-asi-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2024\/11\/11\/south-taranaki-council-migrates-business-critical-applications-to-nutanix-msp-asi-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"South Taranaki Council Migrates Business Critical Applications to Nutanix MSP \u2013 ASI Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Zealand Council migrates core business-critical applications to reduce costs, enhance operational efficiency and ensures data sovereignty.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Stephen Mileham, IT Operations Lead, South Taranaki District Council<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

New Zealand\u2019s South Taranaki District Council has taken the next step forward in its digital strategy by migrating its core business-critical applications to a Nutanix-powered cloud environment hosted by ASI Solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Taranaki District Council covers more than 3,500 square kilometres on New Zealand\u2019s North Island, encompassing seven main towns and multiple remote sites, including water treatment, wastewater plants and community hubs \u2013 dubbed \u201cLibrary Plus\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the dispersed nature of these sites, all require seamless connectivity and reliable IT infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When its existing infrastructure neared the end of its lifecycle in 2023, South Taranaki District Council sought a solution that could provide a stepping stone between its on-premises legacy applications and cloud-first digital strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“ASI Cloud and Nutanix enabled us to begin transitioning away from on-premise systems without the upfront investment typically required for such a large-scale overhaul,\u201d Stephen Mileham, IT Operations Lead at South Taranaki District Council said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter researching hyperscale cloud providers, the transition looked very costly, especially when considering application refactoring, and ingress and egress charges. But with ASI for our Nutanix-powered solution, it was all included and refactoring wasn\u2019t required, so it was extremely competitive on price without sacrificing functionality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As ASI Cloud runs on the Nutanix Cloud Platform solution, and the council\u2019s previous on-premise infrastructure was built on Nutanix, Mileham said the migration was completed without complex and costly application rearchitecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of our business-critical applications, like Enterprise Resource Planning and asset management, were never designed with cloud in mind,\u201d said Mileham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith ASI Cloud and Nutanix, we were able to easily migrate these applications from our on-premise environment to their datacentre with little complication. ASI also offered disaster recovery capabilities with replication to another site on New Zealand’s South Island which gave us a lot of confidence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without having to maintain on-premise infrastructure, the Council’s IT team can invest time back into critical areas such as enhancing cybersecurity, improving network infrastructure and adopting new technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest benefits compared to other cloud alternatives, according to Mileham, was ASI Cloud\u2019s in-country presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a local government authority, keeping our data close to home was critical, not just from a data sovereignty perspective but also for connectivity reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of our applications are still legacy and designed to run on a LAN, so partnering with ASI gives us fast and reliable service while ensuring we\u2019re complying with local regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mileham said the Council’s long-standing relationship with partner ASI Solutions assured the project\u2019s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it were a different partner, we would have been more reluctant,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a long working history and good relationship with ASI and see them as an extension of our team. They understand the challenges we need to navigate as a New Zealand organisation and have the local government expertise to truly understand our operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Alp, managing director, Nutanix A\/NZ, said, \u201cIt\u2019s great that ASI and Nutanix have been able to come-up with an optimal solution that fits the council\u2019s short-term and strategic requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe council’s migration to ASI\u2019s cloud platform is also a clear example of how portable Nutanix workloads are between on-premise implementations, hyperscalers and local MSPs when requiring different service levels for data sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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