STX Europe
Getting On Board with Replication
Challenge
Like many companies trying to balance the delicate business of growth and global expansion, STX Europe gave careful consideration as to how best to build out its IT infrastructure to its 20,000 employees across Europe, Brazil and Vietnam.
Solution
Using Replicator to establish a sophisticated Wide Area SharePoint Environment (WASPE), STX Europe plans to maintain a series of bidirectional replication instances from its main SharePoint installation in Norway (see graphic) out to various local SharePoint installations throughout Europe.
Value
With Replicator providing real-time access to critical shipbuilding documents, remote offices can access key data when and where they need it and yet still maintain quick access to the data where high latency and low bandwidth prevent a central installation.
About the Organization
STX Europe (STXEUR) is an international shipbuilding group which aims to be the leading builder of cruise and offshore vessels. Formerly known as Aker Yards ASA, the group changed its name to STX Europe in November 2008. It was as Aker Yards when the global shipbuilder first implemented Syntergy's Replicator to support its employees' worldwide construction efforts. Recognized for developing state-of-the-art concepts, technology, processes and products for customers around the world, this was the time for the group to apply its development innovation to its own internal processes.