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Movera’s Azure Advantage:
Built with Synextra

About Movera

Company: Movera is a flourishing platform business, bringing together ambitious home moving brands from across the sector. Built on the heritage and passion of experienced legal services business, brought together to transform the moving market for the better.

Headquarters: Stockport, Cheshire, England

Industry: Conveyancing, Panel Management, Legal Services

Key Solutions:

Azure Migration

Managed Azure Services

Azure Virtual Desktop

Movera is as a leading force in the UK property sector, encompassing various prestigious brands including:

ONP
Conveyancing Alliance
Cavendish Legal Group
LMS

With technology at the heart of their operations, Movera’s commitment to digital excellence strongly supports their market-leading position.

We spoke with Andrew Taylor, Group CTO at Movera, about their journey through cloud transformation and how partnering with Synextra has revolutionised their capabilities as a business.

Background

Movera’s diverse portfolio of property-related businesses demands really strong tech infrastructure to support their operations.

With more tech deployment in the sector than any other player, they needed solutions that can scale with their growth while maintaining security and efficiency.

“Technology is important to our businesses because we use it to deliver a better service to our clients, support our staff, and ensure the most secure and efficient way for people to work within our group,” explains Andrew.

Objectives

Movera’s initial engagement with Synextra began with hosting a broker portal.

However, a few months after that project began, they were victim to a cyber incident involving their previous MSP. It was a big one, affecting around 80 different companies across the UK.

Synextra helped Movera respond to this incident quickly. But it kickstarted a cloud transformation journey: this challenging situation highlighted the need for enhanced security infrastructure, strong disaster recovery capabilities, improved system performance, and remote working solutions.

Why Synextra?

Dealing with the cyber incident, Synextra helped rebuild Movera’s tech environment much faster than others affected by it. Partners and clients noticed the short downtime in comparison.

The team’s rapid response included executing a rapid migration into Microsoft Exchange Online over a single weekend. This swift action brought Movera into the Azure cloud rapidly. And the success of this project led Movera to choose Synextra as their long-term technology partner following a comprehensive tender process.

“The decision to stay and work with Synextra came from experience and the relationships that had been built with our team members“ Andrew adds.

The partnership thrives on Movera having direct access to Synextra’s senior technical expertise, with rapid response and implementation capabilities. Synextra’s deep understanding of Azure tech, combined with flexible communication channels (like live chat via Teams), makes for easy collaboration and smooth project delivery.

“Synextra have the edge by understanding what developers want and need within a business,” notes Andrew. “We are directly speaking to third line engineers and above – you’re working with more senior people. They’re more qualified, they’re more capable than your typical MSP.“

Synextra now manage and support Movera’s Microsoft Azure platform. This includes managing performance, licensing, security, automation and more. It also means advice is always available on future technologies, AI, and work process modernisation.

Much-improved performance

The migration to Azure, coupled with Synextra’s optimisation, has delivered significant improvements through reduced logon times, faster core app launch speeds, and improved back-end automation. ONP’s critical LexisNexis Visualfiles system, developed over the course of 20 years, has seen unprecedented performance improvements.

“Since moving into Microsoft Azure, since having that configured and relocated by Synextra, the speed and efficiency within that product is fantastic. It’s performing better than we’ve ever had,” states Andrew.

Sensible service delivery

Synextra’s different approach to managed IT services has fundamentally transformed Movera’s IT operations. Breaking away from traditional MSP models, our partnership delivers enterprise-grade solutions with a surprising amount of agility and precision.

“We can request something and make it happen a lot quicker. We don’t have to go through this typical long-winded approach of speaking to account managers, etc. They still follow a strict process when it comes to change, but the change can be authorised, approved and made a lot quicker,” explains Andrew.

Future-ready infrastructure

The partnership has positioned Movera to continue the innovation they’re known for with AI integration capabilities and exciting automation opportunities. Their ongoing aim for better transaction processing and customer service delivery shows their commitment to technological advancement while maintaining personal service.

“[These projects] are all designed to improve the customer service that we give to our clients, but also ensure that we’re giving the best technology to our people within the business”, Andrew explains.

Looking forward

Movera’s partnership with Synextra continues to evolve, focusing on using the best of technology to improve both customer and employee experiences. Their commitment to being “digital when we can be but personal when we need to be” shows their approach to technological advancement.

The results speak for themselves – Movera is experiencing growth above market rates and enjoys a strong position for future expansion. As Andrew concludes, “We are in one of the best places where we’ve ever been when it comes to our position in the market and what our future prospects look like for our people, partners and clients.“

If you’re a business looking to level up your tech and become a game-changer, get in touch with our friendly team of elite cloud specialists at Synextra today. We’re ready to help take your organisation to new heights with the power of the cloud.

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