Large investment management firm renowned for their quantitative research driven approach to investment strategy. Client was looking to make strategic investments in their infrastructure and data capabilities to support the company’s quantitative research teams who are the engine of the business with more powerful, creative and seamless computing and data administration capabilities while modernizing and simplifying their IT infrastructure and data storage.

In partnership with NetApp, AHEAD positioned a pair of AF400 arrays to replace the aging Dell 450F systems at 2 of Client’s data centers. In addition, AHEAD implemented NetApp’s Cloud Volumes ONTAP for DevOps to automate workflows for research needs alongside current Azure Container Instance and data pipeline work.

The Client now has a proven and robust unstructured data storage solution that will enable their quantitative data research teams to work faster, more creatively and with an innovation mindset that drives business growth and market insights.