f1 recruitment llp

Modrus Virtual Office provides the perfect centrally managed IT solution

Website	www.f1recruitment.com	Services		Modrus Virtual Office
Business	Solicitors 90+ Staff
Installation	New
Locations	Distributed workforce

Background:

f1 recruitment llp specialises in finding professional staff for the in-house communications and marketing teams of visionary companies and the most edgy and creative marketing, advertising, public relations and events consultancies that service them.

The issue:

One of the key reasons for f1's success is the calibre of resumes on the recruitment database. Although great for the business, this creates a major IT issue as some of the most successful team members are flexible workers with a home office who all need to access the same infrastructure for the database, calendars, email and other shared services. Traditional VPN (Virtual Private Network) type services did not provide f1 with an acceptable solution for several reasons, namely data security, centralised management, communications restrictions and portability.

The Solution:

The Modrus Virtual Office service was developed and has evolved with the needs of businesses like f1 in mind. Designed as a centralised solution for companies with multiple offices, Modrus Virtual Office solved f1's IT issues, with Modrus itself effectively becoming f1's corporate IT department. The service allows f1's staff to access all their applications and data from any computer connected to the Internet, whether this be from home, a partner's house, temporary office or even abroad via an Internet cafe.

Modrus Virtual Office combines the major benefits of Citrix thin client, server virtualisation and Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies to provide a highly available, secure environment for the f1 IT infrastructure. This allows any f1 employee to view and control a full desktop PC remotely as if they were sat right in front of it - even with the most basic of Internet connections. In addition to solving the initial issues mentioned previously, Modrus Virtual Office has provided significant additional benefits including:

• Ease of adding (or removing) users to the system, or for trialing potential new employees
• Vital data is never held locally, so past employees cannot 'share' company confidential data easily
• Single point of control for all applications and data - much easier to manage, add new applications and secure critical data
• Fully redundant data centre architecture provides inherent disaster recovery and backup functionality

Technology to Provide a Great Work / Life Balance:

f1 recruitment is a truly contemporary organisation. Some of their partners work full time at the London offices; others choose to work remotely from home one or two days a week. Work Life balance is a reality for f1 and they have created a team of like-minded consultants whose working lives have to flex with the demands of their home lives. The partners take complete ownership of the hours they want to work and decide what they want to achieve within those hours.

The team is operational 12/5 (twelve hours a day, 5 days a week). This can only be achieved through using the most advanced recruitment software and technology to ensure they always react quickly and accurately to client's and candidate's needs.