GDC Services

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior IT Engineer of Shenzhen Uniconn Technology Co., Ltd.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Uniconn Technology is a product and solution provider integrating R & D, design, production, sales and service of connected components. Since its establishment, the company has always adhered to the development tenet of "one heart, one intention, one power connection to the world", and has deeply cultivated the field of electrical connection components. At present, it has established production bases in Shenzhen, Guangdong, Ningde, Fujian, Liyang, Jiangsu, Yibin, Sichuan and Yueqing, Zhejiang. Its main products cover various electrical connection components such as battery core connection components, power transmission components and low-voltage signal transmission components, forming a new energy vehicle as the main development axis, energy storage systems, industrial equipment, medical equipment, consumer electronics and other applications go hand in hand in the industrial development pattern.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire GDC Services to accomplish?

• · Help IT server room construction, set up a series integral IT environment, including purchasing IT firewall, switch, server, storage, VMware, AC, AP, UPS, KVM, cabinet, fiber optic, network cable. All IT devices purchase you can refer to the list I provided, while I do not mean you need to buy all the same brand, I know the gap between China and Slovakia, you can buy the similar brand, but in order to achieve our company required function, the configuration and parameters at better the same or close.
• · Has the ability to install and debug hyper-converged platforms based on standard X86 server hardware. Has the ability to install and debug NAS storage servers.
• Post-maintenance service.

SOLUTION

How did you find GDC Services?

Online Search

Why did you select GDC Services over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit

How many teammates from GDC Services were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

IT hardware purchase, low current system deployment, Internet service provider.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Have an initial quotation outcome for IT hardware, low current system, other services.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

1. They deliver items mostly on time.
2. They respond to our needs mostly one time via Email/Teams.
3. The quotation is a above our budget while, and not very detail due to only once factory visit.

What was your primary form of communication with GDC Services?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Nice and professional, and they actively scheduled meetings to discuss the topic and communicated via email on time. We are still willing to cooperate with this company in other aspects.

Are there any areas for improvement or something GDC Services could have done differently?

1. Quotation can be more competitive compared with other vendor.
2. Quotation can be more detail and reasonable according to actual client environment.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Information Security Officer of Albaraka bank sudan.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Banking industrial

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire GDC Services to accomplish?

Secure our environments and testing applications, including website

SOLUTION

How did you find GDC Services?

• Referral
• Clutch Site
• One of the vendors for security solutions recommended to work with GDC Services

Why did you select GDC Services over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from GDC Services were assigned to this project?

The team consisted of 3 people: 

• Project Manager
• security engineer 
• security consultant

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

As we decided to launch a new website, we wanted to make sure that it’s secure both for end users and the internal team. Also, testing mobile application.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

One year has passed, and the website is working in a stable mode. No security breaches were detected.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Already at the first stages of cooperation, it became clear that the company had serious expertise in the matter. Project Manager set up regular weekly status reviews for the project, and we were also contacting through messengers and by phone for urgent matters.

What was your primary form of communication with GDC Services?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

• Maturity and professionalism
• clear understanding of the goals of the project
• We're impressed with their quality project delivery.

Are there any areas for improvement or something GDC Services could have done differently?

Proposing additional services might be a good thing to increase the collaboration between the companies.