Intuz Cloud

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm manage IT requirements for the Animal Justice Party in Australia

For what projects/services did your company hire Intuz Cloud?

We hired Intuz Cloud to set up a private Mattermost instance on AWS.

What were your goals for this project?

Using mattermost for 70+ people

How did you select this vendor?

Web advertising

Describe the project in detail.

Install and configure mattermost on AWS

What was the team composition?

One person did the work.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Mattermost is now operational and working well. The installation required the fixing of an important mattermost bug that caused serious problems. Intuz found and fixed the problem.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Very good.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They have solid technical skills and gave timely responses to questions.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the founder and CEO of LifeOfU App and associated The Life Of HP, LLC. Life of U is a video marketplace that seeks to inform, entertain, inspire, and impress people around the globe. Our content comes from people who sell their life videos and earn decent money.

What challenge were you trying to address with Intuz?

At Life Of U, we had a unique concept of a video marketplace. However, it required real-time scalability and efficient storage management for large-sized media. We were looking for a solution that would be extremely flexible as our database increased, as well as smooth on our pockets for storing such a large volume of videos on the server. Another important challenge we wanted to address was that the latency of video streaming should remain the same—that is, very less—even if we enabled the app outside the US or even worldwide.

What was the scope of their involvement?

There is an entire cloud division at Intuz with certified pros who are excellent at their work. They deployed my entire cloud infrastructure in AWS. They used cost effective S3 storage for quick data access, scalable instances for uninterrupted performance, and security groups to avoid disruptions. Intuz literally implemented a single-click solution.

How did you come to work with Intuz?

I started working with them after going through a lot of companies. We finally decided to go with Intuz because they have a very well-defined process, a dedicated team, and a good portfolio. Plus, I already had a successful app development project done with these guys. My project managers and cloud tech leaders at Intuz were brilliant at coming up with solutions to my problems. Since they already knew my system in and out, taking the cloud services to them was a wise choice. 

How much have you invested with Intuz?

I would prefer to keep the financial terms confidential.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our project with them is complete and live. I will definitely work with them again for new ventures.  

Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?

Intuz really helped me achieve my goals. The Intuz team was amazing at developing our entire project successfully. When it came to addressing our challenges and server struggles, it was like they jumped on the gas pedal and zoomed ahead of what we were thinking. They knew exactly how to resolve all those challenges with 1 answer: Amazon Web Services. The infrastructure needs definitely got very easy for me. I do not have metrics as of now for comparison, but I can update that after some time.

How did Intuz perform from a project management standpoint? 

The team at Intuz was extremely cooperative and always steered my project in the right direction. They always listened to my requirements and challenges carefully and executed it well. Throughout the project duration, they consulted me and honored my decisions. Their intra-team communication was smooth and I never had to explain myself twice.

What did you find most impressive about Intuz?

What I like about Intuz the most is that they are not afraid to give you suggestions and opinions, good or bad. Intuz saved me a lot of time, frustration, and money letting me know about future issues and taking care of them, even though they were outside the scope of work. They should continue with the amazing work they are doing.

Are there any areas Intuz could improve?

None. 

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We are a multidisciplinary creative design agency, nestled in a bustling inner Sydney district. I am a digital designer and am project managing our apps.

What challenge were you trying to address with Intuz?

We were looking at a long-term solution for its infrastructure needs and for aggregating its client projects on the best available cloud infrastructure, like AWS. Our main issue had been managing multiple accounts over different standalone infrastructure providers which was getting challenging as the accounts increased in number. We also wanted to make sure that we were scalable to our end clients and cost effectively address any infrastructure needs they had. Moving to cloud was the definitive answer to solving this issue. Cloud being out of our core competency, we needed the right consultants and solution providers to migrate.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Intuz has been our development partner for mobile application. For this particular project, they have been the drivers themselves as it was their suggestion to migrate our projects to AWS. They started by educating us about the benefits of migrating to cloud. Intuz also introduced the AWS services that enabled great efficiency improvement regarding multiple account management. Then, they swiftly worked upon getting the configuration right for the process. Intuz started by understanding the current configurations of existing infrastructures of different projects, prepared our AWS accounts, and architected a perfect setup to migrate, manage, and maintain all our accounts in AWS.

How did you come to work with Intuz?

Intuz had been our long-term development partner working with us on multiple B2B projects and executing them as per expectations. With their dedicated cloud consulting division, well-defined processes, very enthusiastic, and experienced team, they were an easy choice for us.

How much have you invested with Intuz?

Since we are a B2B client of Intuz, we have maintained strict confidentiality in terms of finances related to all our previous and on-going projects.

What is the status of this engagement?

We have a good relationship with Intuz. We started working with them through good references and have successfully completed projects with them. More projects are already ongoing, and they will be helping us setting up cloud infrastructure for our future projects.

Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?

Moving to AWS Cloud has made things easy for us. We currently do not have substantial stats to show as the migration was completed just a couple of weeks back. But the project managers at Intuz made sure that we understood the AWS dashboard and basic operations. Our clients have had uninterrupted services. Managing multiple accounts has become streamlined. 

How did Intuz perform from a project management standpoint?

The Project Managers were extremely helpful in setting this up. In fact, as stated before, they were the ones who suggested us to migrate to AWS cloud after understanding our struggles. They educated us about the entire process, explained minute details of the cloud blueprint, and always advised in the right direction.

What did you find most impressive about Intuz?

I think it is Intuz team’s ability to listen and guide you when you are struggling, and accommodating resources if you need them. Those are the things that set them apart from other firms. Their certified AWS cloud team is super active and very quick at implementations. They setup, migrated, configured and got the system online in 48 hours! That too without much downtime.

Are there any areas Intuz could improve?

Nothing that we can think of right now.

What tips or recommendations could you share that might increase the likelihood of success with Intuz?

They are excellent at what they do. The team is very tech savvy and deeply rooted to their domains. The project managers are a delight to work with and excellent advisers. We are already working on more projects with them, and we would definitely recommend Intuz to prospects considering working with them.