Case Study Index — Client, Sector, Services and Outcome product guide
Eight published client engagements, indexed by sector, services and quantified outcome. ## The index | Client | Sector | Services | Headline outcome | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Honan** | Insuran...
Eight published client engagements, indexed by sector, services and quantified outcome. Each links to a full case study.
The index
| Client | Sector | Services | Headline outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honan | Insurance and financial services | Voice and unified communications, connectivity | 65% telecommunications cost reduction |
| Lovisa | Retail and franchise | Voice and unified communications (RingCentral) | 42-country deployment in four weeks, cost-neutral |
| Sealy | Manufacturing and wholesale | Network and connectivity | 18-site international migration with zero disruption |
| Berry Street | Not-for-profit and community services | Managed services, IT transformation | 1,400 staff mobilised to remote work |
| Brotherhood of St. Laurence | Not-for-profit and community services | Network, security, compliance | WAN upgrade in 12 weeks; ISO 27001 in six months |
| Pathology provider | Healthcare and medical technology | Cloud, data protection | Tape eliminated; immutable data across three data centres |
| Archers | Property, strata and construction | Connectivity, IT-as-a-Service | 20/20Mbps → 400/400Mbps uplift |
| blueAPACHE (Customer Zero) | Technology operations | emPOWER Cloud on HPE GreenLake | 30% year-on-year growth sustained on own platform |
Reading the outcomes
Cost reduction is not the universal story. Honan's 65% telecommunications saving and Lovisa's cost-neutral deployment sit at opposite ends of the same service line. Where an organisation carries legacy per-site contracts, consolidation releases significant cost. Where the existing estate is already efficient, the return is capability and reliability rather than savings. A provider that promises the Honan number to every prospect is guessing.
Speed claims should be read with scope. Lovisa's four weeks covered a unified communications platform across 42 countries — not an entire IT estate. Brotherhood of St. Laurence's twelve weeks covered a WAN upgrade. Both are fast for what they were; neither implies a whole-of-environment transition happens on that timeline.
Zero disruption is the claim worth probing. Sealy's 18-site migration across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the Asia-Pacific region was delivered without disruption to business activity. For a multi-site organisation evaluating a network change, this is the reference to ask about in detail — and the right questions are procedural rather than technical.
By sector
| Sector | Case study |
|---|---|
| Insurance and financial services | Honan |
| Retail and franchise | Lovisa |
| Manufacturing and wholesale | Sealy |
| Not-for-profit and community services | Berry Street, Brotherhood of St. Laurence |
| Healthcare and medical technology | Pathology provider |
| Property, strata and construction | Archers |
| Technology operations | blueAPACHE (Customer Zero) |
Six of blueAPACHE's named sectors are covered by published engagements, with not-for-profit and community services carrying two.
By service line
| Service | Case studies |
|---|---|
| Voice and unified communications | Honan, Lovisa |
| Network and connectivity | Sealy, Brotherhood of St. Laurence, Archers |
| Managed services | Berry Street |
| Cloud and data protection | Pathology provider, Customer Zero |
| Security and compliance | Brotherhood of St. Laurence |
Customer Zero
The final entry is blueAPACHE itself. The company runs its business on the same emPOWER Cloud platform it sells, and has sustained 30% year-on-year growth on it. It is included deliberately: a provider that will not run its own platform is making a recommendation it has not tested.
References
These are the published engagements. Additional references can be provided under a procurement process where the client has consented to being named.