Smartsure Twenty20, previously Sasfin HRS, was formed in July 2014 as a Short-Term Insurance Administrator providing full back-end support to independent registered FSP’s who have access to a range of their products and services from personal cover, business insurance, specialist cover, assistance services and other products.
The problem
With 30 people working on a hybrid model and the use of mission critical broker and administrator platforms to support their clients, the Smartsure twenty20’s IT infrastructure needed to be stable, accessible, and have limited downtime.
The solution
Through Zinia’s managed services solution platform, Smartsure Twenty20 receives 24/7 infrastructure management & monitoring, support for all technology and end users, resource monitoring and auto healing (CPU usage, Memory usage, Hard drive usage, Windows Services), automated updates and patch management, service desk support, preventative maintenance, and asset management and reporting for hardware and software capacity planning.
Zinia also manages the company’s Microsoft 365 environment.
The benefits
- Prompt response to any request or service required improves productivity of employees and ability of business to service customers
- Zinia meets expectations of Service Level Agreement which limits disruption when dealing with IT issues
- Provides employees the ability to access applications quickly and service FSP’s effectively
- Reduced downtime due to a stable and secure environment
- Regular Dynamic Recovery tests minimises the business risk from a cybersecurity attack or crisis
“Zinia’s wealth of IT knowledge and their proactive approach means that we are always ahead of the industry. The Zinia team is made of highly professional individuals, and we have direct access to senior management which is always beneficial considering the importance of our IT environment to be able to do business and compete. Zinia ticks the boxes in terms of our business needs, and always recommends workable solutions for our business.” – Lorraine Greyling, Operations Director, SmartSure Twenty20.
“Zinia’s wealth of IT knowledge and their proactive approach means that we are always ahead of the industry. The Zinia team is made of highly professional individuals, and we have direct access to senior management which is always beneficial considering the importance of our IT environment to be able to do business and compete. Zinia ticks the boxes in terms of our business needs, and always recommends workable solutions for our business.”
– Lorraine Greyling, Operations Director, SmartSure Twenty20.