Case Studies

Cloud data platform: From legacy systems to modern data integration and warehousing

Snackbrands Australia required a modern, automated solution to handle data integration, warehousing and reporting to complement their migration of their Dynamics AX ERP system to the Cloud.
Snackbrands Australia relied on outdated data processes tied to their on-premises Dynamics AX 2009 system. Several systems were integrated with AX, using multiple methods. These needed to be transitioned to modern, cloud-based systems.

Ensuring long-term success with comprehensive managed services for Dynamics 365

Following their upgrade to Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management, Snackbrands Australia required ongoing support to manage their new cloud-based environment effectively. With over 100 users relying on the system for critical daily operations.

Enhancing Graduate Management Through Smart Development at Built

The launch of Graduate App has delivered clear and immediate value for Built’s graduate program, with overwhelmingly positive feedback from both graduates and managers. Graduates are now navigating their assessments with ease.

Snackbrands Australia’s Seamless Upgrade from Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Snackbrands Australia, a beloved Australian snack food company, faced challenges with their aging Dynamics AX system. Looking for a smooth transition to the cloud, they partnered with Walkerscott for a streamlined upgrade to Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.

Amplifying M365 Copilot for Federation University

Federation University identified several potential challenges in maximising the use of Microsoft 365 Copilot among its staff. Despite having access to these powerful tools, there was the possibility of a noticeable gap in effective usage without the right training support, which could lead to issues.

Revolutionising Auslan education with Yealink at Melbourne Polytechnic

Imagine a world where learning to communicate means understanding every gesture, every expression, and every movement. For students in the Auslan program, visual communication isn’t just a method, it’s a cornerstone of learning. This is where Yealink’s innovative boards come in.

Transforming Education: Newington College’s Journey to AI Empowerment

Recognising both the challenges and the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Newington College decided to explore AI solutions that could streamline operations and transform the classroom experience.

Mighty Craft seamlessly integrate multiple business systems with Klevr Integration Hub

Mighty Craft, a leading premium craft drinks company, approached Walkerscott with a critical need and a tight deadline: to replace their existing, complex systems integration solution. The goal was to ensure continuous, efficient data flow across their diverse operational systems, which was essential for their business continuity and growth.

ERP and grant management solution for Government agency in the creative arts

A well-known government agency that supports the creative arts sector in New Zealand sought to replace their outdated Financial Management Information System (FMIS).
The agency plays a key role in elevating New Zealand productions on the global stage, and part of their work includes administering grants for various creative projects.

ERP, grant and contract management solution for Government agency in healthcare

A key public health government organisation responsible for advancing healthcare initiatives in Aotearoa sought to replace its outdated Financial Management Information System (FMIS).
The legacy system relied heavily on manual processes, including Excel extracts to share information between platforms, and several finance functions were being managed outside of the FMIS due to its limited capabilities.

All-in-one integrated ERP, CRM & Grant Management solution for well-known New Zealand Government Agency

In early 2022, a rapidly growing New Zealand government agency faced the challenge of managing an exponential increase in the volume and value of grants to be approved, distributed, and managed.

Volunteer Management System for New Zealand volunteer-run non-profit

The Community Comms Collective, a New Zealand-based 100% volunteer-run non-profit, as they scaled, managing their growing list of volunteers and projects with Excel spreadsheets became increasingly unworkable. This reliance on manual processes made it difficult to measure impact, manage engagement, and maintain efficiency.

Transforming BresicWhitney: From Data-Aware to Data-Driven with Antares’ Custom Solution

The implementation of the model-driven app brought substantial business value to BresicWhitney, improving their operational efficiency, and boosting their competitive edge in the property market. By using a low-code platform, they streamlined app development, making it faster and more accessible to business users, while reducing the need for heavy IT involvement or costly off-the-shelf software that didn’t fully meet their unique needs.

Transforming Legacy Systems: A Holistic Approach to Modernising Business Applications

Our client, a leading equipment and tool hire company with a long-standing history in the industry, originally engaged Antares in 2013 to develop a Pricing Group Administration System (PGAT) to better manage their pricing group information. Over the years, the system evolved internally, but as the company continued to grow, so did the complexity of its pricing management needs.

Empowering Education Excellence through Data Integration for leading Catholic Education Office

Our client encountered a complex challenge in consolidating diverse data sources into a unified platform capable of providing comprehensive insights into student performance, attendance trends, and demographic dynamics. This included critical reports such as subject results, early years testing program data, NAPLAN and PAT testing results, and demographic information, which were scattered across multiple systems, impeding thorough analysis and decision-making.

Modernising Data Platform with Microsoft Fabric for a Leading Wholesale Distribution Company

Our client, a leading wholesale distribution company, faced significant challenges as their data environment reached its limits. The organisation experienced substantial growth, leading to increased demand for self-service data capabilities. Their existing data infrastructure was becoming cost-prohibitive and inefficient, with operational costs running up to $800,000 annually. They required a modern, scalable, cost-effective solution to manage and leverage their growing data volumes.

Comprehensive reporting & data warehouse solutions for primary industry business in New Zealand

A leading primary industry client in New Zealand embarked on an ambitious IT change program to transform their data infrastructure and business processes.

Streamlining Competition Administration for a Large Event Services Organisation

Our client is responsible for organising and managing various events and competitions, that celebrate Australia’s achievements in agriculture. In 2018 they recognised the need to revamp one of its core competition management systems as existing processes were manual and complex, making it difficult to track and administer the competitions effectively.

Upgrade from Navision to Business Central

Pearl Coast Distributors were facing challenges with their legacy system Navision. The brief to Walkerscott included the need for better stock control, the ability to track random weight products, an integrated ecommerce solution and improved financial reporting.

Snack Brands integrate the components for their Automated Guided Vehicle

Snack Brands Australia partnered with Walkerscott to integrate the components for their Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) project.

Snack Brands integrated planning solution

Snack Brands Australia, like many businesses, were managing their annual operating plan, using an excel run process. Snack Brands required a cost-effective and tailored solution designed to streamline workflow and increase efficiency.

Snack Brands custom factory automation

Snack Brands paper-based documenting process was slow and error-ridden. They needed a better solution. For many years Snack Brands used a paper-based process and manual data entry to record transactions and document production

Beef + Lamb New Zealand Power BI reports

Walkerscott have been engaged to work with the Economic Services Team at Beef + Lamb as a trusted digital transformation partner, to demonstrate capabilities of Microsoft Applications, and bring in incremental value to the business.

Workhere digital talent attraction platform

Workhere is a New Zealand company that connects highly skilled talent from around the globe to top New Zealand-based companies with jobs in demand. When the company was starting up in 2013 the co-founders – Jonny and Damian – approached Walkerscott with the idea of creating a technology platform to achieve their dream.

Icebreaker master data management

Icebreaker had not realised that managing product data across two hemispheres and two seasons required a Master Data Management (MDM) solution. When Icebreaker was a small company Excel was a sufficient tool for managing product data, but as the company grew to become New Zealand’s leading global brand for merino clothing, this approach began to hinder progress.

Hosted Power BI Reporting for Tuatara

The newly appointed Operations Manager at Tuatara gave Walkerscott a call, asking for help. With rapid growth in sales volumes and international expansion on the horizon, he wanted access to key data in the system, but the outgrown MYOB accounting solution was not giving him what he needed. Could we come up with an effective solution on a small budget?

HainesAttract Recruitment Advertising Platform

HainesAttract’s ambitious redesign of the company’s offerings to cater the new-look digital recruiting market required a serious re-investment in their technology.

Icebreaker reporting infrastructure

Rapid growth and global expansion meant an urgent need for an improved reporting infrastructure at Icebreaker. As is the case for many rapidly growing companies, during the time of expansion Icebreaker faced many challenges in terms of information needs as the business outgrew its reporting infrastructure.

Leading Australian Charity Achieves Secure, Scalable Document Management with Microsoft 365

Our client is a leading Australian Charity that encountered a range of challenges with their on-premises file shares. These challenges included limited accessibility, where users could only access files within the office network, leading to constraints on remote collaboration and flexibility. Additionally, the infrastructure supporting the file shares was outdated, resulting in high maintenance costs and time-consuming upkeep effort.

Oral Exam Application on Microsoft Teams

Each year approximately 6,000 students sit HSC oral exams for languages subjects. Of these, about 10% are conducted remotely with students in regional, rural or remote areas. NESA was looking to provide an exam experience for these students that was more closely aligned with the face-to-face experience. In addition, they needed a solution that provided exam security, accessibility, efficiency and scalability of its process.

Modernising NRMA’s intranet: Innovating for Employee Engagement

The proposed solution for NRMA involved modernising their intranet using SharePoint Online, built on Microsoft 365. This approach seamlessly integrated Microsoft Teams and Viva Connections, prioritising a mobile-first strategy crucial for engaging their frontline workers. SharePoint served not just as a communication hub but also as a powerful document management platform.

Shifting from SharePoint Classic to Modern Sites with #Space

A Leading Australian professional body was seeking to upgrade their SharePoint Classic intranet to SharePoint Modern Sites.

Data-Enabled Excellence: Leading School’s Triumph In Modern Education

A leading school aims for data-driven excellence but faces complex data landscape, weak CI/CD, and data governance gaps. Partnering with Antares, they’re modernising their data platform for scalability, governance, processing, analytics, and visualisation.

Bridging The Gap: Modernising The School Timetable Sync

Antares has successfully delivered a modern application that meets all of the minimum requirements. The new application is built on a modern framework and is accompanied by comprehensive documentation to ensure smooth operation, and future maintenance and is in line with best practice standards.

Curriculum Planning App For Leading Catholic Diocese

Their commitment to excellence in education revolves around optimising student learning through improved teaching quality and curriculum. To realise this vision, they aimed to launch a Learning Improvement Program across all schools, emphasizing Catholic values, effective teaching, and leadership support.

Transforming Education in Australia: Newington K-12 Harnesses the Power of Microsoft Cloud

Newington College, an esteemed educational institution in Australia, stands at the forefront of this transformation. In 2022, Newington embarked on a journey with Microsoft and Quorum to fully leverage the power of the Microsoft Suite to revolutionise the way students and teachers engage and collaborate, improving the security and management of the technology landscape.

Federation University Australia

Federation University Australia Embraces Connected Classrooms

Federation University Australia

Federation University Australia Embraces Microsoft Viva Engage

Revolutionising Early Years Education

Our client is now on a more secure and flexible platform with much greater capability and features. Both staff and students are seeing the benefits of the streamlined process when taking the tests.

Tackling Compliance & Cyber Security in government

Although, ODPP already possessed a strong security posture, Cyber One was able to add additional value as it leverages decades of Microsoft Security experience.

Reimagining the employee experience on digital channels for Government department

By providing a single unified intranet platform for all agency staff has changed the way our client goes about their day-to-day activities. Their employees can quickly and easily find information and tools, freeing up their time to focus on doing their best work. The solution is rich in content and features that are designed and organised around employee goals.

Real-Time Reporting Dashboard Revolutionises Department Planning And Environment

Retail is a fast-paced industry, and the majority of sales are based on observations. Miniso was going through a growth phase and looking for a solution that would not only help improve customer satisfaction and staff training but also increase retails sales.

Antares Delivers Compliant Student Files To Meet Independent School Record Keeping Requirements Using M365

Retail is a fast-paced industry, and the majority of sales are based on observations. Miniso was going through a growth phase and looking for a solution that would not only help improve customer satisfaction and staff training but also increase retails sales.

Improving Communication With AskSolution

Retail is a fast-paced industry, and the majority of sales are based on observations. Miniso was going through a growth phase and looking for a solution that would not only help improve customer satisfaction and staff training but also increase retails sales.

Miniso Use AI And Machine Learning To Increase Retail Sales

Retail is a fast-paced industry, and the majority of sales are based on observations. Miniso was going through a growth phase and looking for a solution that would not only help improve customer satisfaction and staff training but also increase retails sales.

Antares completes a Legacy System Upgrade For Sydney Consulting Firm

Leading Australian accounting network CountPlus, needed an enterprise-level managed security service tool, on a small business budget, and that supports the company vision.

Quorum bases its Cyber One solution on Microsoft Sentinel, easing and lifting security for customers like CountPlus

Leading Australian accounting network CountPlus, needed an enterprise-level managed security service tool, on a small business budget, and that supports the company vision.

Taking the Vendor-Client Relationship to the Next Level

In the midst of a client emergency, Deloitte engaged Antares to provide a rapid break fix for their benchmarking platform. Antares’ team completed the project to such a high standard that they went on to help Deloitte’s team completely upgrade the product to the delight of Deloitte’s clients.

St Peters Boosts Students’ Maths Learning with aleX

St Peters Lutheran College wanted to continue its technology journey by exploring new ways to modernise the student experience.

Assisting Guide Dogs Victoria to Move to Microsoft Teams Voice During COVID-19

As part of a larger digital transformation plan, Guide Dogs Victoria moved their 150+ staff to Microsoft Teams Voice amidst the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020.

Read the case study, and watch the video to hear from individuals at GDV how the change has been embraced.

YWCA Enjoys Greater Unity After Deploying Cloud-based National System

An integrated, national cloud-based system has allowed YWCA’s 300 staff across 27 sites nationally to collaborate and communicate far more effectively than they ever could before. Read more to see how.

The Cloud Collective Delivers a Digital Meeting Room Booking Solution for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice

After using paper diaries and Excel spreadsheets to manage bookings for over 150 courtrooms across NSW, the NSW Department of Justice decided it was time to go digital.

St John of God Healthcare Deploys State-of-the-art Mobile-first Intranet to Caregivers for Collaboration

Healthcare provider St John of God Healthcare had an ageing intranet platform that could not support their needs for growth and collaboration. Read how their new intranet supports their caregivers to better serve their patients.

NRMA Hones Digital Resilience and Secures a New Way of Working

Resilience is woven into the NRMA’s organisational DNA, as evidenced by the fact that 100 years later, even amidst a pandemic, their focus on keeping Australians moving for has not wavered.

Read the full interview with NRMA’s Senior Manager, Infrastructure, Chris Swadling, to see how the Cloud Collective supported them in honing their “digital resilience.”

The Adecco Group Enjoys a Smooth Transition to Microsoft Teams with Strong User Adoption

The Australian arm of global human resources leader, The Adecco Group, was seeking a specialist partner to manage the company’s transition from their existing VOIP solution to a cloud-based telephony system. See how we helped them transition seamlessly, mid-pandemic, to Microsoft Teams for their unified communications platform.

PSM: Migration to Microsoft 365 Results in Seamless Productivity During COVID-19

Australian geotechnical engineering firm PSM needed a fast and secure replacement for their private cloud, and to migrate over 60 TB of data to the new infrastructure. Read more to see how we helped them do that seamlessly.

Connect – A Custom, Modern, User-centric Platform for Standards Australia

Standards Australia’s goal was to have a platform for their over 5000 committee members and various stakeholders that was modern and fit-for-purpose, but that could be extended. Read how Antares built Connect to enable them to continue to expand and replace legacy systems for a better user experience.

Equity Trustees: Focus on Adaptability Drives a Cloud-First Transformation

Equity Trustees partnered with the Cloud Collective’s cloud experts, Quorum, to develop a cloud migration plan and move from on-premise Exchange to Microsoft 365 for Business.

GWA Group flush with agile opportunity thanks to cloud transformation

Recently featured on Microsoft News Centre, read our case study about GWA Group’s move from Google to Microsoft 365, and from on-premise infrastructure to Azure.

Partnering with Quorum: How Migration Expertise Makes Them The Perfect Partner for Major Kitchen and Bathroom Distributor in Australia

A tenant migration is a big job, let alone multiple tenancies into one, and Quorum is up to the task. Read about Quorum’s recent project with partner BitTitan for a major kitchen and bathroom distributor here in Australia.

Self-service and Data-first: Cloud Collective Supports Blackmores’ Transformation into a Data-driven Business

Blackmores was beginning its investment in an enterprise wide data platform to be used across the group. With Self-service at the heart of its data strategy and a close partnership with Microsoft, it turned to the Cloud Collective, a solution provider with a proven, framework-driven approach.

Remote Work Adoption Training at Major Australian University

Our Halcyon Change Management team were engaged with a major Australian University to rapidly deploy Microsoft Teams to their staff and students in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns. The key part of the puzzle was ensuring that everyone was adequately trained on how to get the most out of the platform, in order to reduce change fatigue in such a highly stressful time.

Automotive giant harnesses the power of diversity in leadership through collaboration using Microsoft Teams

Collaboration is a major challenge for many organisations, particularly when teams are located across different states. One of Australia’s leading automotive company was seeking a platform to enable connection, communication and collaboration, while empowering women to share their ideas and participate in the organisation’s leadership program.

From spreadsheets to dashboards: Cloud Collective simplifies company’s staff turnover reporting

The manual process of updating excel spreadsheets will not keep pace with the needs of a fast-growing company. Here we introduce dashboards.

Connected across continents: SPACE intranet solution keeps digital engineering and construction client’s employees in the know

For digital design & construction company, the answer: an Antares intranet solution to connect employees across different continents. Check out how.

Automated data extraction solution simplifies analytics and reporting at AHI

AHI engaged Antares to design and implement a new process for extracting data from MongoDB and making it available in business intelligence and reporting platform Power BI.

MYOB move entire workforce onto single unified communications platform Skype for Business

Cloud Collective takes the Microsoft Teams platform to the next level at UNSW Sydney’s School of Mechanical Engineering.

To meet the unique needs of students and lecturers at the
UNSW Sydney School of Mechanical Engineering, Microsoft invited Antares, Cloud Collective partner, to develop a customised version of Microsoft Teams.

Unified communications solutions Skype for Business & Microsoft Teams embraced by KordaMentha

Future-proofing the past: How Cloud Collective helped State Library of NSW to optimise digitisation

In the midst of a decade-long process to digitise mass amounts of heritage material for the public, a large research library sought expertise from Cloud Collective partner, Antares, to improve efficiency and transparency across the project.

Cloud Collective maps out path to cloud transformation at Mission Australia

Read how Mission Australia considerably reduced IT spending by reducing on-premises maintenance and upgrade costs, consolidating point solutions and adopting a BI solution with lower licence costs.

Flying high: Cloud Collective drives Tourism Australia’s first class digital transformation

Having started their digital journey, Tourism Australia were struggling to understand why they were experiencing limited results. So they brought in the Cloud Collective to help deliver them to the promised land of digital working.

Office 365 and SharePoint facilitates organisation-wide transformation at Lutheran Aged Care

When Lutheran Aged Care needed to bring its operations into the 21st century, Antares Solutions, part of the Cloud Collective, developed Space to overcome its key business challenges.

From zero to intranet in eight weeks: custom-branded SharePoint solution takes off at International Airport

From zero to intranet in eight weeks: custom-branded SharePoint solution takes off at International Airport

Ticking all the right boxes: Auditors swap spreadsheets for smartphones at Kennards Hire

Ticking all the right boxes: Auditors swap spreadsheets for smartphones at leading equipment hire firm.

Clever collaboration: Fusing functionality and design to deliver a winning outcome at Goodman

Learn how Goodman and Antares, Cloud Collective partner, clever collaborated to reduced reliance on email for communication and secure mobile access.

This won’t hurt a bit: NSW Ministry of Health tackles falling vaccination rates with cross-platform mobile app.

With vaccination rates plateauing, this government department took decisive action. Here’s how Antares Solutions, part of the Cloud Collective, built a cross-platform mobile app to share the Save the Date to Vaccinate message with more people.

The Ultimate Virtual Data Room For Transactions for leading Financial Advisory and Restructuring provider

Partnering with the client, over the following 24 months, Antares developed a world class solution – a virtual data room designed to simplify the handling, sharing and distribution of secure documents associated with the sale of businesses.