Interactive collaborates with illion in key cloud technology shift

Interactive, a top-tier technology service provider, has joined forces with illion, a data and analytics company, to migrate the latter's digital technology and security infrastructure from private hosting to the public cloud.

With origins tracing back to 1887 (operating formerly as Dun & Bradstreet), illion is a significant consumer and commercial credit bureau in Australasia. The company securely stores and analyses the data of countless individuals and commercial entities, consistently investing in product innovation and maintaining a strong reputation for its expertise in credit risk management.

Interactive and illion's partnership spans over eight years, during which time Interactive has provided hardware maintenance support and accompanied illion through numerous digital transformation initiatives and infrastructure changes. Each step was carefully orchestrated to successfully achieve illion's goals and objectives.

Since 2016, illion has been investing in bureau modernisation, shifting an increasing number of its services to cloud technology. With Interactive's assistance, illion had previously migrated its data centres to a private cloud in 2018. Currently, Interactive's role in illion's modernisation programme involves upgrading its overall technology and security stack.

Jesse Dumoff – Chief Information Officer, at illion outlined, "In finance, risk mitigation is key to success, and digital transformation projects are no exception. With a rigorous focus on security, availability, and performance, we're aiming to minimise the impact on the customer experience at all stages of the project." Interactive's assistance in illion's migration to the public cloud represents another step toward fulfilling this objective.

Interactive prides itself on being a multi-cloud specialist, as Christopher Thomas, the account lead for illion at Interactive, detailed: "We get a thrill out of working with customers to provide flexible cloud service solutions that best fit their needs, whether it's public, private or hybrid." Interactive provides a full suite of cloud services, migration, storage, backup, recovery, network, firewall, and processing and continues to enhance its cloud offering.

Interactive operates with a collaborative approach, endeavouring to teach as well as deliver. By working closely with its partners to develop their teams' abilities, partners can maximise the use of workplace technology. Interactive's deep-seated cloud knowledge and expertise are integral to the success of illion's IT solution.

Building upon the continuation of Interactive's partnership with illion, Thomas expressed his excitement: "For many enterprises, the transformation of data systems can be an intense maze of ongoing risks. We will be alongside illion during every step of their transformation, helping our partner to ensure a smooth transition and help alleviate unnecessary stressors. It doesn't matter what the specific technology solution is, as illion's technology partner, we're invested in the journey."