UK Construction Firm Bowmer and Kirkland Adopts Egnyte

Egnyte, Inc. has been selected by Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd, a UK privately-owned construction and development group with an annual revenues of £662 million last year, to provide secure and scalable file sharing, synchronization and access to address the needs of both IT and its users.

Egnyte has been standardized across the company’s 26 subsidiaries for more than 1,300 staff members in North America and EMEA.

The choise solves some of its most pressing challenges including:

• Enforcing strict version control of numerous project files to maintain ‘one version of truth’
• Reducing costs of printing paper versions of project files and documents
• Delivering value more quickly to align to the realities of shortened project deadlines
• Overcoming the security and bandwidth concerns of project changes using mobile devices
  

“Egnyte’s hybrid deployment provides everything our business needs; it’s easy to use, secure, and allows us to deliver high-quality projects quicker than before at a competitive cost. It has become the cornerstone of our new IT strategy,” said Kevin McDonald, head of IT, Bowmer and Kirkland.

While teams are working on a remote jobsite or at the corporate office, Bower and Kirkland’s IT team can grant or restrict access to project files, eliminating security and privacy concerns. Teams of project managers, contractors and subcontractors can review and edit large CAD and BIM files from any device, without wasting time and money printing and managing document versioning issues, or worrying about Internet availability or bandwidth constraints.

“We’re thrilled that Bowmer and Kirkland has chosen to standardize company-wide on Egnyte as the file-services solution of choice for its global teams,” said Ian Whiting, president of WW field operations, Egnyte. “This marquee customer is a strong validation of our hybrid architecture and our focus on delivering a solution that meets the needs of enterprise customers.“

Bowmer & Kirkland joins the roster of architecture, engineering and construction companies (AEC) that have chosen Egnyte for their hybrid file service’s needs. This growing roster includes: Adolfson & Peterson, Balfour Beatty plc, Casey Industrial, Devcon Construction, Inc., and PC Construction Co.