business analysis consulting project borealis infrastructure
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Business Analysis Consulting ProjectBOREALIS INFRASTRUCTURE
About the Company
Pioneer and recognized leader in Infrastructure Investing
What they do =
About the Company
Diverse Staff of approximately 50 people
Offices : Toronto, London , UK first group formed by a Canadian
pension plan with a mandate to invest in infrastructure as a separate asset class.
approximately C$7 billion invested 20+ investments = value of in
C$40 billion
Accountants
Engineers
Lawyers
Finance Professional
What they do
Invest in Traditional and non- traditional infrastructure sectors Business/ assets exhibiting monopolistic qualities Stable Cash Flows
OMERS - Acts as the infrastructure investment arm.
A Canadian pension plan with $50 billion in net investment assets
They secure and deliver the pension promise given to beneficiaries of OMERs pension plan
Examples of Sectors
Energy – Electricity, Pipelines transmission/distribution
Transportation – Roads, bridges, tunnels
Communications – Data and voice, satellites and cable
Water – Wastewater plants, distribution systems
Satellite Communication – data and voice satellites
Examples of Sectors
Management Strategy
Employ an active and direct-drive strategy Do this by seeking meaningful stakes in assets
Prefer to invest in: Large mature operating assets requiring an equity
investment of at least C200$ million They do evaluate and participate in both Greenfield
opportunities and smaller investments
Management Philosophy
Motivates the employees to avoid short term decision making at the investment stage
Responsible for all Decisions during the whole investment process
Management Philosophy (cont)
Senior Management
Team
One Member from this team were involved in each asset & Investment Opportunity
Deep Set of Investment
Professionals
Focus in a particular
infrastructure sector
Broad Skill set
Team Members have full Support of Borealis’ accounting, finance, credit and legal support teams.
PUT IN THE MAN (niwaz)
Current Technology & Processes
Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Exchange Email
Server
Current Technology & Processes (cont.)
VOIP Phone System Cisco Routers Firewalls Web Development
Current Technology & Processes (cont.)
Network design Architecting Visual basic programming
Current Processes IT Department is responsible for:
Technology Deployments Setting new technologies Support Troubleshoot end-user problems
Problems I Employees complain
about having to take a laptop around everywhere, they want something more portable
Problems II Security problem with documents
being changed on the server Those who are authorized to
make changes can make them and reverse them without it being documented
Internal audit wants the company to have an auditable change management routine/process
Problems III Too much time and
money is wasted when manually looking for documents concerning investments, legal documents and etc. on the company’s server
Problems IV Slow communications problem between
head office (Toronto, Borealis Infrastructure) and remote office (UK, Borealis Infrastructure)
Remote office in UK needs information from head office in order to complete operations
Solution I Blackberry Playbook
Solution I Blackberry Playbook Features
Enterprise Ready Business Driving Multitasking Device Pairing HD Video Camera Adobe Flash compatible Bluetooth
Solution II Symantec Security Information Manager
(SSIM) Key Benefits
Optimize budget options for hardware acquisition Leverage existing hardware
investments/maintenance contracts Increase scope of security data included in
intelligence gathering Automate collection, analysis and delivery of
compliance evidence
Solution II Symantec Security Information Manager
(SSIM) Key Benefits contd.
Save time not having to customize reports Easy reporting Reduces administration of rules maintenance
and can reduce number of rules needed Increases detection of multidimensional user
access activities
Solution II Symantec Security Information Manager
(SSIM) Key Features
Supports virtual environment deployments Soft appliance deployments Custom log management/universal
collectors Over 150 out of box compliance reporting
templates Multi-conditional correlation rules
Solution III & IV Ademero Document Management System Key Benefits
Organizes data on network Provides security for information Communication line speed between Toronto
& UK offices increases dramatically Helps workflow, content retrieval & transfer
of documents between the offices
Solution III & IV Ademero Document Management System Key Features
Document capture, retrieval & management simple with Content Central™.
Captures documents: through scanning & transferring of electronic files
Manages documents Find documents
Questions?
About your speakers: Names: Ameerah Razac, Nikhita
Rele, Niwaz Mann, Toloue Ghasemloo
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