THE ORGANISATION WAS FORMED IN 2016 FOLLOWING THE MERGER OF PADDY POWER PLC AND BETFAIR PLC
Paddy Power data centres from the Isle of Man to Dublin . The project started in May 2016 and scheduled to be finished by October of that year . Six months for any data centre move is aggressive , never mind two within two weeks of each other . With excellent collaboration and pace displayed by the infrastructure team , the migration was completed on time ,” advises Giles .
One of the main reasons for the move was to be able to regulate the Paddy Power business through the same regulatory authority as Betfair . “ Essentially , it was part of a consolidation of regulatory authorities which necessitated moving data centres ,” comments Cullen .
The move was very ambitious and was designed to minimise disruption
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to customers as much as possible . “ The migration was to be completed within a two-week window ,” Giles continues . “ We ’ re talking about downing two live production sites , moving one , bringing it back online in Dublin , and two weeks later downing the other data centre in the Isle of Man , moving it to Dublin , and bringing it back online .
All of this with little or no impact to our customers .” Such a short turnaround helped to motivate the staff , as Cullen illustrates : “ There ’ s nothing like an unmovable deadline to focus the hearts and minds of the team .”
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES Short timeframes were not the only challenge posed by the project . “ Having come from the heritage Betfair organisation , the greatest challenge for me ,” explains Giles “ was understanding how I could consolidate one of the heritage Paddy Power data centres in Dublin , which I knew little or nothing about , into one of the heritage Betfair data
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