[Hybrid Cloud] _Construction
Foundations for
a Smarter Future
Bellway Homes, one of the UK’s leading residential property developers, needed to future-proof their email infrastructure to protect time-critical communications and support their growing business. Partnering with Cybit, they moved to a modern, scalable hybrid cloud platform built on AWS—reducing costs, improving resilience, and ensuring their teams could stay connected, responsive, and focused on delivering new communities across the country.
Bellway’s on-premise email systems were becoming a risk to continuity. Disk space was running out. Backups were slow and unreliable. Failover processes were outdated and unable to guarantee recovery during outages. The business needed a solution that would strengthen resilience, reduce operational costs, eliminate manual maintenance, and safeguard their ability to communicate without interruption.
BELLWAY set out to:
Cybit designed and deployed a new hybrid cloud email platform built to deliver reliability, scalability, and security. We modernised Bellway’s systems by blending AWS cloud storage, best-practice Exchange upgrades, and resilient architecture design—moving the business away from outdated hardware toward a smarter, future-ready infrastructure.
AWS-based email storage
Unlimited, secure storage with flexible monthly costs, reducing CapEx
Microsoft Exchange upgrade
Modernised to support enhanced load balancing and fast failover
Resilient architecture
Load balancers, Virtual Tape Library backups, and geo-redundant VMs for high availability
Rapid migration
2,500+ mailboxes transferred efficiently, prioritising key teams first
Virtualised backups
Replaced slow physical tape backups, accelerating recovery times
By modernising Bellway’s infrastructure and moving critical systems into a flexible hybrid cloud environment, Cybit helped the business eliminate risk, reduce costs, and dramatically improve resilience. Communication is now faster, smarter, and protected—giving Bellway the confidence to scale operations without worrying about outdated systems holding them back. With a future-ready platform in place, Bellway’s teams can stay focused on what matters most: building thriving communities across the UK.
Faster disaster recovery
Cut recovery time from 8 hours to just 15 minutes.
Lower costs
Pay-as-you-go cloud model eliminated expensive on-site infrastructure
No more physical tapes
Virtualised storage slashed backup and maintenance overhead
Reduced IT strain
Fewer system failures and simplified ongoing support
Future-ready
A scalable email system built for Bellway’s continued growth