DC Migration to Azure - Fortune 500 Asset Management Organization

Challenges.

• Customer wanted to move out of their datacenter at Windsor, CT and reduce risks by having a business continuity solution in place.
• 800+ enterprise systems, 700+ TB of data and 250+ business services to be migrated to cloud i.e. huge workload that needs to be migrated within restricted timeframe.

Solution.

• A detailed Discovery & Assessment was done using Coforge Cloud Advisory – Assessment Framework
• Considerable amount of time spent to simplify the process by removing the complications
• Design workshops were organized to decide on the application, data and infrastructure design
• Security and regulatory compliances that needed to be adhered were defined
• 12 months project using an iterative (Agile) methodology to move candidate workloads to Azure

The impact.

• Datacenter Exit within the defined strict timelines
• Enhanced Disaster Recovery strategy for Business-critical applications
• Infrastructure as Code helped in automating the provisioning of the environments fast without any errors
• Agile methodology used for the migration using sprints & migration groups.
• Improved System Availability