Corporate Office Cloud Migration
500-Person Financial Services Firm
Challenge
The Problem
A mid-size financial services firm in NYC was spending over $800K annually on aging on-premise servers that required constant maintenance. Their disaster recovery plan was untested, remote work capability was limited, and they were facing a major hardware refresh cycle that would cost over $1.2M.
Approach
Our Solution
We designed and executed a phased migration to a hybrid cloud architecture on Azure, moving all workloads over 12 weeks with zero downtime. This included Microsoft 365 deployment for collaboration, Azure Virtual Desktop for secure remote access, cloud-based backup with tested DR procedures, and network optimization across their office and Azure.
Outcomes
Results
40% reduction
IT Costs
Annual IT infrastructure spend dropped from $800K to $480K.
99.99%
Uptime
Achieved four-nines uptime SLA with Azure's built-in redundancy.
4 hours to 15 min
Recovery Time
DR recovery time improved from 4 hours to under 15 minutes.
100% workforce
Remote Capability
Every employee can now work securely from anywhere.
Infrastructure
Technology Stack
Timeline
Project Duration
This project was completed in 12 weeks from initial assessment to full deployment and handoff, with zero disruption to the client's daily operations.
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