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CLOUD TO ON PREMISE MIGRATION

A COST VERSUS BENEFIT CASE STUDY

SAVINGS OF OVER $2.797 MILLION IN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD

How we helped our client

Our client's CFO brought us in & asked whether spending $580,000 per year on Cloud servers, for 50 employees within one office,  was reasonable.  And the answer was no.  It was not reasonable. 

Their internal IT team migrated their 51 servers to 4 different Cloud providers.  And this move was documented.  Their 6 internal IT staff members & a consultant were supporting only 50 employees.  Their staff was laid off.  We took over all of their  responsibilities including managing & maintaining their network, custom software, programming...​

After much due diligence, we migrated 49 of their 51 virtual servers from 4 Cloud providers to an on-premise solution.  The client purchased hardware & software, including 2 servers, 1 primary & the 2nd being a replication target.  The on premise investment totaled $103,000. For the 5 year life of the servers, they never experienced any downtime.

What we accomplished

  • ​Nothing was documented so our engineers performed a deep dive audit;

  • Located & documented their  51 virtual servers, in Cloud facilities;

  • Identified their custom & off-the-shelf software applications, file servers...;

  • Created a detailed project plan including the hardware & software required for an on-premise solution;

  • Created a migration plan to migrate 49 of their 51 virtual servers to the on-premise solution;

  • Audited their Rackspace environment hosting their international websites & eventually found a more cost-effective hosting solution;

  • Migrated their websites from Rackspace to AWS - gained redundancy;

  • For a disaster recovery/business continuity solution, we are replicating their servers to a Cloud-based solution for $4,000/year;

  • Their servers are being monitored 24/7 with a cloud-based system for $60/month;

  • The 49 virtual machines are being monitored with a Linux based system that cost $1,000 - a one time fee - to configure the solution.
     

The Results

  • We saved our client $2.797 million over 5 years with a $103,000 hardware & software investment the first year.

  • We simplified & documented their network.

  • Their users are much happier with a faster network & less problems;

  • Our client has total control over their data & environment;

  • Their network is current & well-documented;

  • Their data is replicated, backed up onsite & in the Cloud.

  • They have a disaster recovery/business continuity solution in AWS.

OUR CLIENTS ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS OF OUR ENGAGEMENT.

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