Cloud Enablement

The Client

A leading Fortune 500 insurance company was investing too heavily in the support of a mission-critical internally developed software systems. These systems support growth by providing a seamless digital experience to consumers and enabling the company to broaden its distribution channels.  They also allow the insurer to significantly accelerate product introduction and strengthen its ability to execute on new business. 

The Problem

The company was spending too much supporting on-premises, internally deployed applications infrastructure, and they were unable to deliver updates in a timely manner.  The company needed to reduce their costs, reduce complexity of environment, improve scalability, and be more responsive to changing business needs.

The Solution

XPERTON analyzed the existing technical architecture and dependencies, measured load, documented company requirements for High Availability and Scalability, discussed business goals, and mapped the technical requirements for the specific systems to the larger business strategy for the organization.  Using the combination of technical and non-technical goals, XPERTON engineered a solution a two-phase roadmap to migrate systems to the MS Azure Cloud. 

The initial migration phase used MS Azure IaaS platform to move their applications to the cloud in a same-to-same technical configuration. 

The second phase moved the core application components to an Azure Managed Instance to achieve more significant cost-savings and to eliminate the need to support underlying infrastructure.

The Results

The company achieved 20% cost-savings, increased up-time, improved productivity, accelerated time to market, and enhanced customer service by leveraging modern technology capabilities.  ROI was under 1 year. 

At a glance

INDUSTRY

Insurance and Finance

CHALLENGE

Need to reduce costs, complexity of environment, improve scalability, and deliver enhancements in a more nimble and cost-effective manner.

SERVICES USED

Cloud Strategy & Migration

Monitoring & Optimization

Cloud Cost Management

RESULTS

Annual six-figure cost-savings, increased up-time, improved productivity, accelerated time to market, enhanced customer service by leveraging modern technology capabilities.  ROI for this initiative was under 1 year.