DC Migration to Azure - Fortune 500 Asset Management Organization

Technology Stack

• Compute – Azure Virtual Machine
• Management & Governance – Azure Monitor, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Automation, Azure Policy etc.
• Storage – Azure Managed disk, Azure Bob Storage, Azure Files
• Networking – VNET, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure VPN
• IaC – ARM & Terraform

Business Challenges

• Voya IM 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

Solution Offered

• 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

Value Delivered

• 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