Case Study

Cloud efficiency for a major utilities player

A European utilities company was struggling with how to modernize a complex IT portfolio of 500 apps and 1,500+ server instances.

The company needed a holistic cloud migration strategy that covered their entire application landscape. Our solution retired a third of the company’s apps—and reduced IT run rate spend by 15%.

We defined a future-ready cloud strategy—and migrated 90% of apps to the public cloud.

What we did:

Assessed and streamlined current IT operations, including the app portfolio and costs
Designed the company’s cloud strategy, including infrastructure, tech stack, hybrid operating model, and articulated the implications for the business
Prioritized and executed app migration to cloud

Cloud efficiency for a major utilities player

A European utilities company was struggling with how to modernize a complex IT portfolio of 500 apps and 1,500+ server instances.

We defined a future-ready cloud strategy—and migrated 90% of apps to the public cloud.

Impact

15%

lower IT costs

90%

of apps migrated to cloud

1/3

of apps retired

Cloud efficiency for a major utilities player

We defined a future-ready cloud strategy—and migrated 90% of apps to the public cloud.

Impact

15%

lower IT costs

90%

of apps migrated to cloud

1/3

of apps retired

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