Multicloud Transformation for Apps and Data Center Consolidation
A sustainable foundation for future innovation
Migrated 530+ workloads and increased cloud adoption from 18% to 78%, reducing infrastructure costs by 32% and significantly improving operational agility.
A Global Technology Leader
Our client is a global industrial technology company headquartered in US. The enterprise delivers services in environmental and fuelling solutions, and repair solutions.
Over time, driven by acquisitions and regional expansions, Client's IT ecosystem evolved into a fragmented and infrastructure-heavy environment. This resulted in duplication of systems, inconsistent operational practices, and a growing cost burden.
To modernize its technology estate and improve agility, our client partnered with Quadrant to manage IT operations and drive a cloud-first transformation strategy. This included migrating workloads to public cloud platforms, consolidating infrastructure, and standardizing environments globally.
Managing Application Sprawl Across a Global Enterprise
One of the most pressing challenges was the presence of over 20 globally distributed sites, many of which were not designed to support enterprise-grade applications. These facilities often lacked redundancy, scalability, and compliance readiness, creating risks to business continuity.
In addition, the application landscape was highly fragmented. With approximately 980 applications spread across business units, nearly one-third were redundant or overlapping due to acquisitions. This not only increased maintenance overhead but also made integration and modernization difficult.
The infrastructure itself was heterogeneous. The environment included nearly 5,800 servers, of which roughly 30 percent were still physical while the remaining were virtualized. Around 840 databases existed across multiple platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server often running different versions without standardization.
Storage consumption stood at nearly 200 terabytes, with unstructured data growing at an estimated 12 percent annually.
Despite initial cloud adoption efforts, only about 18 percent of workloads were deployed in cloud environments, and even these lacked centralized governance and optimization.
Migration Complexity
The application portfolio required careful classification to determine migration strategies. Roughly 45 percent of applications were identified as cloud-ready and suitable for lift-and-shift or minor re-platforming. These workloads posed relatively low risk and were prioritized in early migration waves.
A Phased Migration and Governance Framework
Quadrant designed a comprehensive migration framework. We containerized critical workloads, implemented automated ETL pipelines, and established a unified multicloud governance architecture.
By standardizing database instances onto managed cloud infrastructure, operational overhead was minimized while security compliance was enforced across all regional business units.
Measurable Business & Technical Outcomes
- 32% Cost Reduction in infrastructure and facility operational expenses.
- 78% Cloud Adoption Rate achieved within 14 months of execution.
- 280 Redundant Applications Consolidated, lowering licensing and support complexity.
- Zero Unplanned Downtime during production migration waves.
A Future Ready, Cloud-first Enterprise
Our client transitioned from a fragmented, infrastructure-intensive environment to a streamlined, cloud-first enterprise. Through a combination of strategic consolidation, structured execution, and scalable cloud adoption, our client achieved significant improvements in cost optimization, agility, and operational resilience.
By rationalizing nearly 280 redundant applications, migrating more than 530 workloads, and consolidating over 20 distributed facilities into a modernized operating model, the enterprise established a scalable foundation for future growth.
The transformation not only reduced infrastructure costs and complexity but also enhanced service reliability, accelerated provisioning, and positioned the business to respond more effectively to evolving market demands.
