Modernizing IT Across Cloud and Data Centers
An 87-VM cloud migration and two-site consolidation simplified IT for a New York financial services company.
Two infrastructure challenges, one modernization plan
A small financial services company in New York needed to move away from aging infrastructure while keeping its business systems available. Its environment spanned two legacy data centers, and maintaining those locations was becoming increasingly complex.
The company engaged Techhands to address two connected priorities: migrate 87 virtual machines to the cloud and consolidate the remaining data center infrastructure into one modernized site. The client wanted faster access to capacity and a simpler environment to operate, with minimal disruption during the change.
Move the workloads, then consolidate the sites
Techhands assessed the virtual machine estate and application dependencies to establish a practical migration sequence. Understanding those connections helped the team coordinate the move around business operations.
The team used a lift-and-shift approach to migrate 87 virtual machines to the cloud with minimal application changes. This allowed the client to leave the aging hosting environment without making application redesign a prerequisite for the move.
Techhands then led the consolidation of the two data centers into a single location. The work included updating compute, storage, and networking, with cutover activities coordinated to minimize downtime and maintain continuity.
Connect cloud capacity with a modern local platform
Cloud virtual machines hosted the migrated enterprise workloads and gave the IT team access to additional capacity as needed. The cloud environment supported faster provisioning and greater flexibility as workload requirements changed.
Cloud networking and security controls provided protected connectivity between the migrated applications and the systems remaining on-premises. This connection was central to operating the two parts of the environment together.
Modernized compute, storage, and networking formed the foundation of the consolidated data center. The updated site supported the remaining local workloads while reducing the infrastructure footprint from two locations to one.
A simpler environment that responds faster
The completed project moved 87 virtual machines to the cloud and consolidated two legacy data centers into one modernized site. The company reduced operational complexity and gained a more manageable infrastructure foundation.
IT could provision workloads faster and support shorter development timelines. Additional cloud capacity could be made available without depending entirely on physical equipment purchases, helping the team respond more quickly to business needs.
For the client, the value came from combining migration and consolidation in one coordinated project. Techhands addressed the immediate limitations of the old environment while establishing a more flexible platform for future growth.
