Staying healthy sounds easy, but it’s often a daunting and complex process. It involves balancing diet, exercise, sleep, and routine doctor visits, among other things. For many, this lifelong commitment can cause fear, worry, and anxiety.
Similarly, migrating a production environment to the cloud is a complex process. When a data center closure is on the horizon, the pressure mounts quickly. There’s no time for lengthy vendor evaluations, tolerance for operational disruptions, or margin for a migration that exceeds the budget.
This is the situation two very different organizations found themselves in: one a large manufacturer, the other a healthcare insurance company. Both needed a complete cloud migration. Both chose 11:11 Systems to get them there.
The Challenge: Two Industries, One Common Problem
Despite operating in completely different sectors, the two companies shared a familiar set of pressures.
The first, a manufacturer was staring down a hard deadline. The data center the company used was scheduled for closure, meaning they needed to find a stable, long-term platform for both production workloads and disaster recovery, and the company needed to so it quickly. The business also wanted to move away from co-location and self-managed infrastructure toward a fully managed, as-a-service model. HPE hardware was already in the mix, but the team didn’t want to be locked into a fixed resource commitment. As their business needs changed, their infrastructure costs needed to change with them.
The second, a healthcare insurance company faced a different starting point, but an equally urgent set of problems. Aging, on-premises hardware was slowing everything down, and the cost of maintaining that equipment was climbing. With the added concerns about a looming VMware renewal, this meant the business had a lot of infrastructure issues to address.
Their internal IT team was also stretched thin, spending most of their time keeping systems running rather than working on strategic initiatives. Multiple vendors were managing different parts of the environment, and nobody had a complete view of the picture.
Neither organization had a clean, simple path forward. What they both needed was a trusted partner with the experience to lead them through it.
Why 11:11 Systems
For the manufacturer, three things stood out. First, 11:11 delivered an end-to-end managed solution that removed the day-to-day burden of infrastructure management. Second, the solution was built to scale down over time, meaning the customer wasn’t locked into paying for resources they no longer needed. Third, 11:11 structured an initial service period at no cost, giving the team a low-risk migration window without financial pressure while the transition was underway.
The healthcare insurance company had never done a cloud migration before. That made the consultative approach just as important as the technology itself. 11:11’s deep experience gave the customer confidence that they weren’t navigating the process alone. The ability to consolidate IaaS, DRaaS, and backup services under a single provider resolved the fragmented vendor problem that had been slowing them down for years.
The Solution: Complete Cloud, Built for Each Customer
Both engagements were delivered under 11:11’s award-winning Cloud migration solution, though the specifics were tailored to each customer’s environment.
For the manufacturer, the solution included:
- 11:11 Cloud and Flexible Cloud Environment, built on HPE hardware and 11:11’s VMware-based cloud
- Advanced Backup with Cohesity, providing immutable backup copies stored in an isolated cloud vault
- 11:11 DRaaS for Zerto, delivering cloud-to-cloud replication and reliable, tested failover capabilities
The flexibility of the 11:11 Cloud architecture allowed the customer to bring the company’s existing Windows licenses, protecting prior software investments, rather than forcing a costly replacement.
For the healthcare insurance company, the solution combined:
- 11:11 Cloud and 11:11 Private Cloud, providing a secure, high-performance environment tailored to the compliance demands of the healthcare sector
- Advanced Backup with Cohesity, providing additional protection for the company’s cloud workloads11:11 DRaaS for Zerto, ensuring business continuity in the event of a disruption
The Results
The manufacturer completed their migration on schedule, and the IT team was able to shift their focus from infrastructure management to business outcomes. The healthcare insurance company reached a similar outcome, consolidating their vendor environment and relieving their overextended IT staff.
Both organizations moved from reactive IT operations to a managed, strategic model—without disrupting the business in the process.
Is Your Organization Ready?
Just like maintaining good health requires regular check-ups, proper nutrition, and proactive care, your IT environment thrives on a similar approach. It should emphasize prevention, optimization, and forward planning. A healthy IT strategy ensures that your infrastructure is not only secure and reliable but also aligned with your business objectives, enabling digital transformation without disruption.
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