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Customer Overview
Centellic is a global intelligence and information services organization created through the combination of ALM and LBR. The business provides data, insight, analytics, events, and technology platforms that help organizations make critical decisions on growth, risk, and opportunity.
Challenge
As part of its long-term technology strategy, Centellic launched a large-scale cloud transformation program with the objective of migrating workloads from its existing datacenter environment to Microsoft Azure while supporting a planned datacenter exit target. The organization required a trusted partner capable of providing migration strategy, modernization guidance, governance, commercial flexibility, and delivery expertise across a complex infrastructure estate.
The project involved:
- Approximately 94 workloads identified for migration planning and assessment.
- A large database estate, including more than 140 databases across multiple database servers.
- Evaluation of multiple Azure migration approaches and modernization scenarios.
- Requirements for governance, security, compliance, operational readiness, and migration planning.
- Alignment with Microsoft funding programs to maximize project value.
Solution
ALIANDO worked closely with Centellic stakeholders to assess migration options, develop migration strategies, refine commercial models, and design a transformation roadmap tailored to the client's business objectives. Throughout the evaluation process, ALIANDO collaborated with both Centellic and Microsoft to align technical requirements, project scope, modernization opportunities, and funding programs.
The engagement included:
- Azure migration assessment and discovery activities.
- Azure landing zone planning and architecture design.
- Workload migration strategy and migration wave planning.
- Application and infrastructure modernization planning.
- Database migration planning and cloud-native modernization recommendations.
- Governance, security, compliance, and operational readiness planning.
- Microsoft funding alignment through Azure Migration and Modernization Program initiatives.
ALIANDO's modernization approach demonstrated how cloud-native Azure services could significantly reduce operational complexity by replacing traditional infrastructure management activities with Microsoft-managed services. The proposed design focused on creating a scalable Azure foundation capable of supporting future innovation initiatives across data, analytics, and AI.
Why ALIANDO
During the competitive evaluation process, ALIANDO differentiated itself through:
- A structured assessment-first methodology.
- Deep Azure migration and modernization expertise.
- A collaborative commercial and technical engagement model.
- Strong alignment with Microsoft funding opportunities.
- Executive-level involvement throughout planning, governance, and solution design.
Business Outcome
Following extensive technical, commercial, and governance reviews, Centellic approved ALIANDO's proposed migration approach and moved forward with the engagement. ALIANDO received confirmation to proceed, Microsoft funding was incorporated into the project framework, and both organizations began mobilization activities for project kickoff and execution.
The engagement establishes a foundation for:
- Azure cloud adoption and modernization.
- Reduced infrastructure management complexity through Azure native services.
- Improved scalability and operational efficiency.
- Future data, analytics, and AI initiatives built on Azure.
- Long-term cloud governance and operational readiness.
ALIANDO Executive Quote
"This engagement reflects ALIANDO's ability to combine Azure migration expertise, modernization strategy, and Microsoft funding alignment to help organizations accelerate transformation while reducing complexity and risk."
— David Fuess, CEO, ALIANDO
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