Data Center Migration and Improved Performance for Leading Automotive OEM
Industry
Automotive
Services
Strategy & Planning, Technology Modernization
A leading automotive OEM faced a complex IT consolidation and turned to structured, governance-driven data center migration to reduce risk and ensure reliable outcomes.
Opportunity
As a leading automotive OEM merged IT operations from two business units, the organization faced the challenge of consolidating complex systems and applications onto new infrastructure.
The migration program offered an opportunity not only to improve application performance and reliability but also to reduce operational complexity, streamline processes, and enhance collaboration across teams.
By establishing a modern technology foundation, the OEM could support future growth, enable innovation, and ensure scalability for evolving business needs.
Outcome
Data Center Consolidation
Consolidated two production data centers into a single next-generation data center on time and on budget.
App Transformation
Migrated 400+ applications while modernizing over 50% of the portfolio.
Cost & Risk Savings
Reduced business costs and risks with technical debt remediation, improved disaster recovery, and improved security.
Approach
Two Roads was involved in the program from inception all the way through sunsetting both data centers. Because the company was moving out of and selling both buildings, the program had an aggressive 2-year schedule to complete the migration. Our approach to these types of programs is to bring in a small but experienced senior team, utilizing as many client resources as possible to help build long-term capabilities of the client teams. The Two Roads “swat” team of six structured and led the program, managed 200+ dedicated personnel across 4+ vendors, and ensured execution was completed on time and within budget.
Strong governance, planning, change control, and constant communications were key to managing the complexity of such a large program. The results were 100+ core services built in the new next-generation data center, 400+ applications migrated, 220+ applications modernized, and two data centers sunset on time and within the original established budget.
Authors
Scott Chiou
Partner
Seth Plunk
Partner
Kevin Rammage
Partner
Kelly Purdom
Partner
