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City buildings | digital lifecycle partner
Managed Service

Driving Cloud Transformation with Azure Managed Services

Overview
The client is a global leader in financial services, offering M&A, strategy, and financing advice, as well as investment and wealth management solutions. With a legacy spanning over 200 years, the organisation operates across three key business lines: Advisory, Wealth and Asset Management, and Merchant Banking. Employing over 4,500 professionals across 50 offices worldwide, the client continues to be at the forefront of financial markets.
Key Services
Managed Services
Technologies
Azure
Azure Landing Zone
Azure DevOps
Azure Firewall
Azure Sentinel
Azure Monitor
Application Insights
Log Analytics
The Challenge

Heavy reliance on on-premise infrastructure and legacy applications.

The organisation faced significant challenges stemming from a heavy reliance on on-premise infrastructure and legacy applications. Key issues included:

  • Limited ability to leverage cloud benefits, such as rapid deployment and scalability.
  • Minimal cloud adoption and a lack of a unified cloud strategy.
  • Limited automation, with no orchestration or Infrastructure-as-Code practices, hindering operational efficiency.
  • Absence of robust cost control measures and governance frameworks.
  • Dependency on multiple suppliers for stack management, hardware support, and maintenance, leading to inefficiencies.
  • Lack of standardisation and alignment across global regions.

These challenges necessitated a comprehensive cloud transformation to enhance agility, scalability, and operational efficiency.

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The Solution

Design, Implementation and Management of Cloud Transformation.

Following a competitive procurement process, UBDS Digital was selected to design, implement, and manage the organisation’s cloud transformation. The solution involved:

  • Azure Landing Zone Deployment: A new Azure environment was implemented across multiple geopolitical regions, including France Central, East US 2, and Southeast Asia, ensuring global scalability and compliance.
  • Managed Services: A 3-year managed service agreement was established, providing 24/7/365 coverage with industry-leading SLAs, managed from UBDS Digital's flagship Infrastructure Operations Centre in central Manchester.
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The Outcome

Transformation with measurable benefits.

The collaboration with UBDS Digital delivered a transformative cloud environment with measurable benefits:

  • Global Scalability and Compliance: Azure Landing Zone successfully deployed across key regions, providing a scalable and compliant cloud environment.
  • Enhanced Cloud Management and Automation: Integration of Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Azure DevOps enabled efficient, streamlined operations.
  • Improved Security Posture: A robust security framework was established with Azure Firewall and Sentinel, ensuring proactive threat detection and protection.
  • Cost Optimisation and Visibility: Comprehensive resource tagging provided better cost control and usage tracking, optimising resource allocation.

This case study highlights how UBDS Digital's expertise in cloud transformation and managed services enabled the client to transition to a modern, scalable, and efficient cloud environment.

City buildings | digital lifecycle partner

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