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Relocating a Data Center Without Losing a Beat

How BCT executed a complex, cross-state data center migration for a global secure identity manufacturer with zero disruption to business operations

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Client

The client is an American manufacturer of secure identity products and a subsidiary of Assa Abloy, a Swedish door and access control conglomerate with a global footprint. Operating at the intersection of physical security and digital identity, the organization manages a dense infrastructure environment spanning 70+ servers, 280+ virtual machines, 54 databases, 40 network devices, and 25+ applications serving over 1,400 users. When the business decision was made to relocate its data center from Massachusetts to Utah, the organization needed a migration partner with the technical depth and operational discipline to move a complex, interdependent environment across states without interrupting the business functions that depend on it every day.

Challenge

A cross-state data center migration of this complexity is rarely just a logistics exercise. Every layer of the environment carried its own set of risks that had to be identified, planned for, and managed in sequence.
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Staggered license procurement across applications created timing dependencies that threatened to delay the migration or leave critical systems temporarily unlicensed.

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Hardware incompatibilities between the source and destination environments required careful assessment and resolution before any workloads could be safely moved.

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Legacy application configurations embedded assumptions about the existing environment that needed to be identified and re-engineered to function correctly post-migration.

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Application availability dependencies meant that workloads could not be migrated in isolation. The sequencing of every move had to account for upstream and downstream system relationships.

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Coordinating with multiple OEM vendors for hardware, software, and support introduced a layer of external dependency that added complexity to an already intricate project.

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Unused compute in the existing environment represented both a cost inefficiency and a planning variable that needed to be rationalized before the migration.

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Hidden and unknown issues embedded in the legacy environment posed a risk of surfacing mid-migration, at the worst possible moment.

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Post-migration testing and coordination across a large, distributed application landscape required structured planning to validate every workload in the new environment without extending the cutover window.

Solution

BCT structured the engagement around a rigorous, phased migration methodology that prioritized risk identification early, sequenced workloads intelligently, and maintained business continuity throughout. Operating on a 1:5 onsite-to-offshore model with a peak team of 23, BCT brought both the technical depth and the operational agility the migration demanded.
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Infrastructure and Application Support: Delivered end-to-end support across the full infrastructure and application landscape, ensuring every component of the environment was accounted for, assessed, and migrated with appropriate rigor.

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Flexible Resourcing Model: Applied a flexi resourcing model that scaled team capacity to match the demands of each migration phase, keeping costs controlled without compromising coverage at critical junctures.

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Onsite and Offshore Delivery: Operated a blended delivery model with a 1:5 onsite-to-offshore ratio, enabling round-the-clock support across time zones during a migration where issues can surface at any hour.

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IP Address Remediation: Systematically identified and resolved hardcoded IP addresses across the application portfolio, eliminating a risk that could have caused widespread application failures post-cutover.

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Dependency Mapping and Sequencing: Mapped application dependencies across the environment to sequence workload migrations in the right order, preventing downstream failures caused by moving interdependent systems out of step.

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Post-Migration Testing and Validation: Executed structured testing across all migrated workloads to validate performance, connectivity, and functionality in the new Utah environment before business sign-off.

Impact

The migration was completed with the speed, precision, and business continuity that a global identity security manufacturer cannot afford to compromise on.
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Bringing critical resources online in under two weeks meant the business faced minimal disruption during the transition, protecting productivity and keeping operations on track from day one in the new environment.

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Deploying reusable migration frameworks reduced the time and risk associated with repetitive tasks, giving the team more capacity to focus on the complex, high-stakes elements of the migration.

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Upgrading databases and operating systems for hardware compatibility in the new environment gave the organization a modernized foundation, reducing the technical debt carried into the Utah data center.

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Consolidating licenses across the application portfolio eliminated redundant spend and gave the business cleaner, more manageable software agreements going forward.

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Optimizing compute utilization in the new environment meant the organization moved to Utah with a leaner, more efficient infrastructure footprint, reducing ongoing operational costs.

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Enforcing security policies consistently across the migrated environment ensured that the relocation did not introduce gaps in the organization's security posture, a critical consideration for a company whose core business is secure identity.

BCT's disciplined, risk-aware approach to the migration gave the client more than a successful relocation. It gave the organization a cleaner, more efficient, and more secure infrastructure foundation to build on in its new home.

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