# CSL Group Inc.

## In partnership with Invero, The CSL Group migrated to a fully cloud-hosted system in Azure within 6 months.

**Headquarters:** Montreal, Quebec, Canada  
**Continents of Operation:** Americas, Australia, Asia, Europe

#### THE CHALLENGE

## Modernizing their Data Center

CSL needed to embark on a digital transformation journey because:

- Their contract with the prior provider was up for renewal in 4 months, and CSL didn’t want to renew because they knew they wanted to leverage the cloud.
- The inflexibility from their incumbent data center co-lo provider; some requests taking 10 days to get a response/resolution.
- They had several data silos that existed across their business, including 5 ERPs and multiple operational and corporate IT platforms that lacked data connectivity.
- Company’s decisions were not always able to be made with a complete picture of the organization.
- Numerous data elements were missing and there was no comprehensive method of protecting data from being accessed by people who shouldn’t.

#### THE SOLUTION

## Integrating with CSL’s Team to Deliver Faster Together

##### Our Approach

- Propose a 3-month migration schedule to do a straight lift-and-shift from their co-lo provider
- Leverage the Azure Migration and Modernization Program (AMMP) to have over **60% of the total migration cost** funded by Microsoft
- Implement our managed services and disaster recovery solution to provide higher service levels and business continuity

##### Technology Used

- Azure Migrate & Movere
- Azure Site Recovery

#### The Results

## A Modern Data Estate with Endless Possibilities

### Evolving Partnership

What began as a single initiative has now evolved into a tight-knit partnership between Invero and CSL. Following the first migration to a **fully cloud-hosted environment in 6 months** rather than years, CSL became an Invero managed services client. As such, we have become their **trusted advisor on all things Microsoft Cloud**. We are the first vendor they go to for advice and assistance on Microsoft cloud technologies because they trust we will always deliver.

### $100,000+ in Funding

**At no additional cost to the client**, Invero was able to **relocate 3 times as many** virtual machines across 3 data centers compared with what CSL initially contemplated moving as a result of their data center contract renewal. We were able to achieve this by leveraging a higher funding tier inside Microsoft’s AMMP program. CSL eventually received an additional ~$75,000 in funding compared with the original scope. Invero ended up doing **3x as much work for CSL and it cost them about 10% less than the original budget** thanks to the AMMP program.

##### Jean Fahmy

###### Senior Director of Technology at CSL Group

Professional, knowledgeable, and flexible, they delivered exactly as promised while working seamlessly with our team.