Customer Story: BSA
BSA Limited wanted a partner to support strategic transformation.
Customer
BSA
Industry
Industrials / Engineering
Solutions
Managed Private Cloud Services
Managed Azure Services
Managed Cyber Security
Colocation
The Challenge
Strategic transformation doesn’t have to be disruptive.
Strategic transformation can be incredibly disruptive for a company’s digital infrastructure and the IT teams who support it. However, if it’s managed well, it doesn’t have to be.
For asset solutions provider BSA Limited, a period of transformation and refocusing on its core business in the Australian telecommunications, utilities and major fire construction sectors has also been the driver for a transformation of its legacy digital infrastructure – and specifically, a move from an on-premise to multi-cloud environment.
While BSA’s existing provider was a well-known global brand name, the decision was made to migrate to a partner with a strong reputation within Australia – Macquarie Cloud Services.
Transformation pressure
Legacy infrastructure needed to evolve alongside business change.
Agility requirements
BSA needed a partner that could move fast and match project pace.
Cost and
efficiency
The business required better value and more flexibility than its incumbent vendor.
Cultural
alignment
A collaborative partner was needed to support both technical and strategic goals.
“As we continue to transform, we were also looking for a
partner who could work with us on projects with short
runways and ramp up times. Agility and speed are
increasingly important for us, and we need someone who
can match our pace.”
Tuan Tran
Head of Technology and Cyber Security at BSA
The Solution
A flexible multi-cloud partnership built for change.
With a new decision-maker driving the project, BSA was motivated to seek a partner that could support its broader transformation agenda, providing a flexible multi-cloud model rather than a rigid lift-and-shift. According to Tuan Tran, alignment between the two organisations has been key in ensuring a seamless and minimally disruptive migration process.
“As a business with a national footprint, it made sense to work with a partner whose footprint was matched to our own, with customised local expertise,” said Tuan. “Macquarie Cloud Services came with a strong reputation for a culture of collaboration and customer focus, right across the organisation,” said Tuan.
Beyond the technical solution, the partnership also supported workforce development and skills uplift through collaboration and knowledge exchange. “Working with the right partner has been about more than delivering a technical solution, it’s also a strategic decision about resourcing and how we utilise our workforce,” said Tuan.
Macquarie LAUNCH provided a secure, resilient foundation to stabilise legacy workloads and support BSA’s transformation journey.
Managed Azure enabled phased modernisation of workloads with the agility and scalability needed to match BSA’s pace of change.
Microsoft Sentinel and managed security services strengthened visibility and protection as infrastructure evolved across cloud environments.
Key Results
On-time delivery, flexibility and capability uplift.
While data centre migration projects can be notorious consumers of time and money, BSA’s initial journey to a Macquarie data centre was completed on time and on budget. BSA has also been impressed by Macquarie Cloud Services’ flexibility as workloads continue migrating from private cloud to Azure throughout the contract term without financial penalty.
The partnership has also delivered strong benefits through knowledge transfer and culture exchange, allowing BSA’s internal team to focus on application transformation and future capability building. “The relationship is helping us think about where we would like to build capability and how we’re going to do that,” said Tuan. “Cyber security is a great example of where we’re looking to build our own capability down the track, and having an expert partner like Macquarie Cloud Services is helping us on that journey.”
On time and on budget
Initial migration was delivered efficiently without cost overruns.
Ongoing flexibility
Workloads continue moving to Azure without financial penalty.
Multi-cloud readiness
Modern infrastructure supports transformation across platforms.
Freed internal capacity
BSA teams gained time to focus on application transformation.
Knowledge transfer
Collaboration with Macquarie engineers supported internal uplift.
Trusted advisory partnership
A long-term partner aligned with BSA’s future vision.
Technical Solution Overview
Multi-cloud architecture supporting transformation.
- FastTrack for Azure review of landing zone for best practice deployment review.
- Phased migration to Azure, facilitating workload modernisation via stabilisation of underlying infrastructure and de-risking of legacy environment.
- Wholesale migration of technical assets from legacy data centre provider.
- Development of multi-cloud solution encompassing Macquarie Launch, Azure (IaaS and PaaS) and security services via Sentinel.
- Managed hybrid network for multi-cloud, including integration into third-party SD-WAN for office locations / data centers including high-bandwidth inter-data centre migration links.
“Knowing we have a trusted advisor to help us makes the
transformation a little bit easier. Macquarie Cloud Services
understands our environment and can be flexible alongside
us, which matches our own vision for the future.”
Tuan Tran
Head of Technology and Cyber Security at BSA
How Macquarie Cloud Services helped BSA.
Learn how the long-term partnership with Macquarie Cloud Services provided a solid foundation for BSA IT to focus on what they do best.
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