Customer Story: Life HealthCare
The perfect prescription for LifeHealthcare’s ageing infrastructure.
Customer
Life HealthCare
Industry
Healthcare
Solutions
Managed Azure
Data Backup
The Challenge
Moving beyond ageing legacy systems.
LifeHealthcare (LHC) is one of Australia’s leading independent medical device distributors. LHC’s unique differentiator of offering the scale of a multinational without being constrained by a single foreign parent company has seen the company achieve significant growth since their inception in 2006.
With a broad portfolio of products in various channels including Spine, Orthopaedics, Neurovascular Intervention, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery and more, LHC is an iconic brand within the healthcare industry.
Macquarie Cloud Services were one of LHC’s first partners, initially for the management of Mobile services for its entire fleet. More recently, LHC had another pain point. With ageing and out-of-support hardware, LHC were looking at the next step in their IT journey and what options were available.
Ageing infrastructure
Out-of-support hardware created urgency for modernisation.
Growth demands
Rapid expansion required a more scalable and resilient platform.
Microsoft alignment
A strong Microsoft footprint made cloud consolidation a natural next step.
Cost & complexity
Life HealthCare needed optimisation opportunities and a simpler operating model.
“I was initially nervous when we began our migration, when
the day arrived, it just worked. No one internally even
knew. That’s how seamless it was and the best migration
I’ve ever done. It’s a true testament to Zeljko and the team
at Macquarie Cloud Services. “
Matt Slade-Smith
Group ICT Manager of LHC
The Solution
Accelerating transformation through managed Azure.
LHC commenced evaluating alternatives to its current environment, with cloud becoming the next logical step. With a longstanding relationship, Macquarie Cloud Services provided two recommendations: Launch Private Cloud Services, and Managed Azure Services.
LHC decided to explore Azure given its significant Microsoft footprint through O365 and Active Directory, supported by Macquarie Cloud Services’ strategic relationship with Microsoft as Australia’s fastest-growing Azure practice.
To guide the migration, LHC undertook an Azure Discover module, designed to uncover the ideal service mix, architecture and optimisation opportunities.
In late 2020, LHC consolidated and migrated its entire IT infrastructure to Macquarie Cloud Services’ Managed Azure platform, backed by robust data protection and backup services to ensure business continuity and resilience.
A modern Azure environment paired with DevOps expertise, reserved instances and cost management.
Secure backup and recovery capabilities protected critical workloads and sensitive business data.
Key Results
A pivotal step in LifeHealthcare’s digital transformation.
The Managed Azure migration was a pivotal step in LHCs digital transformation journey. Now boasting a robust architecture that caters to the highly scalable workload synonymous with the business. Below are a few outcomes LHC now enjoys as a result of this solution:
Azure expertise
LHC gained access to 30+ accredited Azure experts in Australia.
24/7 local support
Unrivalled Azure support delivered locally through Australia’s best customer service.
Cost optimisation
Monthly insights and recommendations improved cloud spend efficiency.
Scalability & flexibility
Azure enables rapid growth and supports strategic acquisitions.
Security visibility
Best-practice policies and alerts improved protection of sensitive data.
Seamless migration
Infrastructure was consolidated and migrated with minimal disruption.
The Technical Solution
Managed Azure architecture built for scale.
- Azure Discover engagement covering dependencies, architecture and migration planning.
- Consolidation of legacy infrastructure, including removal of Citrix legacy servers.
- Migration of all workloads into Macquarie Cloud Services’ Managed Azure platform.
- Reserved instances, cloud cost management and DevOps expertise.
- Advanced cloud management portal providing ongoing optimisation insights.
- Local data storage, best-practice security blueprints and incident alerting.
“In working through the Azure Discover module, it was
made clear that we could consolidate our environment
considerably and save on costs… It became a
no-brainer for us.”
Matt Slade-Smith
Group ICT Manager of LHC
How Macquarie Cloud Services helped LifeHealthCare seamlessly migrated to Azure.
Having first engaged with the Macquarie Technology Group in 2007, LHC’s journey is much like theirs has evolved, one thing that has never wavered is their focus on NPS. Learn how Macquarie Cloud Services helped them migrate to Azure seamlessly.
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