Nonprofit, on Microsoft Azure
Mercy Medical Angels: 48% lower IT cost after moving to Azure.
The move also took compliance from unknown to a 97% compliant state, as the case study reports it.
48%
cost savings for IT
97%
compliant state, from unknown
35,000+
free patient trips a year depend on it
The problem
Mercy Medical Angels is the largest charitable medical transportation system in the world. After moving its infrastructure to a co-location facility, it lost day-to-day visibility of its IT assets, and remote work reduced visibility further. It could not tell whether it was meeting its security and compliance needs.
The scope
A new environment in Microsoft Azure, the move into it, and ongoing visibility of compliance, security, availability, and cost.
What we did
- Assigned a Cloud Value Architect to guide the transition.
- Built a custom Azure environment with granular, real-time visibility through Cloudticity Oxygen.
- Helped achieve CIS compliance and worked with auditors on concerns from the previous environment.
- Used Azure Reservations and continuous optimization to bring cost down.
The result
Mercy Medical Angels saw a 48% cost savings for IT, primarily through Azure Reservations, and went from unknown compliance to a 97% compliant state. For a nonprofit, every dollar saved is a dollar that brings someone to medical care.