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Bally<\/h1>\n

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A customer journey to Azure and Modern Workplace<\/h3>\n

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\u2193<\/h6>\n

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\nMoresi.com supported Bally in the Azure migration process and in building an advantageous and cost-effective integration between its\u202fon-premise\u202fData\u202fCenter\u202fand Microsoft Cloud.\u202f It also allowed Bally to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by Microsoft Teams to create an agile and inclusive business collaboration environment that could overcome the pandemic’s period limitations.
\nThanks to the consulting service of Moresi.com and Microsoft’s technological solutions, Bally has achieved the objectives initially set: an overall reduction in costs and a simplification of the company’s IT infrastructure while pursuing its commitments in terms of sustainability.\u202f\u202f
\nThe project created by Moresi.com was modelled to Bally’s specific needs; however, it is also designed as a concrete action plan for migration processes that can be replicated for other companies, regardless of sector and size.\u202f\u202f [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/guvkCdJZEYg” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.4.5″ background_color=”#272727″ custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”3.5%|5%|0%|5%|false|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.4.5″ width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”10%||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#666666″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.4.5″ min_height=”0px” height=”0px” max_height=”0px” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ header_5_text_color=”#666666″ header_5_font_size=”12pt” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0.7%|0px|0.1%|0px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”3%||0%||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”3%||0%||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

AZURE MIGRATION<\/h5>\n

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Migrating to Azure, a choice of costs and sustainability<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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In June 2020, Bally, starting from a completely\u202fon-premise\u202fglobal architecture, relied on\u202fMoresi.com’s\u202fAzure expertise to redesign its IT infrastructure in a Cloud perspective.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n

The spark of change was the need to reduce the corporate DC’s management costs, which started to become too onerous. But the desire to approach the cloud, particularly Azure, has taken roots on broader grounds, including the need to improve productivity, economic\u202fefficiency\u202fand environmental sustainability, a major focus for the company.<\/p>\n

The creation of the Azure Switzerland Region, and therefore the possibility of storing data on the Swiss territory, was also a fundamental start point for this change process.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRedesign the global IT structure by integrating it with Azure.<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBally's IT infrastructure was almost entirelyon-premise. Not only the headquarters in Caslano, Switzerland - where the primary Data Center is located - but most of the branches and offices in other countries (there are more than 10 Bally offices located all over the world) had their own DCon-premise.\u00a0
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\nThe first step was to thoroughly analyse the entire IT infrastructure and perform a careful and scrupulous assessment of the existing situation, of what would be migrated and how and of the migration costs. To do this, Moresi.com used Azure Migrate services and tools to identify, evaluate and migrate workloads to Azure.<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE SOLUTION<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE CHALLENGE<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCONCLUSIONS<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIntegration between On-Premise DC and Azure<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe preliminary assessments led to a complete overhaul of Bally's global IT structure. The Caslano headquarters' Data Center has been transformed by migrating some workloads to Azure. The primary site is also supported by four other Data Centers, called \"Regional Hubs\" - in New York, Milan, Shanghai, Hong Kong - which have now kept only the essential services. The services hosted in the rest of the offices have been moved to the nearest cloud or \"Regional Hub\", effectively transforming them into \"Cloud Offices\". For example, the synchronization of the New York File Server with Azure File Sync service made it possible to recover over 60% of the space occupied on-premise, analysingthe access frequency of the files and moving the less accessed ones to Azure. The migration, executed using Azure Site Recovery, took piace in two phases: the Caslano Data Center and then all the local offices. The migration was carried out in the classic lift & shift method, guaranteeing in this way a stable and secure infrastructure.<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE SOLUTION<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE CHALLENGE<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCONCLUSIONS<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConclusions<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe hybrid solution designed with Moresi.com fully meets Bally's needs. In this way, it has simplified and rationalized its infrastructure, lowered the costs of the existing NetApp storage, and maintained equal, if not superior, quality in efficiency and security.\u00a0
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\nThe adoption of Azure and the consequent non-renewal of NetApp support has allowed Bally to reduce costs by approximately 35%, saving a total of approximately CHF 30,000 per year.\u00a0
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