Case Studies > Nonprofit & Biomedical
The American Red Cross needed to move a legacy data center environment off Unisys in Eagan, Minnesota, without disrupting operations, and to bring down an annual IT budget of more than $230 million. viLogics led a lift-and-shift migration to its Pennsylvania data center infrastructure, then built and executed a five-year transformation roadmap across the organization's corporate and biomedical IT environments. Through consolidation, modernization and service optimization, not personnel reductions, annual core IT operating costs fell to approximately $84 million: about $146 million in annualized savings, a 63% reduction.
annualized savings in core IT operating costs
reduction in core IT operating costs
annual core IT operating cost, down from $230M+
transformation roadmap across corporate and biomedical IT
The American Red Cross is a national humanitarian organization whose technology supports both corporate functions and biomedical operations. That combination makes continuity non-negotiable and puts every infrastructure decision under scrutiny.
The organization was running on a legacy, outsourced data center environment, with redundant infrastructure and overlapping applications built up over years. Technology spending had also spread beyond central IT. Moving off the legacy platform carried real operational risk, and staying put meant continuing to fund a cost structure that wasn't sustainable.
"We needed to modernize our technology and the viLogics partnership made that possible with excellent facilities and a staff that cares."
Brian Rhoa, CIO & CFO, American Red Cross
The American Red Cross needed a partner that could take on the infrastructure and then own the plan to make it leaner.
viLogics delivered the engagement in two phases: a lift-and-shift migration from the data center in Minnesota, to viLogics data center infrastructure in Pennsylvania, followed by a five-year transformation roadmap across the American Red Cross corporate and biomedical IT environments.
Measured against the confirmed IT budget over the five-year program. Additional decentralized and shadow IT spending is excluded from the savings calculation.
Annual core IT operating costs dropped by approximately $146 million, measured against the confirmed IT budget.
Core IT operating costs fell from more than $230 million to approximately $84 million per year.
The full environment moved from Minnesota, to viLogics infrastructure in Pennsylvania while operations continued.
Savings came from consolidation, modernization and removing redundant infrastructure and applications, not personnel reductions.
“We needed to modernize our technology and dramatically reduce costs without interrupting critical operations. viLogics led our data center migration and helped execute a five-year transformation. We reduced annual core IT operating costs by 63%, saving approximately $146 million a year without reducing personnel.”
Brian Rhoa, CIO & CFO, American Red Cross
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