OLD MUTUAL LIMITED
“ We had to work simultaneously to phase out our legacy infrastructure very quickly , while also recognising the importance of transforming our customer proposition and experience ”
MAY GOVENDER CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER , OLD MUTUAL LIMITED
With this in mind , Old Mutual had two options : invest heavily in a major data centre and infrastructure upgrade or advance the modernisation to the cloud to address its legacy infrastructure challenges and create a resilient platform , allowing it to focus on business value activities rather than ongoing infrastructure problems .
With organisational support and investment – key enablers for the success of the transformation – Old Mutual embarked on the cloud migration . “ We had a migration path with the completion aimed for the end of 2021 , the implementation approach was divided into three waves , with a very carefully thought through breakdown on business impact , each application was given a target wave based on this analysis . After each wave , a detailed retrospective was done to analyse
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