Case Study: a higher education institution reduces VMware costs with Burwood Group and native Google Cloud

Reduce VMware Costs Through Native Cloud Adoption

The customer, a higher education institution, was facing rising VMware licensing costs and needed a strategy to reduce long-term operating expenses without disrupting its operations. It engaged Burwood Group to help accelerate its cloud adoption and avoid carrying VMware licensing into the cloud while maintaining its backup processes.

Burwood Group implemented a solution by establishing a native Google Cloud platform with a secure landing zone. This allowed approximately 70% of the VMware environment to be migrated to Google Compute Engine virtual machines, which significantly reduced VMware dependency and associated costs. The migration preserved existing Veeam operations and created a foundation for the institution's future research and AI initiatives.