Case Study: Guardian achieves a fully transitioned, stable mainframe operation with Ensono

Ensono fully transitions mutual life insurance industry leader’s operations after only four months and more

Guardian, a U.S. leader in the mutual life insurance industry, had never outsourced in its 150+ year history and was facing challenges with an aging mainframe workforce, outdated data center equipment, and storage constraints. Ensono was brought in to support Guardian’s digital transformation with managed services that aligned with Guardian’s customer-first culture.

Ensono remotely managed the infrastructure and then helped establish a fully managed environment for latency-sensitive applications while deploying new equipment and tools. As a result, Guardian fully transitioned its operations in just four months, shut down a 50-year-old data center, maintained a stable mainframe environment and support team, and realized significant savings in headcount and software.

Guardian

Peter Atwater

Vice President of Enterprise Software Quality Assurance and Application Support