Case Study: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction modernizes IBM i for 115+ school districts with Ensono

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction migrates 140 LPARs with Ensono

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) faced a hard deadline to migrate its IBM i infrastructure when its previous vendor ended services. They needed a flexible hosting solution to support 115+ independent school districts during a phased move to cloud-based SaaS platforms, while also modernizing outdated systems and gaining 24/7 support. They turned to Ensono for a managed services approach.

Ensono implemented a tailored, multi-phase solution, creating a dedicated "pseudo-cloud" environment with consumption-based pricing. They modernized the IBM i software, deployed custom network architecture, and executed a district-by-district migration of over 140 LPARs. This provided the DPI with 24/7 expertise, automated monitoring, and the Ensono Flex pricing model, which enables cost reduction as districts transition off the legacy platform.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (dpi)