Case Study: Woodard & Curran saves $350,000 a year with Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud storage

Engineering firm saves $350,000 a year with hybrid cloud storage

Woodard & Curran, an environmental engineering firm, struggled with a decentralized storage infrastructure that created data silos across its 27 offices. This made real-time collaboration on large project files nearly impossible for its 900 employees, severely hindering its goal of assembling project teams regardless of their physical location. The existing NetApp and Riverbed systems resulted in slow file access over the WAN and high operational costs, forcing the company to seek a new solution from Microsoft Corporation.

By implementing a hybrid cloud storage solution with Microsoft Azure and Panzura controllers, the firm consolidated all its data into a single, secure cloud store. This gave every employee LAN-speed file access, eliminated the need for separate disaster recovery and backup systems, and enabled seamless collaboration. The move to Microsoft Azure saved Woodard & Curran $350,000 annually in hardware and MPLS network costs, reduced travel expenses by 7%, and provided the agility to integrate new acquisitions in a week instead of months.

Woodard & Curran

Kenneth Danila

Director of Information Systems