Case Study: Ankura Consulting achieves rapid Azure cloud modernization and cost transparency with Navisite

Global Consultancy Modernizes on the Cloud with Navisite-Led Azure Migration

Ankura Consulting, a global advisory firm with more than 1,500 professionals and several petabytes of data, faced a crossroads when its London data center needed a major refresh. Rather than upgrade on‑premises, Ankura chose to modernize on Microsoft Azure to gain flexibility, elasticity and cost transparency, with a tight timeline to exit the London facility.

Navisite performed a pre‑migration assessment, delivered an Azure architecture and roadmap, and migrated Microsoft SQL servers, hundreds of VMs and large data stores while adding modern security and storage services and providing post‑launch support. The move finished ahead of schedule, giving Ankura elastic capacity for rapid regional expansion, clearer cloud cost visibility, reduced on‑premises management, and an ongoing partnership for future projects including disaster recovery.

Ankura Consulting

Prashant Lamba

Senior Managing Director