Case Study: a $150M+ construction firm cuts VMware costs and achieves NIST 800-171 readiness with TRNSFRM

$150m+ Construction Firm moves 100% off VMware and reaches NIST 800-171 readiness with TRNSFRM

A $150 million-plus commercial construction firm faced two major challenges: unexpectedly high VMware licensing costs after the Broadcom acquisition and the need to achieve NIST 800-171 compliance to bid on government contracts. Their existing infrastructure was not prepared for the compliance requirements and the unpredictable budget line item was a significant problem. They engaged TRNSFRM to find a path forward that addressed both issues without disrupting their ongoing projects.

TRNSFRM migrated the firm's workloads from VMware to a Microsoft hybrid cloud using Azure and on-premises Hyper-V. They also conducted a full NIST 800-171 assessment and remediated all gaps, hardening the Microsoft 365 environment with security measures like MFA and DLP. The solution resulted in 100% of workloads being migrated, a reduced infrastructure spend, and a contract-ready security posture. This enabled the construction firm to unlock a new revenue channel by becoming eligible to bid on federal and state government work.