Case Study: Major Shipping Logistics Company achieves rapid 1,500-VM migration, reduced downtime and ransomware resilience with Zerto

Migrating and Protecting against Ransomware with Zerto to Support Logistics at Scale

A leading North American freight brokerage with more than 25 years in business, billions in annual revenue and over 3 million loads moved faced rapid expansion that outpaced its IT architecture. The company needed to scale without risking downtime, migrate about 1,500 VMs from Hyper‑V to VMware, and establish a regular disaster‑recovery testing program while improving ransomware resilience.

Working with Zerto (after a proof of concept with partner Ahead), the firm migrated roughly 1,500 VMs—moving up to 30 VMs at once instead of one‑by‑one—while protecting about 400 mission‑critical VMs and initiating regular live failover tests. The result: seamless migrations with eliminated nightly shutdowns, faster recoveries and greater ransomware confidence, doubled server capacity, and a scalable DR posture that supports further growth.