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Providence protects the health of its cloud and hybrid environment using Turbonomic

Beginning the migration to cloud

When Rick Stover joined Providence in late 2019 as Senior Vice President ( SVP ) of IS Infrastructure and Chief Technology Officer ( CTO ), he was faced with an enormous budget problem that seemed to grow by the day . The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the need to reduce waste and maintain cost efficiency , even as healthcare facilities around the world were faced with the prospect of overwhelming demand for acute care .

Providence ’ s growth and success is based on an openness to new technology and adopting best practices as they evolve .

Just as the pandemic was beginning , Bryan de Boer joined the Providence team as Executive Director , responsible for the company ’ s Microsoft Azure migration .

When the company recently began a migration to cloud infrastructure for greater flexibility and cost efficiency , it applied Turbonomic Application Resource Management software to maintain the resilience of critical applications , including those directly involved in providing medical care to patients .

• Through optimization , Providence saved more than USD 2 million while assuring app performance during peaks

• Safely migrated more than 1,900 workloads to the cloud in 10 months

This migration was in the early stages — and a massive undertaking . In parallel , there were other initiatives in progress to remediate technical debt and rationalize the company ’ s application portfolio .

On top of the technical challenges of the Azure migration , there were also cultural and skills challenges . Extensive use of commercial off-theshelf ( COTS ) products and lack of in-house software development created an application owner community that primarily comprised “ application analysts ” with limited infrastructure knowledge . p

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