Goal

What the client needed to achieve

After a series of acquisitions, a large energy company set out to reduce operating costs by exiting its data centers and migrating core applications to the cloud. Leadership identified SAP migration as a key driver of savings and performance improvement.

The challenge: ensuring a seamless transition for applications that were critical to business operations 24/7. To minimize risk and downtime, the company partnered with Sendero to lead project management and coordination for the SAP migration to Virtustream Cloud.

Results

A cloud migration that provided performance, precision, and resilience

30%

increase in invoice loading speed post-migration

200+

databases and servers migrated across five environments

12

SAP applications and 10 databases migrated with zero unplanned downtime

Delivery

How Sendero delivered

Sendero led a cross-functional team of more than 70 client, consultant, and vendor resources across technology, business, and Virtustream teams. The focus was clear: deliver a “like-for-like experience” in the cloud without impacting performance or operations.

Highlights:

Coordinated end-to-end project management across multiple vendors and internal stakeholders
Conducted detailed performance benchmarking and validation to ensure application parity post-migration
Developed a cost/benefit analysis framework to evaluate and remediate performance variances
Facilitated onsite and remote technical workshops to troubleshoot and optimize complex issues
Integrated ServiceNow ITSM systems between the client and Virtustream to enhance visibility and incident resolution across environments
Executed an unprecedented 48-hour cutover entirely remote—maintaining schedule and quality despite pandemic constraints

Practice

Enabling scalability through a cloud-first foundation

Through Sendero’s leadership and collaboration, the energy company achieved a secure and scalable SAP environment that reduced costs, improved performance, and demonstrated the power of remote execution at enterprise scale. The migration became a model for future cloud initiatives across the organization.

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