Case study · Healthcare
From Failing Hardware to Secure Data Connectivity in the Cloud
BC Cancer Research Center (BCCRC) is a provincial organization responsible for cancer care in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and provides comprehensive cancer control for the people of British Columbia, including cancer care, research, education, and prevention programs. BC Cancer operates six regional centers across the province, which offer cancer treatment, support, and specialized care.
The challenge
The risk of losing valuable data due to failing hardware
What BC Cancer Research Centre (BCCRC) needed
- Solve the issue with aging and malfunctioning storage hardware in the datacenter.
- Keep data secure and compliant, while proactively accessing the research data on daily basis
- Use existing tools to access the data while also reduce administrative overhead on operational team
- Implement a highly scalable solution that enabled their team to scale and do research more efficiently
The solution
Securing Critical Data and Reducing Costs
Our approach
- 1Planned a migration strategy to identify the data, establish the goal of migration, and determined the best migration strategy.
- 2Prepared the data to eliminate any redundancy, outdated information and clean up the data to ensure accuracy of the data.
- 3Ordered data boxes from Azure to on-site, and strategically transferred the data to the hardware and shipped them back to Microsoft
- 4Prepared the cloud infrastructure to store the data, while also keeping the appropriate SKUs in mind for ongoing usage.
- 5Validated the data transfer in the cloud and confirmed the usability of the data once migrated.
- 6Provided documentation and training to set the team up for long-term success.
The results
Ability to Scale the Research Data
Smart Scalability
Operational Solution
Security and Compliance
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