Buchanan's Azure Migration Delivers Cost Savings and Enhanced Security for America's Non-Profit Radio Broadcasters

Key Metrics

25 %

Year-over-year savings trend

75 %

Year-over-year savings on virtual machines

53 %

Year-over-year on VPN Gateway costs

16 %

Year-over-year savings on backups

The Challenge

A not-for-profit trade association representing America’s broadcast radio industry, serving more than 6,000 member stations in the U.S. and more than 1,000 member networks, representative firms, broadcast vendors, and international organizations needed to scale back IT-related spending but wanted to do it in a strategic way that didn’t compromise the business.  

Buchanan had a long-standing partnership with the customer and served as its all-in-one IT partner, providing service desk support, IT security services, network support, remote and on-site support, cloud services, and more.

The Solution

Buchanan completed a full analysis and determined the best way to reduce spending without losing functionality would be to migrate the customer’s existing file and storage solution to a cloud-based, serverless enviroment utilizing the capabilities of Microsoft Azure files.   

The Results

The new Azure file solution was able to realize cost savings across multiple components of the customer’s environment, including virtual machines, storage, VPN gateway, backup, site recovery, virtual network, VM licenses, and more. The percentage of savings varied from 3% to 75%, and the year-over-year annual savings trend was approximately 25% in total. 

In addition to the cost savings, the customer was also able to increase security with Azure files, as all files are encrypted at rest, and access to files can be controlled by setting permissions. The customer can also monitor access to its files and audit usage with Azure activity logs. 

Words from the Client:

“Another successful, professional, and innovative engagement with Buchanan. Our city staff love the new look!”
Project Manager

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