As a leading provider of IT Infrastructure Management Services (IMS), YASH Technologies was selected for the upgrade of its Microsoft servers. YASH’s IMS services are engineered to improve your existing IT infrastructure and align business objectives with IT strategies. With extensive industry expertise and best practices with global clients, YASH would make the client’s business stronger while enhancing business processes.

1. Thousands of Servers Upgraded with
Infrastructure Management Services

2. Industry: Manufacturing
Geography: USA
Employee Size: 45,000+
Revenue Range: $10 Billion +
The Client
This Fortune 500 client is an American manufacturer of industrial tools & household
hardware and provider of security products headquartered in New Britain,
Connecticut. The company is a diversified global provider of power and hand tools,
mechanical access solutions (automatic doors, commercial and residential locking
systems), electronic security and monitoring systems and products and services for
various industrial applications.
Background
▪▪ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 utilized to run complex ERP
and financial and production applications
▪▪ Client left with a decision on what to do with servers
after Microsoft announced the end of Windows 2003
▪▪ Faced significant security threats and compromised the
stability of its applications critical to business
▪▪ Sought to upgrade all obsolete servers to the Windows 2008
operating system
▪▪ Wanted standardize and streamline operations
Solution
▪▪ Required vendor with extensive knowledge in large scale data
center modernization projects
▪▪ Infrastructure Management System (IMS) service and support
suggested
▪▪ Migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008, which included
all applications that resided on Windows 2003 platforms
▪▪ Would be executed within an 18 month time frame with six
dedicated members of YASH employed
Implementation
▪▪ Assembled all stakeholders, including internal users and
customers of the client, and executed planning meetings
▪▪ Executed complete project life cycle (oddly worded) of the
server and application migration with utilization of IMS
▪▪ Upgraded each of the servers separately
▪▪ Average of 10,000 end users benefitted each month
▪▪ Post go-live, YASH supported each server and decommissioned
outdated systems
Benefits
▪▪ Realized minimized operational and support costs with the
consolidation of applications and database server
▪▪ Elimination of physical servers added to cost savings
▪▪ Streamlined and standardized application servers for enhanced
operational efficiency
▪▪ Exploring future opportunities to execute a similar engagement
of upgrading Windows 2008 servers to Windows 2012

3. The client, a leading manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware and provider of security products and
locks, utilized Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Microsoft had announced the end of this product, leaving the client
with a decision of what to do for its large number of Windows 2003 servers that ran its complex Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) and financial and production applications.
Hundreds of thousands of Windows 2003 servers were throughout the organization at 123 sites located in 40 countries
across five continents. This included three major datacenters, which ran more than 250 unique business critical
applications used by all business lines in the customer’s organization.
With no previous experience in this area and a lack of resources and in-house bandwidth available to handle a project
of this size, the client was running an unsupported operating system in its network, which posed a significant security
threat and compromised the stability of its applications critical to business.
The client sought to upgrade all of the obsolete servers to the Windows 2008 operating system. In addition to the
upgrade the client wanted to:
Standardize and streamline operations support for the servers that were upgraded to improve service
delivery and operational efficiency
Virtualization and consolidation of its datacenter with an application and database consolidation
Stay up-to-date with technologies and its competitors

4. The organization sought a vendor with extensive knowledge of large scale data center modernization projects.
As a leading provider of IT Infrastructure Management Services (IMS), YASH Technologies was selected for the upgrade
of its Microsoft servers. YASH’s IMS services are engineered to improve your existing IT infrastructure and align
business objectives with IT strategies. With extensive industry expertise and best practices with global clients, YASH
would make the client’s business stronger while enhancing business processes.
After a detailed assessment of the client’s existing landscape, YASH suggested:
The implementation and upgrade would be executed within an 18 month time frame with six dedicated members of
YASH employed for the initiative. YASH would complete a minimum of 120 server upgrades per month until all servers
were on the latest platform.
Infrastructure Management System (IMS) service and support
Migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008, which included all applications that resided on
Windows 2003 platforms

5. Before the upgrade launched, YASH assembled all stakeholders, which included both internal users and customers of
the client, and held planning meetings to ensure roles and responsibilities were thoroughly understood
During the initiative, each of the client’s hundreds of thousands of servers, containing business critical applications,
were upgraded separately.
The upgrade of all Microsoft servers was completed within the established timeline. An average of 10,000 end users
benefitted per month across all departments throughout more than 40 countries.
Post go-live, YASH supported each server for several weeks to make sure the system was running efficiently. If issues
arose in the new server, the old system was utilized until the issues were resolved. Once the new server was operating
error-free, YASH decommissioned the old system.
YASH executed the complete project life cycle of the server and application migration by utilizing IMS, which included
the following process for each of the client’s servers:
Analyzed the server – Each application on the server needed to be analyzed to verify its compatibility on the
new Microsoft 2008 operating system
Tested applications on the new platform – Each application from the legacy server needed to be installed on
the new operating system and tested
Executed production cutover – Each application was moved over from Windows 2003 to the modern,
updated platform
PLAN - Managed
Services
BUILD - Consulting
& Implementation
SECURE - Data
Confidentiality
RUN - Helpdesk/
End-User Support

6. Following the upgrade of all outdated Microsoft servers with IMS, the client realized minimized operational and support
costs with the consolidation of applications and database servers. Adding to the cost savings was the conversion of
most physical servers to virtual servers.
As part of the upgrade process, application servers were streamlined and standardized for enhanced operational
efficiency.
Based on quality of deliverables, the customer is exploring opportunities with YASH to execute a similar engagement
of upgrading Windows 2008 servers to Windows 2012.

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About YASH Technologies
YASH Technologies focuses on customer success. As a leading technology services and outsourcing partner for medium and large global
customers, we leverage technology and our flexible delivery models to drive performance and business value throughout a customer’s
enterprise. YASH’s comprehensive service approach incorporates a holistic view of our customers that extends beyond delivery. This approach
integrates enterprise solutions and services, proprietary best practice offerings, strategic application and maintenance outsourcing, as well
as consulting and integration services. YASH is a SEI CMMI (Level 3) and an ISO 27001:2005 and ISO 9001:2008 certified company with U.S. and
India headquarters and regional sales and development offices spread across five continents.
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