Carestream Dental IT Carve-Out: 30% Cost Savings & Transformation

Overview

We architected and executed a full-scale IT carve-out, migrating the company to a secure, modern greenfield environment.

Carestream Dental, following its separation from the parent company, had to set up completely independent IT infrastructure and operations within tight TSA timeframe. We managed the entire transition end-to-end, ensuring the new entity could function independently with a stable, future-ready IT foundation.

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Client Background and Challenges

Carestream Dental is a leading provider of dental digital product lines and services worldwide. Post the separation, they had to create a whole new IT system, serving 1,700+ users across 20 countries. The primary challenge was to meet tight TSA timeline. Any failure to meet TSA timeframe would have cost financial penalties and business disruption.

Our Approach and Solution

We established Carestream Dental’s new standalone IT ecosystem with aggregation of third-party services under a single Tech Mahindra contract. Our approach focused on three strengths: modernizing infrastructure, improving connectivity, and empowering the digital workplace.

Hybrid Cloud Transformation

We consolidated disparate data centers, migrating over 200 application workloads to a hybrid model utilizing Microsoft Azure and Nutanix HCI.

Next-Gen Network and Security

We modernized Carestream Dental network using VeloCloud-based SD-WAN for speed and savings. In addition, we added a robust security system powered by Zscaler and SIEM/SoC.

Digital Workplace Enablement

We migrated over 2,088 users to the new domain and M365 from Lotus Notes, and implemented our WaaS NxT solution to enable seamless collaboration across the globe.

Business and Community Impact

  • 30% Reduction in Overall IT Costs: Cut the entire IT bill by 30% during the transition
  • 6-8% Annual Savings: Helped them save an extra 6-8% YOY, as promised
  • 26% Decrease in Network Costs: Set up SD-WAN technology that reduced their network costs by 26%
  • 40% Managed Services Savings: Created a shared delivery model that brought down costs by 40%