~70%
reduction in database operations effort
90–95%
faster upgrade cycles
50–60%
reduction in operational overhead
Client Intro
A premier U.S. federal health agency operates a complex grants platform supporting hundreds of programs and tens of thousands of users. As system demands increased, the agency sought to modernize its legacy cloud environment to improve scalability, security, and operational efficiency — without disrupting critical services.
Challenge
The agency’s grants platform relied on self-managed cloud infrastructure, requiring significant manual effort for upgrades, scaling, and maintenance.
This approach led to long upgrade cycles, rising costs, and limited scalability, while fragmented secrets management introduced security risks.
To support growing demand and align with Zero Trust principles, the agency needed to transition to a more automated, scalable, and secure cloud architecture.
Solution
DMI led the transition from legacy cloud infrastructure to a fully managed Azure PaaS environment, enabling automation, scalability, and enhanced security.
Core services included Azure SQL Managed Instances for automated database operations, Azure Key Vault for centralized credential management, and Azure Blob Storage for scalable data management. Monitoring and observability were strengthened using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
The phased migration ensured minimal disruption while establishing a modern, resilient cloud foundation aligned with federal security standards.
Technologies and Capabilities
Cloud Platform
Cloud Engineering
Security & Compliance
Integration & Support
Impact
The transformation delivered a more secure, scalable, and efficient platform for managing federal grants.
Operational overhead decreased significantly, with database management effort reduced by over 70% and storage costs lowered by 50%. Upgrade cycles were shortened from months to hours, improving agility and responsiveness.
With improved performance, security, and scalability, the platform is now positioned to support future innovation, including advanced analytics and AI-driven capabilities.
About DMI
DMI is a leading global provider of digital services working at the intersection of public and private sectors. With broad capabilities across IT managed services, cybersecurity, cloud migration and application development, DMI provides onsite and remote support to clients within governments, healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors. DMI’s commitment to excellence in service delivery has resulted in dramatic growth, with clients among all fifteen U.S. Federal Departments and hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies.