AJ Gallagher Reduces Cloud TCO by 42% Through Zero-Cost Migration with Sutherland

Client Overview

AJ Gallagher is Fortune 500 global insurance brokerage, risk management, and consulting firm operating in 49 countries with over 34,000 employees.

The Challenge

Legacy Systems and Rising Infrastructure Costs

AJ Gallagher faced mounting infrastructure costs, legacy system limitations, and complexities in managing contracts and subscriptions across business units. The lack of automated testing frameworks further slowed cloud transformation initiatives, introducing risk, and delaying system upgrades.

Sutherland Solution

Zero-Cost Cloud Migration with Intelligent Automation

Sutherland implemented a tailored digital transformation roadmap to modernize AJ Gallagher’s IT environment:

1. Enterprise-Wide Assessment and Cloud Migration Planning
   Sutherland initiated the transformation by conducting a comprehensive, enterprise-wide assessment of AJ Gallagher’s technical, financial, and operational infrastructure. This evaluation enabled the identification of an optimized migration pathway to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), ensuring alignment with the client’s long-term business, compliance, and scalability objectives. The assessment provided a strategic foundation for a seamless, risk-mitigated transition from legacy environments to a modernized, cloud-native architecture.
   
2. Self-Funded, Zero-Cost Migration Strategy
   To minimize financial disruption and accelerate decision-making, Sutherland devised a self-funded migration model. This innovative strategy eliminated the need for upfront capital investment by reallocating cost savings generated through the decommissioning of legacy infrastructure. By monetizing operational efficiencies from the outset, AJ Gallagher was able to modernize its environment without incremental financial burden, achieving faster time-to-value.
   
3. AI-Driven Testing and Compliance with CloudTestr
   To ensure a high-integrity migration, Sutherland deployed CloudTestr, its proprietary AI-powered test automation platform. CloudTestr helped automate critical testing processes across applications and infrastructure layers, validating functional integrity, compliance adherence, and data consistency throughout the migration. By minimizing manual intervention, the solution significantly reduced testing cycles, improved accuracy, and ensured a smoother transition to OCI.
   
4. Real-Time Dashboards for Governance and Audit Acceleration
   Sutherland enhanced transparency and governance through the deployment of real-time dashboards, providing AJ Gallagher’s operational teams and external auditors with instant visibility into migration progress, automated test results, and compliance status. This capability accelerated audit readiness, streamlined reporting, and empowered leadership with actionable insights, fostering a culture of proactive governance and operational excellence.

Through a combination of deep cloud expertise, AI-powered automation, and innovative funding strategies, Sutherland modernized AJ Gallagher’s IT environment.

The Outcome

Streamlined Cloud Operations and Cost Efficiency

Through the deployment of Sutherland’s innovative zero-cost migration model and intelligent automation platforms, AJ Gallagher achieved substantial, measurable outcomes across critical operational dimensions. Cloud Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) was reduced by an impressive 42%, delivering significant financial efficiencies while enabling reinvestment into strategic initiatives. Testing efforts were streamlined by 75% through the use of AI-driven automation, dramatically accelerating validation cycles and minimizing resource burden. Most notably, the entire cloud migration was executed with zero business disruption, maintaining operational continuity, safeguarding client services, and reinforcing stakeholder confidence.

This successful transformation not only modernized AJ Gallagher’s IT environment but also laid the foundation for sustained agility, enhanced audit readiness, and a robust platform for continuous digital innovation and future growth.

That’s Digital Outcomes Delivered!