Optimizing IT Infrastructure for Everlake Life Insurance: A Successful Azure Migration

Executive Summary

Everlake Life Insurance Company (ELIC) and Everlake Assurance Company (EAC) are US-based insurers specializing in life insurance and annuities. With more than 1.7 million policies and $23 billion in assets, Everlake partnered with ITTStar to accelerate its cloud modernization through Azure migration services. By migrating production and non-production databases to Microsoft Azure, ITTStar helped Everlake reduce infrastructure costs, improve scalability, optimize database licensing, and build a secure cloud platform capable of supporting long-term business growth.

Customer Challenges

Everlake faced increasing costs associated with hardware, software licensing, and infrastructure management while struggling to scale its IT environment efficiently. The growing demand for flexible infrastructure and simplified maintenance made it difficult to balance operational performance with cost control. ITTStar addressed these challenges through Azure cloud cost optimization services, helping Everlake modernize its infrastructure, optimize licensing, eliminate unnecessary resource allocation, and improve operational efficiency.

ITTStar’s Solution:

ITTStar designed and implemented a cloud modernization strategy focused on Azure infrastructure modernization services. The engagement included migrating production and non-production databases to Microsoft Azure, optimizing database licensing, improving infrastructure scalability, reducing operational costs, and establishing a future-ready cloud environment capable of supporting changing business requirements with greater efficiency and reliability.

Why Azure?

Microsoft Azure was selected because of its enterprise-grade scalability, security, analytics, and cloud management capabilities. Through Microsoft Azure consulting services, ITTStar enabled Everlake to modernize its infrastructure, optimize licensing costs, improve operational agility, strengthen cloud security, and leverage Azure's analytics and automation capabilities to support future business growth.

Why did Everlake chose ITTStar?

Everlake chose ITTStar for its unwavering commitment to excellence in IT solutions, strengthened by its recognition as a Microsoft Gold Partner. With a proven track record of delivering innovative and reliable technology services, ITTStar stood out as the ideal partner to meet Everlake’s evolving needs. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, ITTStar brings deep expertise in Microsoft technologies, offering tailored solutions that ensure seamless integration, enhanced performance, and a secure, scalable infrastructure.

Beyond providing cutting-edge solutions, ITTStar’s dedication to customer satisfaction and ongoing support guarantees a smooth, long-term partnership that empowers Everlake to stay competitive and drive growth.

Results & Benefits

By migrating critical workloads to Microsoft Azure, optimizing database licensing, and modernizing cloud infrastructure, ITTStar enabled Everlake to improve scalability, strengthen security, reduce operational costs, and accelerate application deployment while building a resilient cloud platform for future growth.

1. Cost Reduction: 30% reduction in infrastructure management costs and 25% reduction in IT operational costs.
2. Resource Optimization: 20% increase in resource utilization efficiency.
3. Scalability: 15% improvement in system performance during peak periods.
4. Deployment Speed: 50% faster deployment of databases and applications.
5. Security: 40% reduction in data breach risk.
6. Accessibility & Automation: 35% improvement in administrative efficiency.