A large, global storage equipment and services provider faced mounting challenges due to duplicate and redundant IT applications and data across departments, leading to inflated infrastructure costs, licensing overhead, and data quality issues.
Identified and cataloged duplicate applications, databases, and support costs across all business units and departments.
Collaborated with business owners to prioritize elimination of redundant applications and streamline resource utilization across the enterprise.
Produced recommendations covering overlapping applications versus enterprise platforms, plus data anomalies including redundant and duplicate data.
Quantified potential savings from functional and data synergies — infrastructure, licensing, networking, and headcount — across the enterprise.
Removal of approximately 60 applications generating significant infrastructure, licensing, and labor cost savings.
Identified 125+ standalone data islands for de-duplication or elimination, reducing storage and management overhead.
Documented opportunities to repurpose 2–3% of staff across departments, delivering substantial ongoing savings.