Macquarie Cloud Services to move CareSuper from VMware on AWS to Azure

Industry superannuation fund CareSuper has signed up Macquarie Cloud Services to lead a comprehensive cloud transformation away from VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services to Microsoft Azure.

The migration involves hundreds of applications and petabytes of data currently running on VMware Cloud on AWS, which will move to a Macquarie's Managed Edge Azure Local instance.

CareSuper manages over $57 billion in funds for more than 573,000 members across Australia.

Macquarie Cloud Services is part of ASX-listed Macquarie Technology Group, and will consolidate CareSuper's technology estate into a unified Azure platform.

The engagement includes migrating workloads into a new Azure landing zone, modernising databases, and implementing platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings.

The platform modernisation will focus on streamlining performance and operational efficiencies for the superannuation fund.

"Our goal is to optimise every part of our operation so we can deliver long-term value to our members," Simon Reiter, chief technology officer at CareSuper, said.

"Cloud decisions must serve that mission, not just today, but five years from now," Reiter said.

"Macquarie Cloud Services stood out as a partner who could deliver both the technical transformation and the ongoing managed service maturity required.”

Macquarie Cloud Services has assumed full risk for the migration project, delivering the transformation with zero up-front cost to CareSuper.

"What we've found in partnering with Macquarie Cloud Services is a team of experts who can transform, refactor, migrate, and ensure we get the best operational value from our cloud environment," Reiter said.

"That the company backs itself by taking on the cost risk of the migration phase is telling of its capabilities and commitment to putting customers first," Reiter said.

"We're seeing a wave of repatriation from AWS," said Naran McClung, head of Azure at Macquarie Cloud Services.

"For many organisations, rising costs, and architectural limitations have made them re-evaluate," McClung said. "But it's not just about moving away – it's about moving forward."

Macquarie Cloud Services holds Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Services Provider status, maintained for four consecutive years through annual audits.

Only a handful of partners across Asia Pacific retain this certification, according to Macquarie Cloud Services.

"We've seen our Azure team and business expand by about 20 per cent every year since we set it up in 2020," McClung said.

"Becoming an Azure Expert MSP is not a lifetime achievement; it takes incredible dedication, assessments requiring dozens of the team to come together, and – most importantly – an ability to deliver value to customers time and time again," McClung said.