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Bridging History and Technology: NEHGS’s Cloud Journey with Datamatics

Client

Founded in 1845, the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is the oldest and most respected genealogical organization in the U.S. As a nonprofit, it advances family history through scholarship, collections, and expertise.


Industry

Non-profit, Historical & Genealogical Research Services

 IAAS and SAAS AWS Cloud Migration Case Study

The Challenge: A Legacy in Need of Transformation

NEHGS’s existing IT landscape was burdened with aging hardware, frequent downtime, and high maintenance costs. Their data-heavy operations required scalable computing power, but their legacy system lacked flexibility. Additionally, operational bottlenecks resulted in slower response times, impacting member experience and limiting the organization's ability to serve a growing global audience. With their mission to make historical records accessible to researchers worldwide, NEHGS needed a digital-first strategy—one that offered scalability, efficiency, and cost optimization.

The Solution: Migration to AWS Cloud with Datamatics

NEHGS partnered with Datamatics to migrate to Amazon Web Services (AWS) swiftly and securely. Datamatics designed a robust IAAS and SAAS-based architecture that provided a secure and scalable cloud environment, ensuring centralized authentication and seamless SaaS integration on AWS. This solution eliminated infrastructure bottlenecks while enhancing accessibility and operational efficiency.

To optimize cloud infrastructure, Datamatics leveraged AWS-native tools to enhance performance, automate critical processes, and reduce IT costs. With a strong emphasis on security and compliance, Datamatics implemented best practices to safeguard NEHGS’s vast historical data repository, ensuring high availability and resilience. The entire migration was completed within just one month, adhering to strict deadlines while minimizing disruptions. Most importantly, the transition was seamless for end users, allowing researchers and members uninterrupted access to vital historical records.

Impact: Efficiency, Scalability & Cost Saving

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Centralization

Of IT infrastructure, all environments viz. development, testing and production are moved to the AWS cloud and being monitored by Datamatics remotely.

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Time Reduction

For setup and configuration especially with the ability to create instances using snapshots within minutes.

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Cost Reduction

Costs are controlled with Development & Quality environments being stopped when not in use.

Customer Testimonial

"The application itself and our hosting environment have never been in better shape. We could not have done this without the very capable help of the entire Datamatics team."
Don LeClair

Don LeClair
Associate Director, Database Search & Systems
American Ancestors & New England
Historic Genealogical Society

American Ancestors

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