Zero
Downtime
Seamless AWS Migration Ensuring Continuous Service
nClouds AWS Case Study
Sensiva
Rapid Response and Resilient Healthcare:
How nClouds Empowered Sensiva Health with AWS
”nClouds, and their knowledge and ability to get us what we needed, were lifesaving and absolutely what we were looking for.”
Todd McCoy
Director of Technology, Sensiva
Benefits Summary
Zero
300 Daily
Checks
Optimizes Costs, Security and Performance
Managed
Support
Frees Sensiva Staff to Focus on Innovation
Global Expansion Readiness
All While Adhering to Compliance Requirements
About Sensiva
Sensiva Health is a cutting-edge clinical testing and technology-driven healthcare solutions company. It provides the science, technology, and infrastructure to power large-scale health initiatives globally, offering services from advanced molecular infectious disease testing to high-throughput RT-PCR testing.
Challenge
Scaling Up When Lives Depend on It
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Manage
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Sensiva Health, already a provider of infectious disease diagnostics, had to swiftly retrofit its clinical testing facilities to produce fast, reliable COVID-19 tests. As thousands of test kits began arriving daily, requiring a 24-hour turnaround, a critical weakness emerged: its existing cloud platform.
02
Manage
Sensiva had relied on a small, private cloud provider that lacked the necessary flexibility and scalability to meet the exploding demand. Outages and system challenges mounted.
03
Manage
Ben Williamson, COO at Sensiva, explained: "At this speed, you have one chance to get things right. We couldn't afford downtime or lost data." A multihour outage from their previous provider made the need for change clear. "One hour down means thousands of clinics and workers unable to register tests—thousands of people waiting on results that can mean life or death." Sensiva needed a HIPAA-compliant cloud platform with zero downtime.
Strategy and Solution
Seamless AWS Migration with nClouds Expertise
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Extensive Experience
Sensiva Health chose nClouds (formerly Cloudnexa) to facilitate its critical transition to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
nClouds was the ideal partner due to its ability to quickly implement AWS services and its extensive experience in the healthcare field, particularly with HIPAA compliance.
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Zero Downtime
nClouds successfully migrated two of Sensiva’s most critical patient-facing applications—those experiencing the highest demand—to AWS over a long weekend with zero downtime.
It also helped identify native AWS solutions to automate tasks and improve efficiency.
Results + Benefits
Meeting Critical Demands and Paving the Way for Future Growth
The partnership with nClouds not only enabled Sensiva Health to scale up and address the immediate challenges of the pandemic but also positioned it for future growth.
Seamless AWS Migration
nClouds executed a migration with zero downtime, ensuring continuous service for critical healthcare operations.
Optimized Costs, Enhanced Security, and Performance
nClouds now provides managed cloud services, automating maintenance and security patching, and ensuring ongoing HIPAA compliance as Sensiva’s workloads evolve.
Global Expansion Readiness
Sensiva aims to expand globally as new labs and manufacturing facilities come online. With AWS and nClouds support, it can quickly deploy workloads in new regions while meeting compliance requirements—and is considering migrating more of its business to AWS.
Focus on Innovation
Managed support frees Sensiva staff to concentrate on software development and new services, rather than cloud management.
A Partnership for Resilient Healthcare Innovation
Sensiva Health’s success story with nClouds underscores the vital role of expert cloud partnership in times of critical demand. By enabling a seamless and compliant migration to AWS and providing ongoing managed services, nClouds empowered Sensiva to not only meet the urgent need for COVID-19 testing but also to establish a scalable, secure, and resilient cloud foundation.
This partnership allows Sensiva to accelerate innovation, expand globally, and continue its mission of delivering cutting-edge healthcare solutions, confident in the stability and efficiency of its cloud infrastructure.
