Case Studies

Cloud Modernization Success:

Private Cloud to AWS Roadmap for Schumacher Homes

Schumacher Homes' Results at a Glance

Cloud Modernization

Improved reliability and resilience by moving to a professionally managed hosted VMware platform.

Clear, Funded Path to AWS

Protected strategic flexibility with a provider capable of both VMware and AWS and a funded AWS assessment that defined a practical 2–3-year cloud roadmap.

Internal Resource Optimization

Freed up internal IT staff by shifting backups, disaster recovery, and infrastructure management to managed services.

What This Client Said:

“Bluewave and RapidScale helped us get out of the hardware business, stabilize an outage-prone environment, and offload backups and DR to managed services. Our team finally has time to focus on the business, with a clear path to AWS when we’re ready.”

– IT Leader, Schumacher Homes

Stability Now, AWS Later

Schumacher Homes, Ltd is a custom home builder in the Midwest specializing in highly personalized homes tailored to each buyer’s vision and a long-time Bluewave client. Their sales, design, and construction teams depend on always-on access to core business applications and data to manage selections, schedules, and active projects.

Bluewave Technology Group was engaged to modernize their infrastructure, improve resilience, and guide their cloud strategy.

Industry: Construction and custom home building

Need: Reliable access to core applications and data for sales, design, and construction teams, and a managed cloud solution

Constraint: Locally hosted environment suffering repeat power outages, aging on-premises hardware, and IT staff time heavily spent on backups and disaster recovery

Bluewave Role: Assessed the environment, recommended a managed hosted VMware platform, validated AWS readiness, and secured provider funding to de-risk the migration

From Outage-Prone to Always-On

The Challenge & Opportunity

Modernize into a Stable, Managed Foundation

Schumacher Homes recognized an opportunity to improve the reliability and resilience of the systems supporting its business. With repeated power outages in its locally hosted environment creating immediate concern, leadership also took a broader view of what the business would need long-term.

The Bluewave Solution

Bluewave, in partnership with RapidScale, led Schumacher Homes through an approach that balanced immediate stability with long-term cloud flexibility.

Shift from colocation concept to hosted VMware platform
Support VMware today, keep AWS in view
De‑risk migration with provider funding

With Bluewave engaged as an independent advisor and partner, the team evaluated a path that addressed near-term needs while supporting future flexibility.

A Resilient Platform and a Clear Path to AWS

By aligning near-term stability with a long-term cloud plan and by securing funding to ease the financial burden of migration, Bluewave remains the client’s trusted advisor for ongoing cloud modernization.