About the customer
Industry:SAAS, Technology & IT Services
The customer, a tech product development company, made the strategic decision to transition from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to AWS Cloud. The goal was to create a secure, scalable and cost-effective cloud environment without disrupting business continuity.
The company felt that a move to the AWS cloud platform would align better with the firm’s business goals and support its growing SaaS portfolio, leading to more efficient feature delivery. It would also help reduce infrastructure costs and improve service reliability.
The team worked with Cloud Kinetics to implement solutions under the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP).
Challenge
Seeking a cost-effective, scalable, efficient cloud environment
There was a need for a more cost-effective, scalable, and operationally efficient cloud environment to support the company’s growing suite of mission-critical SaaS products. The customer wanted to minimize service disruptions, ensure billing transparency and implement robust security guardrails.
The business’ cloud infrastructure needed to support streamlined multi-account management and a centralized network setup.
The migration of mission-critical applications across UAT, staging and production environments had to be done while ensuring zero downtime.
The team faced some difficulties with AWS Migration Evaluator that would require resolution before proceeding.
The company partnered with Cloud Kinetics to kickstart the migration to AWS Cloud.
Solution
Using AWS services & features for a seamless transition from OCI to AWS Cloud
The migration from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to AWS Cloud took place under the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP). The complete migration included 157 virtual machines (VMs), 122 Amazon EKS clusters and core networking components, with a focus on cost efficiency and operational optimization.
The migration seamlessly integrated diverse AWS services and features to establish a robust cloud environment. These solutions addressed various aspects of the cloud infrastructure, security and operations, including
Multi-account management
- With AWS Control Tower for multi-account management and AWS landing zone, a set-up was created to conduct the complete migration process. This AWS best practice ensured all the cloud accounts are secure, adhering to the defined regulatory frameworks, and spending monitored from day Zero.
- The team faced some issues while configuring AWS Migration Evaluator which were addressed by Cloud Kinetics.
Secure & cost-optimized migration
Site-to-site VPN connectivity created a secure and efficient pathway for data migration from OCI to AWS. With AWS Application Migration Service, VMs are moved without costly reconfigurations or downtime. This approach avoids expensive delays and maintains business continuity.
Centralized networking architecture
A highly efficient and secure network was built within AWS.
- AWS Network Firewall actively inspects all incoming and outgoing traffic, strengthening defences without needing extra, expensive hardware.
- Private networking keeps internal traffic flowing efficiently, preventing unnecessary data transfer costs.
- Additionally, AWS Transit Gateway acts as a central hub for all connections, reducing redundant links and keeping networking expenses low.
Kubernetes & resource management
For applications running on Kubernetes (EKS), resource management was simplified. AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) allowed for easy sharing of network access, enabling EKS workloads to run more smoothly and reducing operational clutter.
Secure, cost-efficient monitoring
Security is now proactively managed without significant expense.
- Services like AWS GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Inspector and Detective continuously monitor for threats, helping to prevent costly security breaches.
- When incidents occur, AWS Security Hub will send alerts directly to teams via Slack through AWS Chatbot, allowing for quick response and lower security overhead.
- Elastic Disaster Recovery Service provides a cost-effective way to recover from major disruptions, avoiding financial losses due to downtime.
- AWS Identity Center (SSO) and AWS Directory Services streamline user access, reducing administrative effort.
Cost optimization strategies
- AWS Cost Explorer & Budgets enabled real-time tracking and control of expenditures.
- AWS Savings Plans & Reserved Instances leveraged to reduce compute costs.
Success Metrics
Moving into the future with AWS
By leveraging AWS MAP, Cloud Kinetics successfully led this migration for the client, enabling them to move to the cloud infrastructure with zero downtime, ensuring business operations could carry on uninterrupted.
Zero
Downtime during migration, ensuring uninterrupted business operations
Deployed
24 AWS accounts with built-in cost governance frameworks
Migrated
157 VMs without incurring additional licensing fees or requiring reconfiguration
Integrated
Three office locations into the cloud environment, eliminating the need for costly on-premises networking
Architecture
A unified security and logging architecture, enabling proactive threat detection and reducing security management costs
Strengthened
security, centralized monitoring, and implemented cost-effective governance to boost overall efficiency
This initiative positions the company to scale its SaaS offerings with greater agility and resilience in an increasingly competitive market.
