Migration of DNB Platform for SMEs from an existing hyper cloud platform to Azure
Seamlessly migrated the DNB platform to Azure platform to support a transaction of INR 75 Cr every day
About the client
Networking Platform company in the business of aggregating, digitalizing and connecting Small & Medium Enterprises to transform their businesses by creating an eco-system for the SME businesses to support and leverage the partners in the ecosystem. They cater to 270K+ SMEs across Singapore, Philippines and India in about 200+ B2B and B2C Industries. The company is estimated to have a cloud footprint of about a $200K per year.
Business Challenge
Help the Digital Native Business(DNB) to quickly migrate to Azure from an existing hyper cloud platform before the annual expiry of RI resources, within a short span of 6 weeks
Project Scope
Assessment of current cloud landscape, Design Azure Architecture, Agile Migration, Validation & Cutover
Our approach
Assessment
Design
Migration
Validation & Cutover
01. Assessment
Identify long prevailing gaps and come up with de-risking mechanisms for a smooth migration. Conduct workshops with application team to identify application interdependencies to be handled during migration.
02. Design
Identify avenues to elevate the current architecture’s performance and security posture in the new design. Meticulous design by picking Azure services best matching with the currently running hyper cloud services, for uncompromised user experience
03. Migration
Parallel setup and Agile migration of 70 existing hyper cloud servers to Azure in 3 sprints, using NIMBUS™ Migration framework.
04. Validation & Cutover
Pre and Post Migration Benchmark validations for disk IOPS, to ensure uncompromised performance. Seamless cutover with minimal downtime for cutover < 3 hours
Outcomes
Highly Available systems with 99.99% availability assured by Microsoft
Knowledge Transfer workshops to enable Customer Operations team manage the migrated Azure environment
Saved storage cost almost by 50% through storage cleanup and optimization
Looking forward
We are delighted to have helped the client to seamlessly migrate the DNB platform from an existing hyper cloud platform to Azure and we look forward for future consolidation and migration of workloads in Azure