The problem: Legacy technology poses resilience risks
A prominent US liquid energy supplier and retailer found their business growth constrained by an outdated technology foundation. Their aging infrastructure and legacy systems hindered their agility, preventing them from adapting swiftly to evolving supplier and retailer industry dynamics. This close proximity of their data centers also posed a significant business continuity risk. Consequently, critical innovation efforts, including enhancing customer experience, expanding business reach, and introducing new offerings, were hampered. Furthermore, integrating technology from new acquisitions proved to be a slow and expensive process.
The Solution: AWS Rapid Migration enables scalable, resilience cloud transition
Following a comprehensive portfolio assessment by AWS ProServe, which identified established migration patterns like rehosting, the company embarked on the AWS ProServe and Cutover Rapid Migration program to transition their data center assets, including 144 servers, to AWS. This initiative established a secure, flexible, multi-account, production-ready landing zone with the scalability to accommodate future expansion. Furthermore, AWS ProServe built DevOps pipelines for provisioning the migration infrastructure and ensured the company achieved operational readiness to run production workloads on AWS. Leveraging the Rapid Migration program with Cutover's automated runbook platform provided the company with:
- Standardized pre-built automated runbook templates, aligned with AWS ProServe's best practices and migration patterns, for consistent wave execution.
- Organized migration wave runbooks within a clear folder structure for simplified management.
- Visualization of upstream and downstream application dependencies during each migration wave using an intuitive nodemap.
- Stakeholder accessibility to critical migration details via a centralized runbook homepage.
- A multi-runbook dashboard displaying real-time progress and task status across all application migrations.
The Outcome: Cutover & AWS boost agility, cuts costs and fuels innovation
Having already migrated two-thirds of their server infrastructure to AWS, the company anticipates completing their data center exit by late 2025 through this accelerated program. This transition has already yielded significant benefits, including improved adaptability and efficiency in their energy distribution operations, enhanced IT agility with near on-demand scalability, and a clear path towards IT operational cost optimization. Consequently, they are now well-positioned to capitalize on innovative technologies and accelerate their speed to market, ultimately leading to enhanced customer experiences and increased revenue generation.
