Client background:
US Based Apparel player having approx. 150 outlets. It specializes in its own niche brand plus other brands. Has online as well as store based presence. They had an in-house Data Centre and Saksoft worked with them to identify areas of IT optimization, develop Cloud plans, and then migrate.
Business Challenge
Infrastructure and operations on premise were not stabilized, OPEX and CAPEX investments concerns, Absence of concrete IT and Cloud Roadmap
Lacked End to End architecture information and documentation about interdependencies between Applications, Infrastructure and Business
Indefinite delays in implementing changes, ever increasing CAPEX and OPEX, IT Productivity issues
No details available about the Technology stack and how IT can augment the Business
Business Solution
Performed a detailed discovery and assessment of IT and Business
Identified IT Optimization (Applications, Infrastructure and CAPEX/OPEX) areas
Developed a detailed Roadmap of Cloud Adoption on AWS, Azure & O365 using their advanced services
Propose a business case with cost benefits, along with possible technology solutions
IT Cloud Blueprint developed by Saksoft is now used as a baseline architecture document
Implementation
Onsite and Offshore based SME involvement
Analyzed technology stack involving 20 applications and 50 plus Infrastructure instances
Developed a Roadmap with recommendations, Migration Strategy and 1/2/3 year plan
Business Benefits
Successfully delivered the assignment with cost benefits
Agreement reached to optimize the Applications from 20 to 8 and for Infrastructure from 50 plus on premise to 25 instances on AWS, Azure & O365
Best practices were suggested and To-Be design proposed
AWS Advanced Services like S3, RDS, FxS, HA/DR were proposed and designed
Phased wise migration strategy and roll out plan was highly appreciated. Phase 1 of O365 rollout already completed