Customer Challenge

One of the world's largest financial institutions faced significant challenges managing its six data centers, each housing thousands of servers within a VMware infrastructure. Low resource utilization and an inflexible, one-size-fits-all operational model hindered infrastructure agility and failed to meet diverse digital business needs. This resulted in substantial costs and resources being diverted to maintenance, ultimately leading to inefficient resource management for critical business solutions. To overcome these hurdles, the client sought to establish a hybrid cloud environment, aiming to deploy applications optimally while ensuring a seamless experience across public and private infrastructure.

Navitas Solution

Navitas undertook a comprehensive analysis of the client's applications, workloads, data gravity, security, regulatory compliance, cost management, and organizational change requirements. Our cloud enablement team then crafted a strategic hybrid cloud solution, leveraging cloud-native constructs and Kubernetes supported by a robust container management ecosystem. This service was built upon a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI) based Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solution. We seamlessly integrated this private infrastructure with AWS to enable cloud bursting capabilities, successfully creating an enterprise-ready hybrid cloud.

Throughout the project, we utilized accelerators and predefined standards to rapidly migrate legacy applications. A self-service cloud management portal was implemented to abstract dependencies and streamline application onboarding. We also deployed a security governance framework with automation scripts, automated infrastructure provisioning, and a migration factory methodology. This approach enabled the assessment and migration of over 20 applications within the first six months. To ensure future success, our team meticulously documented engagement-specific lessons learned in an operational runbook and guidance document.

Results

Navitas' comprehensive hybrid cloud solution delivered tangible results for the financial institution, directly addressing its infrastructure limitations and paving the way for enhanced operational efficiency and strategic resource allocation.

The client achieved 60% applications with some High-Performance Computing (HPC) workloads migrated to private cloud in resource utilization by migrating from their previous low-efficiency and 25% reduction in infrastructure footprint, lowering ownership cost. The deployment of an SDI-based HCI solution integrated with AWS provided genuine cloud bursting capabilities, allowing the institution to dynamically scale resources and optimize their consumption, eliminating the prior "one-size-fits-all" operational model. This also led to a substantial reduction in the cost and resources previously invested in maintaining their rigid infrastructure.

A critical outcome was the accelerated application onboarding and migration. The implementation of a self-service cloud management portal significantly streamlined this process, abstracting complexities and empowering faster application deployment. Leveraging a security governance framework, automated infrastructure provisioning, and a migration factory methodology, Navitas successfully assessed and migrated over 20 legacy applications within the first six months. This rapid progress showcased a marked increase in infrastructure agility and the institution's ability to deploy applications in their ideal environments. Furthermore, the creation of an operational runbook and guidance document established a clear framework for future cloud operations, ensuring sustained efficiency and a cohesive approach to managing their new hybrid infrastructure.