Ongoing workload optimization and resource allocation cuts costs

Executive Summary

Global manufacturing company looking to migrate their existing data center and legacy infrastructure to the cloud. NWN’s comprehensive managed services solution covers all of the organization’s intended AWS services, including a broad set of operation systems, containers, AWS WorkSpaces, and security services.

Customer

Global manufacturer of control equipment, factory automation systems, electronic components, automotive electronics, ticket vending machines, and medical equipment. Over $6.2 billion in annual revenue.

The Problem

Migrate existing data center and legacy infrastructure to the cloud.

The Challenges

  • Upcoming hardware renewal with interest in moving to the cloud.
  • Long-term goal: Eliminate their physical datacenter entirely.

Our Solution

  • NWN executed the migration of all NA workloads to AWS.
  • Used industry best practices during migration for data security & consolidation.
  • Post-migration, NWN continued to provide ongoing support to manage cloud workloads.
  • NWN set up and implemented controls to monitor and contain costs.

The Results

  • NWN completed the migration on time and within budget.
  • NWN’s ongoing managed services for all of the customers’ workloads in AWS freed up their employees to focus on key development work.
  • Drove optimization of the customer’s AWS spend through NWN’s FinOps capabilities.
  • NWN support uncovered cost-cutting savings with ongoing workload optimization and resource allocation.
  • Customer savings of over $35,583 allowed them to reallocate those funds to other business initiatives, including additional managed services and more workload migrations.