Global Distribution Organization Expands ePlus Cloud Hosted Services Engagement to Include Cloud Hosted Infrastructure
Seamlessly migrates from VMware to a cloud-managed infrastructure while strengthening their data protection strategy and being positioned to leverage modern application development and public cloud capabilities
distribution
Business Challenges
Challenge 1
Due to business growth, the customer was forced to move their headquarters building, which also housed their production data center. They were given a short window to evaluate options and create an aggressive migration plan.
Group210
Challenge 2
Given multiple public cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) initiatives in process, the company decided to evaluate a data center exit strategy and move rapidly into cloud services.
Group210
Challenge 3
Despite having multiple SaaS initiatives with various vendors, they had limited familiarity with cloud infrastructure, cloud security, and ongoing day 2 operations with cloud services. Their IT staff’s focus was dedicated to application delivery and business integrations rather than to infrastructure availability and lifecycle maintenance tasks.
Challenge 4
The organization was seeking enhanced security configuration and capabilities as part of the migration.
Why ePlus?
- ePlus offers a unique combination of long-standing traditional data center, VMware, and networking expertise as well as forward-looking cloud consulting and migration capabilities.
- ePlus had an existing relationship with the customer, providing all of their existing data center infrastructure as well as Cloud Managed Backup and Cloud Disaster Recovery services for their on-premises data center, including regular testing for confident recovery.
- ePlus’ historical knowledge of the customer environment allowed them to accelerate the design, implementation, and migration to meet the customer’s aggressive timeline.
- By identifying the business objectives early on, ePlus was able to build a solution that was a unique fit to free up the customer’s IT resources and provide a fully-managed infrastructure with the data protection sought.
Solution
Cloud Hosted Infrastructure with Data Protection Services
- Several pre-sales engagements focused on workload sizing, security design, networking requirements, third-party relationships, and data protection objectives
- Quick migration of all existing workloads without disruption to the configuration or operation of applications
- Refreshed technology via ePlus Cloud Managed Backup and Cloud Disaster Recovery that continued to meet all current confident recovery objectives
- Design and implementation of a comprehensive AWS Security VPC design, perimeter security, and remote access solution based on NSX and Palo Alto Networks today, with foundational routing and transit gateway elements to support future goals and enhancements around micro-segmentation, CASB, and SASE approaches
Business Outcomes
- The customer was successfully migrated from their on-prem data center to the cloud seamlessly without changing any existing workload configurations, well ahead of their office move goal, and with minimal impact to their already strong data protection objective strategy.
- The company can now leverage more modern application development and public cloud capabilities of the AWS ecosystem alongside their traditional workloads without expensive egress charges or extra connectivity complexities.
- They continue to enjoy a familiar security platform designed around Palo Alto Networks Panorama with enhanced next-generation security configuration around perimeter security, including SSL inspection, remote access, and third-party business connectivity—coupled with a simpler design that includes future enhancements around cloud workload security.
- The customer has achieved significant cost reductions by removing the cost of maintaining their data center infrastructure, including power and cooling.
Similar Stories
Customer Success
Cloud
3
technology-area
true
similar-stories