Logistics Firm Taps ePlus for an Objective Approach to Application Modernization
Streamlines customer onboarding with a predictable cost model while maintaining a sharp focus on core business of driving software innovation
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Business Challenges
Challenge 1
The logistics company generates $1B in revenue from its main business application that interacts with suppliers and customers to operate core business functions. As their business and technology continue to grow exponentially, concerns grew about resiliency, scalability, and security. They sought expertise to develop the optimal plan to modernize their application in Microsoft Azure to meet these needs.
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Challenge 2
The company needed a technical partner with an objective view to present a holistic view into its application landscape, gather information around application dependencies, and provide strategic recommendations and guidance around the feasibility of leveraging cloud services and other modern constructs to address the current scaling and resiliency issues.
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Why ePlus?
- ePlus had the technical knowledge to audit the existing partner who had been developing and managing the application for many years and determine the most effective way to approach modernization.
- ePlus’ assessment used agile project management with demonstrated experience in developing, maintaining, and migrating applications to the cloud—giving the customer confidence that ePlus could meet the goals of the engagement in a timely manner.
- The combination of specialized tooling to analyze the customer’s application combined with cloud consulting expertise set ePlus apart.
Solution
Application Modernization Engagement
- Application Modernization Assessment to identify the current state of the customer’s applications and make recommendations for modernization and optimization
- ePlus Cloud Consulting Services to analyze the functionality, performance, and technical debt of the existing application landscape and offer a roadmap for the adoption of modern technologies, refactoring of existing code, and implementation of recommended cloud practices
Business Outcomes
- The logistics firm now has critical information about its primary business application to assist the new software engineering team to focus on improving its security posture, as well as increasing operational efficiency and application performance as the business grows.
- The company has a clear focus and roadmap plan with prioritized areas for modernization as it relates to scaling and security improvements. With a clear understanding of current vulnerabilities, they can address areas of high-risk exposure and mitigate the risk of open source packages and aging code.
- The team can now implement a solid modernization strategy for their application and infrastructure in Azure to support the growing $1B business. With a full understanding of current technical debt, they are well-positioned to create a roadmap for replacing and refactoring applications to deliver critical services to vendors, customers, and employees.
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