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A global Telecom and IT provider who delivers advanced solutions to multinational businesses in over 200 countries. Specializing in cybersecurity, sovereign cloud, managed IT, AI, IoT, and consulting, the company enables secure digital transformation worldwide.
Client Challenge: Breaking Free from Legacy Constraints
The client was anchored by over 20 mission-critical applications trapped in rigid, Oracle-based logic that hindered their ability to scale and innovate. To remain competitive, they faced the daunting task of decoupling these services from their legacy roots and transitioning to a modern, cloud-native architecture. This evolution required a complete structural overhaul, including a shift toward containerization and a high-stakes database migration to PostgreSQL. Beyond the technical migration, the organization struggled with high operational complexity and a lack of transparency, necessitating a shift toward CI/CD automation and deep system observability to regain control over their digital environment.
The Solution: A Modernised, Automated Integration Path
To address these hurdles, the team implemented a multi-layered modernization strategy centered on agility and automation. We containerised the core applications and APIs using Kubernetes, providing the elastic scalability necessary for modern traffic demands. The data layer was transformed by migrating the legacy Oracle DB to PostgreSQL, leveraging automation processes and a modular API design to ensure data integrity while minimising manual intervention. To streamline the development lifecycle, we established robust automated CI/CD pipelines and integrated a comprehensive ELK stack for real-time observability, replacing guesswork with data-driven insights.
The Benefits: Efficiency, Agility, and Cost Optimisation
This transformation delivered immediate and measurable value across the enterprise:
- Drastic Efficiency Gains: The use of automated processes led to a reduction in modernization effort, allowing resources to be redirected toward new features rather than manual migration tasks.
- Rapid Delivery Cycles: Streamlined CI/CD pipelines significantly accelerated time-to-market, enabling the client to deploy updates with greater frequency and confidence.
- Strategic Cost Savings: By migrating to open-source PostgreSQL and simplifying the underlying infrastructure, the client achieved significant cost optimization and reduced vendor lock-in.
- Scalable Foundation: The final delivery provided a future-proof architecture built on microservices and cloud-native principles, ensuring the client can adapt to future technological shifts with ease.