Executive Summary
A leading Indian bank partnered with ITC Infotech to exit its legacy data centers and adopt a cloud-first strategy or scalability, cost efficiency, and agility. ITC Infotech as its its single partner for Data Center Exit & Cloud Managed Services, designed a wave-wise migration plan, leveraging AWS-native tools to re-platform databases and simplify operations.
Business Challenge
- Requirement to exit legacy data centers and move to a cloud-based infrastructure
- Managing 500+ applications with 5000+ VMs and 100 TB of data spread across 2 data centers
- High dependency on existing infrastructure, leading to complexity, scalability issues, and high costs
- Need for a structured migration plan that ensured minimal disruption and maximum business continuity
- Significant licensing costs tied to diverse database flavors
Business Challenge
- Requirement to exit legacy data centers and move to a cloud-based infrastructure
- Managing 500+ applications with 5000+ VMs and 100 TB of data spread across 2 data centers
- High dependency on existing infrastructure, leading to complexity, scalability issues, and high costs
- Need for a structured migration plan that ensured minimal disruption and maximum business continuity
- Significant licensing costs tied to diverse database flavors
Our Solution
- Designed and executed a precise wave-wise migration plan on AWS Cloud
- Migrated 500+ applications across 2 data centers within 18 months
- Adopted a hybrid approach:
– 75% applications through Lift & Shift
– 25% applications Re-platformed for cloud optimization - 25% of databases re-platformed to RDS, reducing licensing costs by covering almost all DB flavors
- Deployed native AWS tools such as AWS CloudEndure, AWS EnCore, and AWS A2C to streamline migration, reduce complexity, and enhance tooling
Key Results and Benefits
- 20% reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) compared to on-premise infrastructure
- 99% business uptime, improving from 90% on legacy systems
- Applications successfully migrated with minimal disruption
- Reduced complexity and improved operational agility with cloud-native services
- Considerable savings in database licensing costs due to RDS re-platforming
About ITC Infotech
ITC Infotech is a leading global technology services and solutions provider, led by Business and Technology Consulting. ITC Infotech provides business-friendly solutions to help clients succeed and be future-ready, by seamlessly bringing together digital expertise, strong industry specific alliances and the unique ability to leverage deep domain expertise from ITC Group businesses. ITC Infotech is a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd., a 100-plus-year-old diversified conglomerate with businesses spanning Hotels, Consumer Goods, Paperboards & Packaging, Agri Business, and Information Technology. ITC Ltd. has been in the hospitality business for over 4 decades. It has over 100 properties across 70+ destinations. The hospitality practice at ITC Infotech is 800+ people strong and most have experience in the hospitality domain leading to a high-quality IT service experience for its hospitality customers.
