40+
Technical resources deployed
100%
On time project delivery
100%
Data records cleaned and migrated to GCP
OWNING CHANGE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
Our client is a market-leading financial services institution serving over 40 million customers across the globe.
The challenge:Waving Goodbye to On-Premises
Our client’s China entity was facing the expiration of their rented data storage centres in Hong Kong in twelve months’ time. Instead of renewing the existing lease, our client wanted to migrate all their data from the existing on-premises set-up to the cloud, improving system stability and reducing the cost of using a third-party data storage service provider. The data stored on cloud would be easier to process in the future, and the data migration presented an ideal opportunity to clean existing data and minimise discrepancies.
To drive this complex migration, our client needed access to cloud and data SMEs, preferably with expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its associated technologies. However, the limited usage of GCP in China prompted our client to partner with TEKsystems to bring in specialists in similar public cloud platforms.
Our proposal:Home Sweet Home on Google Cloud
TEKsystems worked closely with our client to capture their cloud migration requirements and reverse-engineer a project implementation plan based on the anticipated timelines. We leveraged our bespoke resourcing model and shared service team to transfer experienced resources from Guangzhou and Shanghai, deploying an all-star seven-member team to deliver on our client’s urgent personnel needs.
Our ability to quickly deploy skilled Alibaba Cloud and AWS Cloud SMEs was instrumental in overcoming the shortage of GCP experts within the Chinese IT labour market. Our account management team provided tailored status reports and conducted weekly meetings with key stakeholders to provide clear visibility on the progress of resource identification and deployment. This enhanced transparency, facilitated stronger communication, and ensured alignment among all parties concerned with the project delivery.
Real-world Results
Within three months of scoping the project requirements, TEKsystems deployed over 15 technical consultants, including two seasoned Scrum Masters, to support the cloud data migration. Over the next nine months, the team ramped up to 40+ consultants with the project experience to power the migration at full throttle.
Our AWS and Alibaba Cloud SMEs leveraged their extensive knowledge to anticipate challenges ahead of time, troubleshoot issues quickly, and streamline the process of shifting all data from on-premises to the Google Cloud environment. This ensured that the project delivery was consistently on track, on budget, and on strategy.
As a result of the innovative solutions implemented by our consultants, our client was able to successfully clean, transform, and migrate their first batch of data from on-premises to the new cloud-based platform, before their lease expired. The second batch of the data migration was successfully completed over the subsequent months and all servers were hosted on cloud ahead of schedule.