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VMware to AWS Migration at Large North American Telecom Company

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Case Study

A leading telecom provider with a complex multi-data center VMware environment across distributed locations.

Industry

Telecommunications

Location(s)

Distributed across multiple data centers

Key Results:

5x

Faster Migration

90%

Automation

4x

Efficiency vs Manual Processes

Matilda Products Used:

  • Matilda Discover

  • Matilda Orchestrate

  • Matilda Migrate

Describe the challenge the customer was facing:

The telecom company managed multiple data centers running VMware, with complex and diverse workloads spread across various sites. They needed to seamlessly transition their infrastructure to AWS while ensuring minimal downtime. Key challenges included the lack of in-house domain expertise and missing critical application and dependency details necessary for a successful migration.

Matilda
Discover

  • App mapping & grouping

  • Asset right-sizing

  • Compatibility checks with PaaS service

Matilda
Discover

  • App mapping & grouping

  • Asset right-sizing

  • Compatibility checks with PaaS service

Matilda
Orchestrate

  • Creation of optimized landing zones

  • Replatforming for Kubernetes and other cloud services

Matilda
Migrate

  • Seamless, automated migrations

  • Minimization of downtime and resource usage

Key Project Drivers:

  • Expiring licenses

  • Rising operational costs

  • Adoption of new technology strategy aligned with cloud-first initiatives

  • Customer SLAs that required high availability and performance

Key Project Drivers:

  • Expiring licenses

  • Rising operational costs

  • Adoption of new technology strategy aligned with cloud-first initiatives

  • Customer SLAs that required high availability and performance

Why they chose Matilda:

  • Seamless transition required for VMware environment to AWS

  • Matilda's capability for comprehensive assessment and dependency mapping

  • Automation to streamline migration and minimize downtime

  • Expertise in handling intricate, distributed applications across data centers

Why they chose Matilda:

  • Seamless transition required for VMware environment to AWS

  • Matilda's capability for comprehensive assessment and dependency mapping

  • Automation to streamline migration and minimize downtime

  • Expertise in handling intricate, distributed applications across data centers

Describe the solution Matilda provided:

Matilda Cloud employed a phased approach using Matilda Discover for a comprehensive assessment, capturing dependency mappings and move group configurations. With Matilda Orchestrate, the company planned wave groups, created landing zones, and generated Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment. The final phase leveraged Matilda Migrate to automate and streamline the migration process, ensuring application authenticity and minimal downtime through continuous testing and verification.

Describe the solution Matilda provided:

Matilda Cloud employed a phased approach using Matilda Discover for a comprehensive assessment, capturing dependency mappings and move group configurations. With Matilda Orchestrate, the company planned wave groups, created landing zones, and generated Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment. The final phase leveraged Matilda Migrate to automate and streamline the migration process, ensuring application authenticity and minimal downtime through continuous testing and verification.

Results

  • Transitioned VMware infrastructure to cloud-native on AWS

  • Improved scalability and performance for demanding workloads

  • Enabled streamlined operations, providing a foundation for future growth

  • Minimized downtime throughout the migration process

Results

  • Transitioned VMware infrastructure to cloud-native on AWS

  • Improved scalability and performance for demanding workloads

  • Enabled streamlined operations, providing a foundation for future growth

  • Minimized downtime throughout the migration process

Why they Choose Matilda Cloud

Matilda Cloud was selected due to its powerful AI-driven assessment and automation platform, which ensures

Deadline Compliance: Timely execution to meet hard license deadline

Accuracy at Scale: Accurate migration and modernization plans for over 500 servers

Expert Guidance: Matilda’s real-time insights and automation provided a clear modernization path for the telecom’s critical workloads

Why they Choose Matilda Cloud

Matilda Cloud was selected due to its powerful AI-driven assessment and automation platform, which ensures

Deadline Compliance: Timely execution to meet hard license deadline

Accuracy at Scale: Accurate migration and modernization plans for over 500 servers

Expert Guidance: Matilda’s real-time insights and automation provided a clear modernization path for the telecom’s critical workloads