TSA - CASE STUDIES

The Problem: The Client needed to move their on premise instance of Teradata (massive data processing platform) to a secure cloud environment.

 

The Solution:

Engage TSA Consultants to deliver the migration project on time and to budget.

 

The Outcome and Benefits Realised:

1. Scalability and elasticity

Scaling a workload on-premises requires purchasing, provisioning, maintaining, and adding or subtracting physical servers on a regular basis. This process is complicated and can quickly become expensive. By contrast, cloud environments provide on-demand computing that can be scaled up and down as requirements change. Elasticity goes a step further by scaling dynamically to match cloud resources to rapidly evolving workloads.

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2. Cost reduction

Cloud adoption affects costs in multiple ways. Capital expenditures on hardware and software turn into operating expenditures on cloud service subscriptions. Fixed costs become variable. Yet the pay-as-you-go nature of cloud computing can, at times, be a double-edged sword. Unpredictable shifts in workloads can send costs soaring. Moreover, without software-based optimization, workloads won't strike a balance between performance and cost.

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3. Flexibility

Migrating to the public cloud doesn't have to mean leaving on-premises behind. Cloud deployment options are highly flexible and include architectures such as hybrid cloud and hybrid multi-cloud. Existing investments can be maximized even as a company taps into the virtually limitless resources available through a public cloud. The cloud as a whole also simplifies access to critical resources, including advanced AI and ML tools.

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4. Performance

Moving from on-premises to the cloud can be a performance upgrade, if the previous environment was noticeably aging and/or physically far from its users. The cloud also delivers new capabilities, like autoscaling, that help ensure acceptable performance as demand ramps up. Hybrid clouds can preserve the local performance of on-premises hardware and software when necessary.

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5. Expanded functionality

The major cloud service providers are on the cutting edge of every domain, from AI and ML to cybersecurity. Accordingly, cloud customers have access to an ever-expanding set of features, the breadth and depth of which they couldn't attain if operating exclusively on-premises. Numerous built-in services simplify the path to workload modernization and optimization.

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