Streamlining AWS operations management and helping build a cloud operating structure

カンテイ社

• About the client

  • Industry: Major data bank
  • Company overview:
  　The client uses one of the largest data banks in Japan to provide analysis and consulting. It turns information from across the country into data, provides it to corporate members, and helps make the market more transparent and transactions fair.

• Challenges

  • Management workload from multiple AWS resellers
  　With several AWS resellers involved and billing, contract, and operating rules not fully unified, the client carried a heavy management workload.
  
  • Limited visibility across systems
  　Visibility into each system and its operating status was not well established, and the client found it difficult to build up knowledge within the organization.
  
  • Challenges in creating an IT strategy for the medium and long term
  　There were constraints on creating a companywide IT strategy for promoting DX, and the client was taking a careful approach to plans for future system expansion and improvement.

• Solution

  • Consolidating AWS accounts and strengthening governance (design support from a CCoE perspective)
  • Consolidated contracts with several resellers to streamline billing and contract work
  • Introduced AWS Organizations to achieve both governance and scalability
  • Supported the creation of an IT roadmap for the medium and long term and the staffing plan needed to carry it out

• Results

  • More efficient management work
  　Consolidating the separate AWS reseller contracts and organizing billing, contract, and operating rules reduced the management workload. The client's internal point of contact was also unified, which helped clarify the operating structure.
  
  • Stronger governance and better visibility
  　With our support in introducing AWS Organizations, account management, permission settings, and security policies were unified. This improved visibility into the operating status of the whole system and the building and sharing of knowledge, and has also reduced the risk of work depending on specific individuals.
  
  • Better IT strategy planning and execution
  　We supported the creation of an IT roadmap for the medium and long term, which clarified the companywide direction for promoting DX.
  We also helped prepare the necessary staffing plan, contributing to a structure that enables strategic IT investment and execution.
  
  • Scalability and flexibility
  　The client has given positive feedback on the resulting "optimization of the IT environment in line with business growth," achieved by building an integrated AWS environment that provides a foundation flexible enough for future system expansion and the introduction of new services.