Cloud
Optimizing IT infrastructure for a global automotive parts manufacturer
Our client, a leading engine and automotive parts manufacturer, recently restructured its operations with a rebranded filtration technology division. As a result, the company embarked on a transformative journey to establish its own IT infrastructure. The client’s key ask was to provide a strong and compliant IT infrastructure, providing a significant boost in efficiency to align perfectly with the company's evolving requirements.
The Challenge
Achieving IT autonomy at speed, scale and global compliance
- Separation Struggles: Difficulties were encountered in untangling the core IT infrastructure from the parent company
- Budgetary Hurdles: Significant challenges emerged in managing the budget constraints associated with the transition
- New IT Partnerships: Establishing partnerships for the independent company in the realm of IT proved to be a challenging task
- AWS Migration Complexities: The migration to AWS presented intricate challenges that needed to be navigated
- Global IT Infrastructure Setup: The task of establishing a global IT infrastructure across 32 locations added to the complexities
- Legal and Compliance Issues: Adhering to diverse legal and compliance requirements posed challenges throughout the transition
The Objective
Efficient, compliant and independent IT systems
The client's overarching objective was to establish itself as an independent entity swiftly and cost-effectively with a comprehensive IT infrastructure. Key aspects of this goal included:
- The creation of central data centers to ensure the stable and secure execution of the company's complex data needs in an efficient and cost-effective manner
- Enable robust infrastructure access at remote locations to maintain consistent operational capabilities and service quality across all global sites
- Implement a reliable and resilient data lifecycle management system that could manage, process and store vast amounts of operationally critical data
- Achieve financial efficiency while adhering to diverse global legal requirements by balancing cost-effectiveness with the rigor of various international legal frameworks
- Ensuring systems resilience by implementing a fail-safe system with 'zero point of failure' such that no single failure could jeopardize the entire operation and prevent a total system failure for uninterrupted operations worldwide
The Solution
Implementing hybrid cloud with tailor-made IT solutions
Our solution implementation followed a systematic approach that encompassed all the key areas of the client's business operations and strategic goals.
- Hybrid Cloud as-a-Service Strategy: HCLTech introduced a scalable, efficient Hybrid Cloud as-a-Service model powered by Dell Technologies against full cloud migration, emphasizing financial, technical and scalability benefits.
- Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Implemented cost-effective hyper-converged infrastructure in each data center and ensured long-term scalability and financial viability with multiple nodes per data center.
- Cloud based backup and Disaster Recovery Integration: Integrated robust disaster recovery within a hyper-converged infrastructure. Utilized cloud-based backup for agile data backup and restoration capabilities.
- Global Infrastructure Deployment: Deployed hyper-converged platforms across 30+ global locations. Customized infrastructure to meet unique demands, ensuring redundancy and high availability.
- Compliance and Legal Adherence: Addressed local legal and regulatory requirements, including strict markets like China. Demonstrated global adaptability and compliance in the implemented IT infrastructure.
Within a span of just 12 months, HCLTech rapidly established a comprehensive global IT infrastructure for the client. Efficiently set up data centers and remote sites, showcasing speed of implementation.
The Impact
A model of IT efficiency and global compliance
- Successfully set up the entire IT infrastructure within a year, demonstrating remarkable efficiency and speed
- A software-defined storage solution that provides flexibility, scalability, high availability and performance, enabling IT transformation through hybrid cloud models, hyper-converged infrastructure and other modern IT practices
- Achieving a 25-30% reduction in data center costs has strengthened and deepened the collaborative relationship, leading to expanded contracts
- Successfully navigated global compliance and operational excellence, representing a benchmark in IT transformation and resilience
