Pairing Cloud Migration with Cloud Economics for Success
RTS helped a premium denim brand migrate aging infrastructure to AWS while optimizing cloud costs, improving scalability, and reducing operational burden.
Helping a Premium Retail Brand Move to the Cloud with Confidence
The client needed to modernize aging on-premises infrastructure, control cloud costs, and gain the scalability required to support a growing fashion and apparel business.
Client
Premium denim brand.
Challenge
Aging on-premises infrastructure.
Solution
AWS migration readiness and cloud economics.
Impact
30% reduction in IT costs.
Aging Infrastructure Was Holding the Business Back
The company’s on-premises IT systems were aging, costly to upgrade, and struggling to keep pace with business growth. The internal team needed an experienced AWS partner to guide the cloud migration and help control costs from the start.
Costly Upgrades
Aging systems required expensive upgrades and ongoing maintenance.
Growth Pressure
The infrastructure could not easily scale with the demands of a growing retail business.
Cloud Skills Gap
The internal team needed AWS migration expertise and cloud economics guidance.
More Insight in One Hour Than Six Weeks with Other Partners
After engaging with four other AWS partners, the client spoke with RTS for one hour and gained more clarity than they had in six weeks with other providers. That conversation led the premium denim brand to select RTS as its migration partner.
A Migration Strategy Grounded in Readiness and Economics
RTS began with a cloud migration readiness assessment using the AWS Well-Architected Framework. This helped identify migration goals, assess the current environment, and develop a practical migration plan.
Migration Readiness
Conducted a cloud migration readiness assessment using the AWS Well-Architected Framework to establish goals, risks, and priorities.
Cloud Economics
Built a cloud pricing model to forecast costs, optimize workloads, and align cloud spending with budget expectations.
Migration Execution
Migrated critical workloads to AWS while maintaining performance, availability, and business continuity.
Migration Is Only Half the Equation
RTS paired cloud migration with cloud economics to ensure the new AWS environment delivered both technical and financial outcomes.
Cost Optimization Strategy
- Created custom AWS pricing calculators
- Evaluated commitment programs and reserved capacity options
- Right-sized server infrastructure
- Performed multiple optimization exercises
- Balanced performance with budget targets
Business Benefits
✔ Reduced IT costs
✔ Increased agility and scalability
✔ Improved security and compliance
✔ Enhanced disaster recovery capabilities
Results That Extended Beyond the Migration
The client can now focus on designing and selling premium denim while RTS ensures the technology foundation remains scalable, secure, and cost-effective.
Reduction in IT Costs
Operational Efficiency Improvement
Increase in Productivity
Cloud Migration Backed by Financial Accountability
RTS didn’t just migrate workloads to AWS. We combined migration strategy, cloud economics, architecture expertise, and optimization services to ensure the client achieved measurable business outcomes from day one.
Move to the Cloud Without Losing Control of Costs
RTS helps organizations migrate to AWS, optimize cloud spending, and build scalable environments that support long-term growth.
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