Modernizing the Data Platform for a Leading Multinational Conglomerate – A Case Study
"Our client is an e-commerce and retail giant with the world’s largest selection of products and services. The MNC has also forayed into the lucrative app development segment and has left an indelible imprint on the industry."
Business Vision
The IT team saw an enormous opportunity in the cloud to migrate their entire data warehouse and ETL solutions into the cloud for easy access and managing humongous inflow of data.
Challenges
Legacy Complexity
New-age employees found it difficult to follow complex legacy scripts and codes set in place decades ago.
Non-Scalable Systems
Existing data management was unable to efficiently handle the humongous inflow of modern digital data.
Migration Scale
The daunting task required end-to-end responsibility of successful conversion, migration and digital transformation of their database.
Solution Approach
- DS Migrate No-Code Platform: Implemented for end-to-end responsibility of database conversion and migration.
- Automated Translation: Devised an automated 'Google Translate' style mechanism for Teradata to BigQuery script conversion.
- Reverse and Forward Engineering: Coupled automation to convert over 30,000 scripts in record timeline.
- Data Pipelines: Created pipelines for unstructured data to further simplify access for stakeholders.
Value Delivered
End-to-end migration and conversion solutions delivered in less than 3 months
Over 1,400 Informatica ETL codes converted to Spark Scala seamlessly
More than 30,000 scripts successfully migrated to Google BigQuery
Quickened time-to-market with expenses 5X lower than competition
Enterprise-grade self-translation platform empowered 1,500+ users
Fast Facts
Conclusion
DataSwitch went on to become the company’s trusted partner in Legacy Modernization. Paving the way for the quickest migration of data solutions in the industry at a much-reduced cost.
Related Solutions & Products
DS Migrate
Automate database schema conversions and legacy ETL code migrations to modern cloud architectures.
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