The Habitats Trust
Protecting India's natural habitats and the indigenous species of flora and fauna
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Client Overview
The Habitats Trust is dedicated to conserving lesser-known species and ecosystems that are often overlooked but face significant threats and require urgent attention. Whether it's protecting the Indian Pangolin, the world's most trafficked mammal, saving the Great Indian Bustard, with fewer than 150 individuals left in the wild, or restoring coral reef ecosystems, which are now 75% threatened by human activity. The Habitats Trust has consistently led efforts to drive conservation for these underrepresented causes.
Client
The Habitats Trust
Industry
Environmental Services
Requirement
To enable a seamless migration from on-premises to AWS while ensuring high availability, scalability, and cost optimization.
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Challenges They Face
When The Habitats Trust partnered with AppSquadz, they recognized the following critical challenges that included:
- Managing Large Datasets: They faced limitations while managing large, complex datasets and network bandwidth.
- Ensuring Security and Compliance: Maintain data integrity, security, and compliance standards throughout the migration process.
- Minimizing Downtime and Post-Migration Validation: Difficulty in reducing service disruptions and ensuring accurate data validation after migration.
- Optimizing Costs and Resource Management: Optimizing costs and addressing skill gaps for cloud management.
Solutions We Offered
AppSquadz employs a structured and efficient approach to migrate data and address the client's challenges effectively. Here are the key solutions:
- Migration to AWS Cloud: Migrated data from on-premises to AWS Cloud, with a thorough assessment of the client's infrastructure.
- Data Cleaning & Preparation: We cleanse and prepare data, ensuring compatibility with AWS and implementing necessary encryption for security.
- Secure Data Transfer: Utilizing tools like AWS Direct Connect for a safe and efficient data transfer, followed by rigorous post-migration validation to ensure integrity.
- Performance Monitoring & Support: AWS CloudWatch ensured real-time monitoring, optimal performance, and continuous support, ensuring a smooth, secure, and efficient transition to the cloud.
Project Overview
The Habitats Trust required a technology partner who understood the sensitivity of their mission and the complexity of their data. AppSquadz brought deep expertise in cloud migration, security, and cost optimization, all aligned with AWS best practices. Our tailored approach, quick turnaround, and commitment to zero data loss made them the perfect fit to support and scale The Habitats Trust conservation efforts with confidence.
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Results
With an efficient migration strategy from on-premises to AWS cloud, The Habitats Trust achieved the following key outcomes
- Reduced data transfer time by 40% using Direct Connect, compared to traditional methods.
- Achieved 100% data encryption during transfer and at rest with AWS IAM and KMS, ensuring full compliance with security standards.
- Downtime was reduced by 50% through a phased migration approach, maintaining critical business operations throughout.
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