Oxford Provides AWS Assessment for Cost Savings and Development

SITUATION

A Life Sciences start-up needed a resource with AWS security knowledge to perform a gap audit of their AWS environment. This project required a user-based VPN authorized by Microsoft Active Directory and managed on EC2™. Oxford, having expertise in AWS VPC build and solution architecture, also had a five-year history of delivering reliable support to the client. Since the client lacked in-house AWS knowledge, they relied on Oxford to complete the project and avoid several application license expenditures, reduced support, and significant security issues.

SOLUTION

Oxford created a dedicated and skilled team to support the client through project management, AWS environment assessment, and weekly status reports. The AWS assessment aimed to identify the end goal – from current environment to production environment – and included scalability for higher usage periods, security and network experience, cloud formation, and disaster backup and recovery. We provided expert resources for all project phases, including development and deployment.

Key tasks performed by our team included:

• Reviewing the production environment
• Creating AWS resource groups
• Evaluating availability zones and disaster recovery
• Implementing user VPN endpoints
• Employing AWS Active Directory
• Applying EC2™ instances

RESULT

After completing the initial phases of the project, Oxford began training and knowledge transfer so the client’s internal staff could continue after our team’s departure. In addition, we continued to conduct in-depth assessments using AWS tools to provide ongoing cost savings and development.