A major government entity in the GCC was mandated by new regulations to migrate all citizen-facing services to a sovereign cloud environment within 10 months. The challenge: 23 mission-critical services running on legacy infrastructure, serving 2M+ citizens daily, with zero tolerance for downtime or data breaches. The services included national ID systems, healthcare records, business licensing, and emergency services—systems where downtime could impact public safety and national security.
Conducted comprehensive assessment of all 23 services, documented dependencies, and designed target-state cloud-native architecture. Established migration waves based on risk and complexity. Obtained security clearances for team.
Deployed sovereign cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, managed databases, object storage) in government-approved data centers. Implemented encryption, access controls, audit logging, and disaster recovery. Achieved compliance certification.
Migrated services in 5 waves using blue-green deployment pattern. Each service ran in parallel (legacy + cloud) for 2 weeks before cutover. Automated rollback procedures for each migration. Zero incidents during cutover.
Optimized cloud resources for cost and performance. Trained government IT teams on cloud operations, monitoring, and incident response. Established 24/7 support model and continuous improvement process.
Optimized event throughput, reduced API latency, and implemented intelligent traffic routing for scalability and reliability.
100% data residency with encryption, access controls, and audit trails meeting government standards
Kubernetes-based platform with auto-scaling, self-healing, and zero-downtime deployments
Real-time monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing for all services
Multi-layered security with encryption, MFA, RBAC, and continuous compliance monitoring
Multi-region backup and recovery with RPO <1 hour, RTO <4 hours
FinOps practices and automation reducing infrastructure costs by 35%
Transforming 47 point-to-point integrations into a governed integration platform
Reducing MTTR from 4 hours to 12 minutes through observability and automation
We've successfully migrated mission-critical government and enterprise systems to sovereign cloud environments across the GCC. Let's discuss how we can help you achieve compliance while maintaining operational excellence.