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Aviatrix Multi-Cloud Network Architecture Modernizes Legacy Oil and Gas Industry Operations

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Aviatrix Multi-Cloud Network Architecture
Aviatrix FireNet
Aviatrix ActiveMesh with High Performance Encryption
Aviatrix CoPilot

Tech Stack

Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)
CloudFormation

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements
Digital Expertise

Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Middleware & Microservices

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing
Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance
Process Control & Optimization

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
System Integration

About The Customer

The customer is a pioneering oil and gas enterprise that continually works to improve operations and bring advancements to the energy sector while working hard to maintain their bottom line. The enterprise is already taking advantage of the multi-cloud to boost analytics of petabytes of critical data. However, the enterprise found that its increasingly complex multi-cloud network architecture was compromising the security and visibility of the organization’s applications and workloads. Speed of operations is vital to success in the oil and gas industry, and this company quickly realized that the need for a simplified, comprehensive view of its network infrastructure was vital to creating efficiencies that could help save millions of dollars.

The Challenge

The oil and gas enterprise was already leveraging the multi-cloud to enhance the analytics of petabytes of critical data. However, the increasingly complex multi-cloud network architecture was compromising the security and visibility of the organization’s applications and workloads. The enterprise realized that the need for a simplified, comprehensive view of its network infrastructure was vital to creating efficiencies that could help save millions of dollars. The enterprise faced challenges with costly and insecure cloud native architecture, combined with high use of IoT devices and established SD-WAN network, which limited the enterprise’s scalability and performance while increasing network complexity. The implementation of Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) on multi-cloud network was complex and cost prohibitive. The enterprise also lacked a Role-Based Granular Access Control (RBAC) for admins and needed advanced cloud visibility and troubleshooting tools to investigate network health, detect cyberattacks, and provide management records and evidential data that highlight environment change activity.

The Solution

Aviatrix’s partnership with this oil and gas enterprise allowed the enterprise to successfully navigate its multi-cloud transformation. Aviatrix provided a common control plane with multi-account and multi-cloud automation, advanced transit services, security services, troubleshooting capabilities, and visibility that the enterprise needed to maintain its competitive edge. Aviatrix’s consistent and repeatable Multi-Cloud Network Architecture (MCNA) strategy enabled the enterprise to onboard Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and regions dynamically. As a result, the enterprise reduced costs, minimized time-to-market, and took control of infrastructure from a single, unified networking layer to achieve the independence and agility to run mission-critical operations. Aviatrix FireNet and integrations with NGFW vendors minimized cost and maximized performance without the complexity of configuring IPsec and BGP, all while preserving the original source IP. Aviatrix transit gateways load balance traffic, maintaining session stickiness and high availability and providing complete orchestration and propagation of routes to firewalls.

Operational Impact

The oil and gas enterprise utilized Aviatrix to increase new cloud readiness, simplify their network architecture, and provide the security the industry demands.
Aviatrix removes the need for complex cloud native scripts through automation, allowing IT teams to be agile and empowered to focus on maximizing their assets instead of worrying about scalability, maintenance, and security.
With Aviatrix Controller and CoPilot, IT teams are equipped with the tools to gain rich visibility and troubleshooting capabilities to support users and customers in a timely manner.

Quantitative Benefit