When one of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturers, that transformed to SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, decided to expand into the mobile accessories business, they faced a new challenge: managing software for the development and production of these accessories.

The client is known for its innovative, durable, and secure smart phones and connectivity solutions. While the client had established cloud footprints on Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), they had no active AWS presence.

This gap became critical when their third-party development partner, chosen for its expertise in accessory software, recommended AWS as the ideal platform. That’s where CGI stepped in.

The Business Challenge

The manufacturer needed to:

  • Launch and manage new software to support mobile accessory manufacturing.
  • Maintain a hybrid cloud environment across Azure, GCP, and AWS.
  • Ensure secure, scalable, and cost-effective identity and access management.

AWS had never been part of their infrastructure strategy before. Bringing AWS into the environment required the right expertise — and seamless integration with their existing platforms.

CGI’s Role: Opening the Door for AWS

CGI played a pivotal role in introducing AWS into the manufacturer’s ecosystem. By facilitating collaboration with the third-party vendor that specialized in AWS development, CGI was able to:

  • Get AWS’s foot in the door with the manufacturer, creating their first-ever AWS workload.
  • Support initial setup and provisioning to align AWS with the client’s hybrid cloud model.
  • Provide expertise in Azure integration while extending best practices into AWS.

This foundation has enabled the client to not only support the accessories initiative but also retain AWS for continuity and future feature onboarding.

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Intelligent Transition Accelerator Platform (iTAP) in Action

A cornerstone of CGI’s support was the use of its Intelligent Transition Accelerator Platform (iTAP).

iTAP helped streamline the transition by:

  • Mapping applications and dependencies for smooth integration across Azure, GCP, and AWS.
  • Enabling better risk and issue tracking to reduce migration challenges.
  • Providing automated workflows for certificate, license, and client secret renewals to ensure operational security and compliance.
  • Offering a responsive, user-friendly interface that made project tracking and collaboration more efficient.

By leveraging iTAP, CGI ensured that the manufacturer’s AWS adoption was not just about adding another cloud provider but about building a resilient, well-governed, and scalable foundation for the future.

AWS in Practice

Today, the client uses AWS for:

  • Identity and access management through integrated identity providers.
  • Cost monitoring and dashboards to control spend (between $1,000–$5,000/month).
  • Governance best practices to maintain security and scalability.
  • Virtual machines to host and manage third-party developed software.

 

The Outcome

By working with CGI, the manufacturer was able to:

  • Successfully launch its mobile accessories software on AWS.
  • Maintain flexibility across Azure, GCP, and AWS.
  • Establish AWS as a viable platform for future workloads.
  • Enhance security and scalability with enterprise-grade identity and access management.

Most importantly, CGI positioned AWS within a client that had never used the platform before — a success story that showcases both CGI’s multi-cloud expertise and its ability to create new opportunities for technology partners.

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