Introduction

A US-based pharmaceutical enterprise and a global AAA gaming studio each launched cloud migration initiatives to support scalability, improve operational efficiency, and modernize their infrastructure. Although operating in different industries, both organizations faced increasing complexity in managing legacy systems, rising infrastructure costs, and growing performance expectations. The goal was to transition to cloud-native environments while maintaining high availability, strong security, and reliable performance across critical systems.

The Story

Both organizations recognized cloud migration as a strategic enabler for long-term growth, but early discovery revealed that their existing platforms required careful refactoring rather than a direct migration.

The pharmaceutical company operated exclusively in the U.S. market with over 1,500 employees and managed highly sensitive healthcare data. Cost pressure and compliance requirements demanded a controlled, multi-cloud approach, while legacy architectures limited flexibility and slowed delivery.

The gaming studio, with more than 600 employees across Europe and North America, supported multiple live online titles with real-time multiplayer functionality. Its backend systems were highly optimized for low latency and relied on cloud-provider-specific services, making portability and performance parity key concerns.

We partnered closely with both organizations to design migration strategies tailored to their technical, regulatory, and operational needs. The focus was on incremental transformation, hands-on engineering support, and enabling internal teams to operate confidently in the new cloud environments.

The Challenge

Each migration presented distinct but overlapping challenges.

Legacy systems required refactoring to reduce cloud-related costs and improve scalability. Multi-cloud compatibility introduced additional complexity, as infrastructure-as-code configurations varied across providers and some services required extensive security approvals. Upskilling DevOps and SRE teams proved challenging due to differing toolsets, compliance constraints, and cloud-native practices.

For the gaming environment, ensuring comparable performance and global availability was critical. Platform-specific interfaces and proprietary optimization services required extensive benchmarking and custom configuration to maintain low latency and a consistent player experience throughout the transition.

Maintaining system stability while modernizing production environments demanded careful coordination and strong collaboration between Kibit engineers and internal teams.

The Result

Through a phased migration approach and close engineering collaboration, both organizations achieved measurable improvements:

Improved stability and reliability: Downtime and production incidents were significantly reduced after migration.

Optimized performance: Cloud environments were tuned for faster response times and lower latency, supporting performance-sensitive workloads.

Modernized CI/CD pipelines: Deployment processes were unified and automated, reducing complexity and improving delivery consistency.

Enhanced security and resilience: Strengthened network security, backup strategies, and automated recovery mechanisms improved overall system robustness.

Cost and operational efficiency: Managed cloud services and elastic scaling reduced infrastructure expenses and enabled smaller DevOps teams to manage broader systems with greater visibility and control.

Beyond the immediate outcomes, the migrations addressed long-standing technical debt, leaving both organizations with modern, maintainable platforms ready to support future growth.