Cutting Infrastructure Provisioning
Time by 60% and Reducing
Product Feature Release Time by 30%

Encora emerged as a strategic partner in Echo Global Logistics’ journey towards digital transformation, facilitating a comprehensive shift to cloud infrastructure with AWS and pioneering a DevOps to GitOps transition for enhanced CI/CD processes. AWS was selected as a platform of choice due to its comprehensive suite of services, robust security features, and scalability, enabling Echo Global Logistics to efficiently modernize its IT infrastructure and meet the dynamic demands of the logistics industry. We deployed a range of services that include:  

• Cloud Migration: Implemented a phased migration strategy guided by the 7Rs methodology, with the IaC framework in place. This meticulous planning ensured that each application's cloud compatibility was assessed, and the most suitable AWS services were selected for migration, spanning from SQL Server and PostgreSQL to Rabbit MQ and Kafka.  
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Implemented an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach using Terraform before initiating the migration. This pivotal move laid the foundation for an automated, scalable, and repeatable environment across Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure, setting the stage for a streamlined migration process. 
• Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Deployment (CD): Advanced the CI/CD processes by shifting from a traditional DevOps approach to a GitOps strategy, leveraging Azure DevOps and ArgoCD. This change not only automated deployment workflows but also introduced greater transparency, reliability, and speed to the deployment lifecycle. 
• Cloud Security: Transitioned a wide array of applications to Amazon EKS for microservices, and Amazon MSK for Kafka messaging. Strategically deployed additional services like Amazon EC2, AWS Fargate, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), AWS WAF, and Amazon API Gateway to optimize application performance and security. 

Echo Global Logistics’ strategic evolution, spearheaded by Encora and powered by AWS, underscores a pivotal shift towards a more automated, scalable, and efficient IT infrastructure. This transformation not only streamlined Echo’s operations but also set a new standard for agility and innovation in the logistics industry: 

• Implementation of an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach with Terraform enabled a seamless transition to AWS, reducing the infrastructure provisioning time and significantly enhancing Echo's infrastructure scalability and management efficiency. 
• Migration to a cloud-native architecture with services like Amazon EKS, empowered Echo Global with unprecedented operational agility, enabling rapid adaptation to market changes and client demands. 
• Deployment of AWS’s robust security and performance services significantly bolstered Echo's capability to deliver secure and reliable logistics solutions. 
• Transition to a GitOps strategy, utilizing tools like Azure DevOps and ArgoCD, modernized Echo Global's CI/CD processes, shortening the product feature release cycle and accelerating innovation for maintaining a competitive edge.