Elastic Infrastructure Implementation for Federal Agency

This technical report details the implementation of a cloud migration strategy for a Federal Civilian Agency facing challenges with its legacy IT infrastructure. The agency required a scalable and flexible solution to manage increasing digital records and online access demands. Koniag Data Solutions (KDS) designed a comprehensive strategy utilizing various AWS services, including Amazon EC2 for scalable compute resources, Amazon S3 for secure storage, and Amazon RDS for managed database services. The report outlines the successful outcomes of the migration, including increased scalability, improved performance with a 40% reduction in application response times, a 25% reduction in overall IT infrastructure costs, enhanced security through AWS best practices, and faster deployment of applications, achieving a threefold increase in deployment speed. This migration has positioned the agency to better fulfill its mission and adapt to future technological advancements.