CASE STUDY
SPH Media is a leading Singapore media group , with operations in the publishing of newspapers , magazines and books in both print and digital editions – it also owns and operates other businesses such as radio stations .
The architecture was not ideal and required improved security safeguards and consistent , dynamic credential management . SPH formed a unified cloud platform team for individuals focused on cloud governance and infrastructure deployment .
To demonstrate cutting edge credentials , SPH wanted to automate its cloud and on-premises infrastructure , which included AWS resource creation and management .
The engineering team faced an intricate web of virtual private clouds ( VPCs ), where VPCs are connected to one another , as well as an on-premises data center , via Direct Connect and transit gateways .
Instead of gatekeeping cloud resources , the platform team focused on enablement of application teams . With this shift in mindset , the cloud became a self-service resource federated out to SPH Media ’ s engineers rather than something controlled by IT . The platform team also set up guardrails and policies for secure cloud use , completely changing the security paradigm by lifting the burden from individual developers .
This massive and deeply interconnected network meant SPH Media ’ s cloud estate offered low visibility into the network traffic and had started to suffer from IP address starvation .
“ As you create a decentralized , self-service model , you want to make sure you have a very strong team to train others within the organization ,” said Yong Wen , Head of Platform engineering .
AS YOU CREATE A
DECENTRALIZED , SELF- SERVICE MODEL , YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A VERY STRONG TEAM TO
TRAIN OTHERS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION .
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