The Snapshot

Maisons du Monde, a European furniture retailer, needed to migrate its on-premises data centres and applications to Google Cloud Platform.

The migration involved establishing a Virtual Private Cloud, managing identity and access, and automating VMware deployments.

Devoteam successfully implemented the Google Cloud VMware Engine Foundation and migrated the requested virtual machines.

About Maisons du Monde

Maisons du Monde, European key player in the inspiring, accessible and sustainable home founded in 1996, boasts over 336 stores and a strong online presence. Vertical/horizontal solution: Industrial Goods & Manufacturing

The challenge

Maisons du Monde operates two on-premises datacenters near Nantes, hosting virtualised (80 -> 300+ VMware machines) and containerised applications with significant reliance on Oracle databases. Their objective is to migrate this infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform, entailing a transformation.

The solution

Key areas of Maisons du Monde’s migration include:

Establishing a Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Conducting workshops on Identity and Access Management
Governance
Networking
Logging and Backup/Disaster Recovery
Automating VMware deployments with Terraform

Our experience with Devoteam during our transition from VMware to Google Cloud was exceptional. Their deep knowledge and forward-thinking strategy made sure the migration was seamless, delivered on schedule, and caused minimal disruption to our operations. The team remained highly professional, responsive, and focused on achieving outstanding results throughout the entire process.

Hocine TOUARIGT
Project Manager Maisons du Monde

The result

Devoteam successfully implemented the Google Cloud VMware Engine Foundation, appliances and configuring tools on both Google Cloud and the on-premises environment. A bulk migration strategy was defined, leading to the successful migration of requested Virtual Machines, and network segment changes.