About Organization
MenaBev
MenaBev is one of the region’s largest beverage manufacturers, operating world-class production facilities with high-volume manufacturing systems, distribution hubs, and mission-critical business applications. The organization runs a diverse portfolio of manufacturing, HR, ITSM, BI, RPA, and SAP-integrated workloads that support beverage production, distribution, and corporate operations across the Middle East and North Africa. With a strong focus on operational excellence, supply-chain efficiency, and digital transformation, MenaBev continuously invests in modernizing its IT landscape to enable agility, resilience, and future-ready manufacturing capabilities.
Deliver the right solutions on the leading cloud platform
Cloud Consultancy
Unmatched due to SUDO’s wide knowledge and experience with the top three public cloud providers: AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, we provide cloud solutions that work uniquely in line with your business model. With our experienced professionals based in Dubai, UAE you’ll be able to gain deep insights into critical trends and opportunities in cloud technologies, access real-time data analytics, and modernize your entire infrastructure.
The Challenge
Complex Multi-Workload Migration
Migrating SAP-integrated components, BI systems, RPA engines, HR/Time-Attendance, Fresh service, and Windows application servers from on-premises and Azure to AWS with minimal downtime.
Security and Compliance
Ensuring secure migration of sensitive manufacturing, HR, and financial workloads aligned with corporate, regional, and audit requirements.
Performance and High Availability
Maintaining consistent performance during peak manufacturing cycles across production, development, and DMZ workloads in multiple Availability Zones.
Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Integration
Integrating AWS with MenaBev on-premise, SAP RISE (Abu Dhabi), and Azure deployments in Europe and Abu Dhabi without disrupting user access.
File Server & Shared Storage Migration
Securely migrating large Windows-based file servers and additional domain controllers while preserving data integrity and AD integration.
Multi-Account Governance & Segmentation
Establishing a secure multi-account Landing Zone with separate Production, Development, Network, Management, Audit, and Log Archive accounts.
Why Choose SUDO
The Solution
SUDO designed and implemented a secure and scalable AWS migration strategy using AWS native services to ensure a smooth lift-and-shift transition from on-premises and Azure environments to the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region.
- Leveraged AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) to perform real-time, block-level replication of MenaBev’s complete VM landscape, including BI servers, RPA engines, Fresh service, Time-Attendance, internal application servers, and supporting infrastructure, enabling automated cutover with downtime limited to minutes.
- Built a multi-account AWS Landing Zone spanning Management, Network, Production, Development, Audit, and Log Archive accounts, governed through AWS Organizations and AWS Single Sign-On for centralized identity and access management.
- Deployed segmented VPC architecture with dedicated Prod (10.90.0.0/16), Dev (10.80.0.0/16), and Shared Services (10.70.0.0/16) VPCs — separating App, DB, and DMZ subnets behind a centralized FortiGate firewall deployed from AWS Marketplace in the Network VPC.
- Configured AWS Transit Gateway and Site-to-Site VPN to securely interconnect MenaBev on-premise, SAP RISE (Abu Dhabi), MenaBev Azure Europe, and MenaBev Azure Abu Dhabi environments — enabling seamless hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity.
- Provisioned right-sized EC2 instances across m-series, r-series, and t-series families, sized according to MenaBev’s VM performance profile, with all EBS volumes encrypted using AWS KMS customer-managed keys.
- Implemented centralized governance and audit by enabling AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, GuardDuty, and Security Hub, with all logs aggregated into a dedicated Log Archive account and CloudWatch logs streamed to the Audit account.
- Enabled robust backup and recovery with AWS Backup for daily EC2 snapshots, hourly SQL backups, and S3 lifecycle policies for long-term retention — aligned with MenaBev’s RPO/RTO targets.
Results & Benefits
- Successful migration of all targeted servers to AWS with minimal downtime, ensuring beverage production, distribution, and corporate operations continued smoothly throughout the transition.
- Reduced operational costs by migrating to AWS and optimizing the use of cloud-native services, resulting in a 30% decrease in infrastructure costs through right-sizing, Savings Plans, and elimination of physical data-center overheads.
- Achieved 99.99% uptime for all migrated workloads post-migration, supported by multi-AZ architecture, redundant networking, and FortiGate-based high-availability design.
- Enhanced security posture by implementing best practices such as the FortiGate firewall, AWS GuardDuty, VPC segmentation, and private subnets, leading to a 50% reduction in security-related incidents and full alignment with corporate audit requirements.
- Streamlined hybrid integration across MenaBev on-premise, SAP RISE (Abu Dhabi), and Azure environments via AWS Transit Gateway and Site-to-Site VPN, delivering seamless multi-cloud connectivity without disrupting end-user access.
- Increased operational efficiency by reducing server management time, with AWS Systems Manager, automated scaling, and CloudWatch-based monitoring, enabling MenaBev IT teams to manage the environment more effectively.
- Established a future-ready foundation for SAP S/4HANA modernization, advanced analytics, AI/ML, IoT, and digital supply-chain initiatives across MenaBev’s manufacturing and distribution operations.
