Kobo Case Study
By cloudplexo team on April 2, 2022
Tag: Logistics
The Company
Kobo360 is a company based in Lagos, Nigeria. It is Africa’s innovation leader in integrated logistics solutions and truck brokerage services. Kobo360 aggregates end-to-end haulage operations to help cargo owners, truck owners, drivers, and cargo recipients achieve an efficient supply chain framework.
Solution
- Wendu - Cloud Security and Management Platform.
Products
- AWS RDS Aurora Serverless
- Lambda
- AWS Glue
- ECS
- AWS Fargate
- API Gateway
- Amazon S3
- AWS Step Functions
- AWS Certificate Manager
- AWS Secret Manager
- CloudFront
Business Challenge
Prior to using Wendu by CloudPlexo, the team at Kobo360 lacked the maturity and processes to manage their cloud security and the health of their cloud environment and infrastructure. This made it challenging to identify security flaws and areas where cost optimization could reduce spending. Kobo360 sought a high-level management tool to address these issues.
CloudPlexo provided the Wendu solution, offering:
- Continuous monitoring and security visibility.
- Insights into cloud health.
- Total visibility of operational spending.
- Identification of underutilized and idle resources.
Working Together
CloudPlexo served as a trusted Independent Software Vendor (ISV) for Kobo360.
Why Amazon Web Services
AWS was the preferred choice for its flexibility, elasticity, scalability, and cost efficiency. CloudPlexo worked with Kobo360 to achieve their cloud security and management objectives, utilizing a range of AWS services including:
- AWS RDS Aurora Serverless
- Lambda
- AWS Glue
- API Gateway
- Amazon S3
- AWS Step Functions
- AWS Certificate Manager
- AWS Secret Manager
- CloudFront
Outcomes
CloudPlexo's SaaS solution, Wendu, successfully addressed Kobo360's cloud security and cost optimization challenges. Implemented within AWS, Wendu provided:
- High-level management of cloud security and health.
- Well-architected assessments.
- Cost optimization and scheduling of non-production VMs and databases.
- Forecasting and inventory management.
As a result, Kobo360 significantly improved the security posture of their cloud environment.