Case Study
Oracle Cloud Expansion and Infrastructure as Code
A research university expanded from AWS into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to improve cost, licensing, performance, and automation. M&S Consulting designed the OCI environment, networking, security model, and Terraform-based deployment pipelines.
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OCI
Cloud platform added
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code
GitHub
Automated change workflow
Multi-cloud
AWS and OCI integrated
Client
Top-Ranked Research University
Engagement
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Expansion & Infrastructure as Code
Technologies
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Terraform, GitHub Actions, AWS
01THE CHALLENGE
A research university needed OCI to fit securely into an existing multi-cloud environment.
A top-ranked research university had long relied on AWS but saw an opportunity to reduce costs and take advantage of Oracle licensing incentives by shifting selected workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
The migration could not be treated as a simple lift-and-shift. The university needed architecture, security, networking, firewall policy, automation, and operations patterns that would let OCI work cleanly beside the existing cloud environment.
The team also wanted to move infrastructure management away from manual console changes and toward a repeatable Infrastructure as Code model.
02THE SOLUTION
M&S designed OCI foundations and automated cloud operations through Terraform and GitHub Actions.
M&S Consulting worked with internal teams and partner vendors to design an OCI environment aligned to existing AWS best practices while taking advantage of Oracle-specific cost, licensing, and performance benefits.
The team designed low-latency networking, standardized security and firewall policies, and built automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and GitHub Actions. Hands-on workshops and a deployment playbook helped the university operate the new platform confidently.
Multi-cloud architecture
OCI was designed to mesh with AWS patterns while preserving security, performance, and operational consistency.
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform pipelines tied to GitHub Actions converted infrastructure changes into validated, version-controlled pull requests.
Enablement
Workshops and deployment playbooks equipped internal teams to maintain and scale the OCI environment.
03THE RESULTS
A more automated, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud operating model.
The university now operates OCI as part of a highly automated multi-cloud environment. Infrastructure changes that once required manual console work can now be made through code, reviewed, validated, and deployed consistently.
The work improved cost efficiency, standardized security policies across cloud providers, and freed engineering teams to focus more time on innovation instead of maintenance.
Minutes
Cloud changes
Automated pipelines reduced common infrastructure updates from manual work to fast, repeatable code changes.
OCI
Cost optimization
Oracle licensing and pricing advantages were used for selected workloads while preserving multi-cloud flexibility.
Standard
Security policies
Networking, firewall, and security policies were standardized across AWS and OCI patterns.
IaC
Operations model
Terraform and GitHub Actions made infrastructure version-controlled, traceable, and repeatable.
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