Schneider Electric speeds up cloud migration with CAST Highlight

Schneider Electric, a worldwide energy management and automation solutions expert, has used CAST Highlight to expedite its transition to cloud-based operations. Its application has allowed the company to accelerate the refactoring of its prominent applications for migration to Microsoft Azure. Schneider Electric found CAST Highlight's automated software intelligence capabilities particularly helpful as they grappled with the complexities involved in modernising the ETAP division's software solutions.

The use of this software allowed the Schneider Electric team to bypass the strenuous efforts of several months' worth of manual discovery work, making their migration to the cloud more informed and seamless. With the help of CAST Highlight, Schneider Electric could precisely identify the components that warranted refactoring, the hurdles that needed to be addressed, and the workforce that would be required to accomplish these tasks.

But this is not all that CAST Highlight assisted with. The software was instrumental in providing valuable insights into potential risks linked with open-source components incorporated in the applications. Apart from this, it also proposed strategies for their treatment. The product's Green Software Insights feature was an additional asset for Schneider Electric, aiding them in identifying opportunities to devise more environment-friendly applications that perfectly aligned with their commitment to environmental stewardship.

The comprehensive and automated analysis of the cloud maturity of the 22 components comprising the 'Switchboard Engine' and '3D' platforms became necessary because they were developed over time using various technologies. For this analysis, CAST Highlight used the Gartner 5R model, providing Schneider Electric with critical insights into the complexity of individual components, cloud maturity, potential migration blockers, and the mandated remediation efforts.

This software not only supplied a clear appraisal of efforts and expenses associated with cloud migration, it also guaranteed a well-informed strategy for shifting to a cloud-based framework. It's where the expertise of software intelligence, CAST, shines, offering in-depth insights on multi-technology software systems while deriving automated details about their inner workings. The insights span across transaction flows, element interactions, data access paths, changes needed to transit to the cloud, open-source hazards, green impact, and even ISO 5055 compliance.

Schneider Electric's move to utilise CAST Highlight enabled the company to enhance its digital transformation while sticking to its commitment to sustainable operations. Moving forward, this powerful software will continue to play a pivotal role as the company successfully manages its cloud migration. It will enable Schneider Electric to transform its software with greater speed and thereby exert better ongoing control over the risks involved.