Case Study: Forbes cuts database costs and speeds queries with Tessell

Forbes Revolutionizes their Data Estate with Tessell

Forbes, a global media company, sought to rebalance the costs of its SQL database estate as part of a zero-dollar-cost budgeting initiative. The challenge was to maintain performance while significantly reducing expenses and achieving greater flexibility, as their self-managed databases on cloud infrastructure were labor-intensive and difficult to scale. This led them to evaluate Tessell's database-as-a-service offering.

Tessell performed a comprehensive workload analysis and a proof-of-concept to migrate Forbes' database from GCP to AWS. The solution involved right-sizing resources and establishing secure multi-cloud connectivity. Tessell delivered a greater than 25% reduction in costs and a 42%-50% decrease in query times. Additionally, the implementation improved compliance capabilities and enabled on-demand provisioning of development environments in under seven minutes.

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Sameer Patwardhan

SVP, Technology