Baykar's Digital Transformation with AWS

Overview

Baykar is one of Turkey’s leading technology companies, pioneering innovative projects in the defense and aviation sectors. Due to increasing digitalization and rapidly changing user expectations, Baykar transitioned to AWS infrastructure to sustainably manage the performance and security of its websites. This migration enabled Baykar to modernize its digital assets and enhance operational efficiency.

Problem Statement

The existing systems struggled to meet growing user traffic and evolving operational needs. Baykar faced the following challenges in ensuring the sustainability of its websites:

Performance Issues:  Slow response times and access problems during high-traffic periods.

Scalability:  Lack of a dynamic infrastructure to handle increasing user demands during new product launches and projects.

Security: Difficulties in protecting websites against rising cyber threats.

Cost Management:  Inability to control maintenance and scaling costs of existing systems.

Solution

Baykar took significant steps toward ensuring the sustainability and operational efficiency of its websites by migrating to the AWS platform. Key AWS services and solutions implemented include:

Amazon EKS:  Enabled speed and flexibility in application deployments by managing web applications on a Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: Improved data management with a high-performance and scalable database infrastructure.

Amazon ElastiCache Redis: Significantly enhanced website response times through data caching.

Application Load Balancer (ALB):  TEnsured high availability and load balancing with efficient traffic management.

Amazon CloudFront and AWS WAF:   Integrated a content delivery network (CDN) and web application firewall (WAF) for fast and secure web content distribution.

Benefits Achieved

BBaykar’s migration to AWS provided the following key benefits for ensuring website sustainability:

Performance Improvement:

 Websites remained fast and uninterrupted even during high-traffic periods, thanks to AWS infrastructure.

Scalability: 

Quickly adapted to sudden increases in user demand, enabling dynamic growth of websites.
Security: 

Provided robust protection against cyber threats with AWS WAF and security services.

Cost Optimization: 

Controlled operational costs through AWS’s auto-scaling and resource management solutions.

Visibility:

 Enhanced monitoring of system performance and security events with AWS CloudWatch.

Sustainability:

 Established a modern and manageable cloud infrastructure, preparing Baykar’s digital assets for long-term growth and innovation.

This migration process marked a significant milestone in Baykar’s digital transformation journey, and with AWS’s solutions, the company continues to enhance the sustainability of its websites.