1TechBet: Real-Time Gaming Platform Migration from Huawei Cloud to AWS
Executive Summary
1TechBet, a leading game development company delivering immersive, real-time digital gaming experiences for global entertainment brands, migrated its full production and development infrastructure from Huawei Cloud to Amazon Web Services (AWS). DG Global Technology designed and executed a multi-account, multi-VPC AWS Landing Zone with a hybrid rehost and replatform strategy: virtual machine workloads moved to Amazon EC2, self-managed Kubernetes transitioned to Amazon EKS, and self-managed MySQL databases were replatformed to Amazon Aurora MySQL with Multi-AZ availability. AWS-native security services — GuardDuty, AWS Config, and CloudTrail — replaced fragmented instance-level monitoring with continuous compliance and centralized observability via CloudWatch. The migration modernized 1TechBet's architecture, cut administrative overhead, and positioned the company for global expansion on an enterprise-grade cloud platform.
Customer Background
1TechBet is a leading game development company specializing in the creation of immersive, real-time digital gaming experiences tailored for global entertainment brands. With a player-first approach, 1TechBet delivers high-performance games spanning multiple genres including multiplayer strategy titles. Headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region, the company has built a solid reputation by partnering with recognized names in the entertainment industry. Its platforms are designed to handle high transaction volumes with ultra-low latency — critical for seamless gameplay and user satisfaction. The infrastructure previously ran on Huawei Cloud across two environments (Prod-01 and Dev-01) using Elastic Cloud Servers, self-managed Kubernetes nodes and MySQL databases, Server Load Balancers, EVS block storage, and OBS object storage.
Key Stats: Real-time gaming workloads with high transaction volumes and ultra-low latency requirements; hosted on Huawei Cloud (ECS, self-managed Kubernetes and MySQL, SLB, EVS, OBS) across Prod-01 and Dev-01; targeting a multi-account AWS Landing Zone with EKS, EC2, Aurora, and S3
Business Challenge
As 1TechBet expanded its global gaming operations and served a growing base of enterprise clients, its Huawei Cloud infrastructure presented limitations that hindered scalability, agility, and operational efficiency — becoming a barrier to faster innovation, global reach, and enterprise-grade reliability.
Key Challenges:
- Heavy Self-Managed Footprint: Self-managed MySQL databases, Kubernetes clusters, and CI/CD tooling on virtual machines required significant manual intervention and lacked automation
- Fragmented Monitoring & Cost Visibility: Visibility limited to instance-level metrics, with no centralized logging, alerting, or cost attribution — increasing operational overhead
- Manual Scaling: Manual scaling mechanisms reduced the ability to respond quickly to performance demands and market changes
- Regional & Ecosystem Constraints: Huawei Cloud's regional constraints and partner ecosystem limitations misaligned with international customers who prefer globally recognized cloud platforms like AWS
- Governance Gaps: The environment did not fully support advanced security governance, centralized compliance auditing, or cross-account infrastructure management
AWS Solution
DG Global Technology designed a modern, cloud-native architecture on AWS using a multi-account, multi-VPC Landing Zone with separate accounts for the Prod-01 and Dev-01 environments — ensuring workload segregation, centralized governance, and security best practices. The migration followed a hybrid rehost and replatform strategy for a seamless, minimally disruptive transformation.
AWS Services Utilized
Amazon EKS
Container orchestration replacing self-managed Kubernetes — enabling auto-scaling, high availability, and simplified operations for gaming microservices
Amazon EC2
Rehosted virtual machine workloads requiring full OS control or not yet containerized, including web application components and CI/CD tooling
Amazon Aurora MySQL
Managed, MySQL-compatible database replacing self-managed MySQL — automated backups, Multi-AZ availability, and reduced administrative overhead
Amazon S3
Durable, scalable, cost-effective storage for static files, logs, backups, game assets, and build artifacts, replacing Huawei OBS
AWS Transit Gateway, ALB & Route 53
Centralized inter-VPC connectivity, Application Load Balancers for public and internal traffic, NAT Gateways for private subnets, and global DNS with failover routing
AWS Security & Observability
GuardDuty anomaly detection, AWS Config compliance enforcement, CloudTrail audit logging, least-privilege IAM, and CloudWatch centralized monitoring
Architecture Highlights
- Multi-Account Landing Zone: Separate AWS accounts and isolated VPCs for Prod-01 and Dev-01 with IAM roles managing identity, access, and resource boundaries
- Hybrid Compute Modernization: EKS for containerized workloads and EC2 for rehosted VMs — backward compatibility while embracing modern cloud practices
- Multi-AZ by Design: All workloads deployed across multiple Availability Zones with ALB traffic management and NAT Gateway egress for fault tolerance
- Continuous Compliance: GuardDuty, AWS Config, and CloudTrail providing anomaly monitoring, configuration compliance, and complete audit trails
- Rapid Discovery Approach: Manual, workshop-driven assessment (customer policy prohibited automated discovery tooling) producing a validated inventory and TCO-backed business case
Solution Architecture: Existing vs New
Existing Architecture
Huawei Cloud — Prod-01 & Dev-01 (before migration)
Compute
Elastic Cloud Servers (ECS)Self-managed Kubernetes nodesJenkins CI/CD on ECS
Data & Storage
Self-managed MySQL on VMsEVS block storageOBS object storage
Network & Operations
Server Load BalancersInstance-level monitoring onlyManual scaling
New Solution Architecture
Multi-account AWS Landing Zone (after migration)
Prod-01 / Dev-01 Accounts
Amazon EKS (auto-scaling)Amazon EC2Aurora MySQL Multi-AZAmazon S3
Networking
AWS Transit GatewayApplication Load BalancersNAT GatewayRoute 53 (failover routing)
Security & Observability
GuardDutyAWS ConfigCloudTrailIAM (least privilege)CloudWatch
Implementation Details
Engagement Start Date: August 18, 2025
Engagement End Date (Migration Delivery): October 9, 2025
Managed Services: Ongoing AWS managed services under agreement following migration (6+ months minimum)
Project Status: In production (not pilot / proof of concept)
Timeline: Mobilize phase August 18, 2025 – October 9, 2025
Team Size: DG Global Technology engineers (Solution Architects, Security Specialists, Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers) + 1TechBet infrastructure and application owners
Migration Strategy: Rehost (Huawei ECS to Amazon EC2) + Replatform (self-managed Kubernetes to EKS, self-managed MySQL to Aurora MySQL, OBS to S3)
Key Implementation Phases
- Rapid Discovery & Assessment: Structured interviews and data-gathering sessions with infrastructure and application owners (automated tooling not permitted by customer policy), producing the validated 1TechBet Inventory List across Prod-01 and Dev-01
- Executive & Security Workshops: Executive Cloud Brief confirming scope and priority workloads, plus a Migration & Cloud Security Workshop covering IAM best practices, encryption, network isolation, and post-migration governance baseline
- Landing Zone Deployment: Multi-account, multi-VPC AWS foundation with IAM role structure, Transit Gateway, ALBs, NAT Gateways, and Route 53
- Pilot Migration: Piloted EC2, Aurora, and S3 workloads in each environment to validate performance and migration procedures before full waves
- Compute & Data Migration: Rehosted VM workloads to EC2, replatformed Kubernetes workloads to EKS and MySQL databases to Aurora with data integrity validation
- Security & Observability Enablement: Deployed GuardDuty, AWS Config, CloudTrail, least-privilege IAM policies, and centralized CloudWatch logging and alerting
Partner Support Services: Pre & Post Migration
DG Global Technology supported 1TechBet across the full engagement lifecycle — from pre-migration discovery and planning, through migration execution, to ongoing AWS-based managed services delivered under agreement for a minimum of 6 months post-migration.
Pre-Migration Support Services
- Discovery Workshops & Inventory Validation: Manual, interview-driven discovery with 1TechBet's technical and business teams, compiling and validating the full workload inventory for both environments
- Business Case & TCO Analysis: Confirmed the migration business case through proposal discussions and Total Cost of Ownership analysis with executive alignment
- Executive Cloud Brief & Security Workshop: Strategic roadmap review, scope confirmation, AWS security architecture, IAM best practices, and compliance framework planning
- Landing Zone & Security Baseline Design: Multi-account architecture design, network segmentation, IAM governance model, and security controls mapping
Support During Migration
- Wave Execution & Cutover Coordination: Hands-on migration execution within defined change windows, with rollback procedures on standby
- Hybrid Migration Execution: Rehosted ECS workloads to EC2 and replatformed Kubernetes to EKS and self-managed MySQL to Aurora with minimal disruption
- Data Migration & Integrity Validation: Database and object storage migration with data validation and reconciliation before each cutover
- Performance Benchmarking & UAT: Validated ultra-low-latency gaming workload performance against the pre-migration baseline with user acceptance testing
- Knowledge Transfer: Runbook development, operational documentation, and AWS onboarding sessions for 1TechBet's engineering and operations teams
Post-Migration Managed Services (Ongoing — 6+ Months Under Agreement)
Since the October 2025 production cutover, DG Global Technology has delivered AWS-based managed services to 1TechBet under a managed services agreement, including:
- 24/7 Monitoring & Incident Response: Round-the-clock CloudWatch-based monitoring, alerting, and incident management with defined SLAs
- Security Management: Continuous security posture management via GuardDuty and AWS Config, patching, vulnerability remediation, and security event triage
- Cost Optimization & Governance: Monthly cost reviews, right-sizing recommendations, and per-account cost reporting
- Backup & Disaster Recovery: Aurora automated backup lifecycle management, recovery testing, and Multi-AZ failover validation
- Continuous Improvement: Quarterly AWS Well-Architected reviews and proactive optimization aligned with 1TechBet's product roadmap
Results and Benefits
Multi-AZ
High Availability
Quantifiable Results
- Managed Data Layer: Aurora MySQL replaced self-managed MySQL with automated backups, Multi-AZ failover, and significantly reduced database administration effort
- Elastic Container Platform: Amazon EKS with auto-scaling replaced manually operated Kubernetes clusters, absorbing gaming traffic spikes without intervention
- Full Workload Migration: All production and development workloads (EC2, Aurora, S3 across both accounts) migrated via hybrid rehost/replatform with pilot validation
- Centralized Observability: CloudWatch replaced instance-level-only monitoring with unified logging, metrics, and alerting across both environments
- Continuous Compliance: GuardDuty, AWS Config, and CloudTrail delivered anomaly detection, configuration compliance, and complete audit trails
Business Impact
- Global Credibility: Infrastructure on a globally recognized cloud platform aligns with the expectations of international enterprise customers
- Faster Innovation Cycles: Managed services and DevOps automation free the development team to ship new gaming experiences faster
- Operational Resilience: Multi-AZ deployment and automated failover protect the ultra-low-latency gameplay its entertainment brand partners depend on
- Cost Control: AWS cost management tooling and managed services reduce operational overhead and provide transparent, predictable spend
- Foundation for Growth: The Landing Zone architecture supports future regional expansion and adoption of AWS's advanced cloud-native services
Moving from Huawei Cloud to AWS with DG Global Technology was the right strategic call. Our self-managed Kubernetes and MySQL stack demanded constant attention — now EKS and Aurora handle the heavy lifting, and our games keep their ultra-low latency even under peak load. The workshop-driven approach meant our teams were aligned from day one, and the security governance we gained with GuardDuty and CloudTrail gives our enterprise partners real confidence.
— Chief Technology Officer, 1TechBet
About DG Global Technology
DG Global Technology is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and Managed Service Partner specializing in enterprise cloud transformation across ASEAN markets. With 50+ AWS certifications and 5+ years of partnership experience, we deliver comprehensive managed services including 24/7 monitoring, proactive optimization, security management, and cost governance.