Use case type

Infrastructure modernization

Infrastructure modernization solutions move or update core IT systems, networks, or platforms to newer cloud or digital architectures. They address aging infrastructure, high operating costs, and limited flexibility for new services.

Use cases

35

Examples

35

Industries

12

Timeline

11 mo

Data updated 1 day ago

Adoption over time

Documented cases per month

By case publish month · completed months only

28 cases documented across 37 months (Jul 23 – Jul 26), peaking at 20 in July 2026.

2 so far in August 2026 (in progress, not charted) · 4 earlier cases before Jul 23 not shown

Each column counts every documented case of this type by its publish month, across the full corpus. The in-progress current month is excluded from columns and surfaced separately, and cases published before the charted window are summarized as earlier cases instead of plotted.

Company examples

Use cases of this type

10 shown from 35 use cases

LAWSGROUP migrated mission-critical applications to Alibaba Cloud to support APAC expansion and remote management of global facilities.The implementation used Cloud Enterprise Network and Express Connect for low-latency cross-region connectivity and Container Service for Kubernetes to deploy containerized applications.

LAWSGROUPManufacturing

Bank Sumut, an Indonesian bank, digitized regional financial transactions and hosted district and municipal workloads on Alibaba Cloud while strengthening security, compliance, monitoring, and always-on availability.The deployment used WAF, Security Center, ECS, ApsaraDB for RDS in a multi-zone setup, VPN, VPC, and Cloud Enterprise Network transit routers to secure and connect workloads.The bank supported the Indonesian government’s ETPD initiative by providing cloud infrastructure for property tax, retribution, Samsat, and similar applications.

Bank SumutFinance

DGW Group modernized its data center and hosted enterprise information systems on Alibaba Cloud in Indonesia.The company used Alibaba Cloud availability zones, multi-layer security, DDoS protection, encryption/HSM-backed services, synchronous replication across zones, and periodic point-in-time backups.The setup aimed to improve reliability, security, compliance, and scalability for agriculture operations.

DGW GroupAgriculture

W Tech Group (Malaysia) built an end-to-end Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform with automated machine data processing and production analytics.The company used Alibaba Cloud to simplify infrastructure, handle traffic spikes, and support reliable service delivery across Southeast Asia.

W Tech GroupManufacturing

StarTimes is a leading digital TV operator in Africa with OTT and digital TV services across multiple African markets.The company had chaotic IT architecture and a fragmented open-source/self-built data environment with high maintenance costs and difficult data interconnection.Alibaba Cloud helped StarTimes reconstruct its cloud architecture, improve elasticity and high availability, and migrate data integration to Alibaba Cloud in real time using Spark on ACK.

StarTimesTech & Comms

JULO, an Indonesian fintech and consumer lending company, needed infrastructure that could meet regulatory requirements, process large volumes of data cost-effectively, and stay reliable around the clock.The company adopted Alibaba Cloud services to build a robust high-availability architecture with core compute, load balancing, serverless, containers, and managed databases.The setup supported JULO's digital credit services and growth while reducing the operational burden of infrastructure management.

Mekari (PT. Mid Solusi Nusantara) is a leading Indonesian SaaS company that provides cloud-based business management solutions.Its solutions help customers streamline administrative tasks such as accounting, human resources, and tax services, freeing up time for more strategic work.Alibaba Cloud infrastructure in Indonesia helped Mekari reinforce its own infrastructure, serve customers at scale, and support growth across more than 10 business units.

Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) is a global quantity surveying and construction consultancy firm with more than 140 offices and over 4,600 employees.The company used Alibaba Cloud and Fortinet to modernize its network for digital transformation, improve secure connectivity across its regional offices, and reduce network costs and latency.

Rider Levett BucknallProfessional Services

Sa Sa International Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-headquartered beauty retailer with online and offline operations across Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, Southeast Asia, and other regions.The company used Alibaba Cloud global data centers and cloud-native services to rapidly scale local businesses, accelerate deployment, improve cross-regional connectivity, and reduce IT costs.

Sa Sa International Holdings LimitedRetail

Sarawak Information Systems (SAINS) is a Malaysia-based ICT system integrator and solutions provider wholly owned by the Sarawak State Government.The company implemented private cloud-based platforms with automatic disaster recovery from Alibaba Cloud to improve service reliability, speed restoration, and meet data sovereignty expectations for key customers.SAINS also modernized its application architecture with Apsara Stack, dual availability zones, and cloud-platform-level disaster recovery failover to support future AI-enabled and sustainability-oriented operations.

Sarawak Information Systems (SAINS)Public Sector

Common questions

Infrastructure modernization at a glance

How many infrastructure modernization use cases are documented?
The AI Use Case Hub documents 35 real infrastructure modernization deployments across 12 industries, with 35 detailed company examples you can browse.
Which industries adopt infrastructure modernization the most?
Infrastructure modernization is most common in Finance (26%), Tech & Comms (17%) and Other (11%).
Which countries lead in infrastructure modernization?
Indonesia leads documented infrastructure modernization deployments, followed by United States and Japan.
What technologies are used for infrastructure modernization?
Teams most often build infrastructure modernization with Elastic Compute Service, Object Storage Service and ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL.
What AI capabilities power infrastructure modernization?
Across the documented deployments, the most common capability patterns are Sustainability (3%) and Vision (3%).
What results do companies report from infrastructure modernization?
Across the 35 deployments reporting outcomes, companies most often cite cost efficiency (57%), scale & capacity (46%) and risk & compliance (40%). Where impact is quantified, the strongest evidence is in cost savings: a median −30% across 5 reported metrics.