Experience behind Nakatomi

Global CDN / WAF Transformation

Migrated a 900+ endpoint global CDN/WAF estate using automated discovery and repeatable controlled migration patterns while materially reducing recurring platform cost.

Web Platforms for Asset & Wealth Managers · Previous senior employment experience. This work was delivered by Robert in that earlier role or engagement and is included to show the experience and leadership approach that sit behind Nakatomi Consulting today.

The situation

What needed to be understood or changed.

A large customer-facing SaaS estate was distributed across Akamai edge configuration. The migration needed to preserve application behaviour, certificates, customer communication, security controls and rollback while moving toward Cloudflare.

The work

From understanding the position to aligning people, decisions and delivery.

  • Automated discovery and inventory
  • Origin mapping and application-specific configuration
  • WAF requirements and certificate handling
  • Customer communication and controlled batching
  • Testing, rollback planning and repeatable migration patterns
  • Final platform offboarding

Outcome

What changed and what was achieved.

Evidence supports more than 900 Akamai edge hostnames in scope. Recurring CDN cost reduced from approximately $33.7k per month to approximately $18.9k per month, a reduction of around 44%.

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