NDBC lays Ytong aerated concrete blocks in CloudMTS cloud

2022: IT Infrastructure Migration to CloudMTS

MTS PJSC, a large the Russian company providing digital, media telecommunication and services, helped carry out the migration IT infrastructures of CJSC "," Ksella-Aeroblok-Centre a manufacturer of aerated concrete blocks under the international brand Ytong, in. cloud CloudMTS This was announced by the company NDBC on August 25, 2022. The project was implemented jointly with a partner - an expert in digital transformation of the enterprise-level, deployment, implementation and support of solutions - SAP NDBC (LLC "NDIbSi").

The Russian subsidiary of the manufacturer of aerated concrete blocks, Xella which produces products under the Ytong brand, the Ksella-Aeroblok-Centre company, with the help of NDBC placed virtual infrastructure cloudy MTS in the environment. Previously information , the enterprise's systems were located in Western digital. jurisdictions NDBC specialists CloudMTS have moved ERP SAP systems to the Russian platform - in cloudprovider a short time, taking on all the tasks of migration and providing guarantees for the stability and reliability of systems.

At the first stage of the project, a cloud segment was allocated for client systems, transmission channels were organized, and data a hardware infrastructure configuration was selected. The partners connected the dedicated VPN channel and the cloud platform with each other, made the necessary settings in the cloud. At the second stage, they created backups of all data and transferred to the target virtual infrastructure in test mode. Then the system health check was carried out and the integration communications possibilities of restoring backups already DPC MTS in using local tools were checked. It took a few hours at night to move productive systems. time The migration of production systems took place according to the already worked out scenario and took the time limit agreed with the client as an acceptable period of system downtime.

The company's management is not only a technological plant for the production of aerated concrete blocks, located in Mozhaisk, but all sales channels in the country. The Russian company employs more than 100 people, and many business processes depend on the operability of ERP systems. For example, sales and purchasing, as well as accounting and management reporting. The migration was carried out directly on weekends. Business has not seen a change, and the IT infrastructure is now protected from the risks of sudden suspension. We have connected SAP hosting services from NDBC with virtual infrastructure from CloudMTS for long-term maintenance of systems in local clouds, told the head of the IT department of Xella-Aeroblok-Center CJSC, Stanislav Pronzalov.

In the spring of 2022, the company was then contacted by a potential customer of Ksella-Aeroblok-Centre CJSC with a question about competencies in the field of SAP basis, about the experience of interacting with multinational companies and the request for the possibility of migrating information systems in. DPC Russia Behind the company's joint team with CloudMTS, there were already a sufficient number of installations and migrations as homogeneous, as well as heterogeneous landscapes of SAP systems, which made it possible to take responsibility for the result of the project. Working as a team, the specialists quickly prepared and configured the landscape, being in parallel in contact with Western colleagues who supported the customer, worked out the migration technology, and then quickly moved the systems, commented Sergey Tikhonov, NDBC Hosting Services Development Director.

Over the years of cooperation, MTS and NDBC have worked out excellent mechanisms of interaction in complex projects related to the operation of business-critical systems. This allows us to respond quickly to calls for users of SAP information systems. The possibilities of migrating information systems to data centers in Russia have become especially relevant recently. In 2022, the number of such projects has multiplied relative to the same period in 2021. Responding to the growth in demand, the company has created a specialized center for design solutions and comprehensively supports customers with its professional team. The business comes for emergency IT help and receives an enterprise level of support in any projects with CloudMTS, noted CloudMTS Marketing and Sales Director, Artem Tugarev.