Ural Steel has acquired its own IT infrastructure based on a private cloud ITglobal.com

2022: Implementation of a private ITglobal.com cloud to accommodate a large-scale ERP system

On February 13, 2023, the company, ITGLOBAL.COM (ITGLOBALKOM RUS LLC), supplier, Russian integrator IT services products and, announced services that it had provided private JSC cloud "" Ural Steel to ensure uninterrupted and catastrophic operation of the IT infrastructures metallurgical enterprise.

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In 2022 Ural , Steel and "" Zagorsky Pipe Plant formed a single vertically integrated metallurgical holding. Prior to this, the plant was part of another holding and used its capacity and IT infrastructure. After the transaction, the company began to form its own infrastructure with its inclusion in the general of IT system this holding.

For Ural Steel, this process has become costly - both in time and in resources. Nevertheless, the plant got the opportunity to build its own IT infrastructure from scratch, fully operate it and implement current solutions on its basis. The need for a fault-tolerant production environment and a reliable backup site, as well as difficulties in delivering server hardware, have been addressed by migrating to the cloud.

ITGLOBAL.COM experts proposed to transfer the IT infrastructure of Ural Steel to a private cloud to accommodate a large-scale ERP system. With the use of computational resources allocated at the physical level, the client gained access to a secure isolation environment that is not affected by other users. This made it possible to increase the availability of the necessary applications and ensure their uninterrupted operation.

Ural Steel consistently introduces digital technologies production in and. business processes This allows you to increase the efficiency and accuracy of the plant, optimally build internal and external interaction with various departments, customers, suppliers. It is important to note that due to the use cloudy technologies , the project was completed on time and without interruptions in business processes, noted IT Chief information officer of Ural Steel Management Company Roman Zaretsky.

The IT infrastructure of the Ural Steel mill uses an approach that provides the optimal amount of computing resources with the provided scaling mechanism in 1 working day. All equipment components are duplicated to eliminate a single point of failure and allow hot swaps that do not require disconnection. At the same time, the presence of a geographically remote backup site will allow you to quickly restore critical services in the event of a total accident in the main data center, told Alina Zhigalova, director of services development ITGLOBAL.COM.