Platformcraft

History

2024

Protect businesses from cyberattacks: How object storage secures data

A recent case of a ransomware attack on SDEK paralyzed work and caused serious damage to the company. However, absolutely every company is under threat of cyber attacks. And one of the most effective ways to protect your business is by backing up your data. Learn more here.

How do I use S3 object storage in an enterprise infrastructure?

Platformcraft is the Russian counterpart to the popular Amazon S3 service, providing similar functionality for storing and managing data objects. Platformcraft specialists created their own S3 storage from scratch. Their years of experience in developing and integrating S3 object storage now help share their knowledge in an understandable language. [1]Learn more here.

2023: VimpelCom takes stake in Platformcraft

On October 30, 2023, it became known about the sale of 13.21% of Platformcraft to VimpelCom. Financial and other terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

According to the press service of VimpelCom, the share in Platformcraft was bought in order to expand the portfolio of Beeline cloud products and services and strengthen the company's position in the cloud market. For Platformcraft, the deal, in turn, opened additional channels of promotion and development. The investments received will go to the development of new products and the expansion of infrastructure. Beeline cloud's large customer base and marketing support is expected to multiply Platformcraft's growth rate, VimpelCom said in a statement.

VimpelCom acquired 13.21% of Platformcraft

Under the terms of the agreement, the Beeline cloud product loop will include the following solutions: scalable S3 object storage; services for storing, processing and distributing content; On-Anticipate tools to deploy technology solutions for storing and handling content on customer equipment. As VimpelCom added, thanks to the ability to work on Rest API, S3 Like API, Web GUI and SFTP solutions are integrated into any technology stack, which makes them available to a wide range of Beeline cloud customers.

The sale of the stake was an important step in the development of Platformcraft. This partnership will strengthen our position in the cloud solutions market, as well as accelerate the dynamics of growth and implementation of new services. Thanks to the investment, we will be able to offer the most advanced tools for storing, processing and distributing content to our customers, "said Nadir Hamzin, one of the founders and commercial director of Platformcraft.

According to him, by the end of October 2023, Platformcraft and VimpelCom are already working on a major joint project, the launch of which is scheduled for early 2024.