SK Operations transferred business data on the operations in Russia to a cloud Croc

On January 31, 2019 the Croc Cloud Services company reported that the service provider in the field of logistics and supply chain management of SK Operations who is a part of multi-national investment company SK Group transferred business data on the operations in Russia to a cloud of CROC for consolidation and observance of requirements of the legislation.

Several critical information systems, including databases for a warehouse management system (WMS), a customer relationship management system (CRM) and service of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) were migrated. For January, 2019 these SK Operations systems are used round the clock by 365 days in a year for service of 16 Russian and international companies.

As a result of merges and absorption SK Operations business strongly grew. The company inherited the services and systems placed both on local and on international a hosting platforms. To provide business continuity, to observe uniform standards in the field of IT and to secure itself against claims from regulators, the management of SK Operations decided to consolidate data and services within the single cloud platform placed on the Russian servers.

"Working in the field of services, we very scrupulously treat reliability of service and safety of data, as well as observance of local laws and therefore always we try to fulfill the requirements of local regulators. When choosing provider we were guided by the level of its examination, reliability of a cloud platform, certification of such organizations as Uptime Institute and Council for standards of security of payment cards. On the project course we daily received written reports about the status of works and regularly met representatives of the company personally to discuss parts. It allowed to solve problems in process of their emergence. The similar scheme of work — face to face — is used by cloud provider and at a stage of technical support of systems which are already placed in a cloud". Andrew Taylor, vice president for the transactions SK Operations

Migration is carried out in one month. It was preceded by audit of infrastructure of the customer with issue of recommendations about business process optimization for optimal work in a cloud. Data are moved actually without suspension of business processes. It managed to achieve thanks to creation of copies of databases, applications, office client software in a cloud of CROC with gradual transfer of all information.

Project deliverables became reliable work of business applications of SK Operations in a cloud of CROC and compliance to requirements of the legislation regarding data storage and also an essential gain of power for optimal service of the Russian market.