PUBLIC CLOUD
‘Public clouds now represent a convenient solution for data infrastructure and storage and compute, as well as for a wide range of software services. To fully exploit these benefits in line with individual company needs, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of managed services
for all major public cloud providers: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and the Google Cloud Platform. We can also create hybrid or multi-cloud solutions in combination with dedicated infrastructure or our own private enterprise cloud.’
Tobias Buser
Teamlead Development in Applications
AWS – Amazon Web Services
In recent years, AWS has established itself as the standard in the corporate sector. Alongside services for infrastructure, storage, networking, and platforms, the provider offers a well-organized toolbox of features for the development of digital services, including databases, application servers, and AI services for image and language recognition or translation. As early as 2011, *um specialized in AWS managed cloud services as one of the first AWS partners (Advanced Consulting and Channel). These days, companies are increasingly opting to deploy a ‘cloud-first’ strategy, driven by the need to reduce time to market for the latest innovations, to boost flexibility, and to reduce costs. The latter, in particular, can be difficult to achieve. Learn more…
Microsoft
Azure
From the Office environment through to production: The cloud-based development platform Microsoft Azure is the second most frequently used platform after AWS. If customers also make use of other Microsoft services – perhaps migrating to Office 365, for example – then the company also offers compute and storage services at attractive prices. In the business sector, it is a huge advantage that Azure Stack – a private cloud solution – can be linked to Microsoft’s public cloud offering if required. In recent years, Microsoft has expanded its portfolio in numerous manufacturing projects with industry: The starting point for its relationship with industry was the fact that Windows is used as an operating system on industrial PCs. Now, production environments can be linked with edge computing, Industry 4.0, and IoT scenarios in the cloud. Learn more…
Google Cloud Platform
Google launched its first cloud service in 2008. In simple terms, this solution enabled customers to use the same software and hardware infrastructure that Google uses to run its own products, such as YouTube and Google Mail. In 2011, the search engine specialist made further inroads into the cloud market with PaaS, followed by IaaS and SaaS services. The Google Cloud Platform now provides all of the essential functionality needed to cover the entire spectrum of a company’s workload. The company is working to expand its enterprise functions. According to Gartner’s market researchers, the Google Cloud Platform has the edge when it comes to application containers, big data management, and machine learning. Learn more…
Data-driven
consulting
The Internet of Things and the ability to monitor products in real-time using concepts such as digital twinning are opening up a host of new opportunities to companies. These new chances are driven by the enormous volumes of data companies now have at their disposal. As the latest products continually send data back to the manufacturer throughout their service life, their creators can use big data analytics and AI to tap into an unprecedented wealth of information: They can tell their customers how to operate a product within perfectly configured parameters, or when best to perform maintenance to maximize a machine’s service life. This ability adds a new dimension to the data-holder’s ability to differentiate itself from its competitors through services. Early adopters firmly believe that processing data generated by machines, for example, to render it comprehensible and useful, is a worthwhile process that will pay for itself in the short or long-term.
Instead of the product itself, businesses are now able to sell its output: The printed word rather than the printer, or the laundry rather than the washing machine. In the case of consumer goods, this shift is redefining how manufacturers think about sustainability: Manufacturers can use high-quality materials rather than cheaper alternatives, and they can then reuse these materials when the product or appliance is returned at the end of its service life as part of a closed-loop system. Data-driven products and services bring companies closer to their end customers and give them more access to more information on their customers than ever before – data that can often be gathered directly via IoT platforms, rather than via the ‘middle men’ of distributors and dealers. However, when developing new business concepts, it is imperative that companies take steps to lift knowledge of specific domains out of specialist departments so that it can be utilized across the business.
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