Creating an IT infrastructure and engineering infrastructure for the Sever fulfilment center of Utkonos ONLINE

Problem

Utkonos ONLINE was established in 2000 and is the largest player in the Russian e-grocery market. To develop the business, increase the number of processed orders and improve the client service quality, in 2018 the company decided to build fulfilment centre Sever in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow Region, with a total area of 61,500 m², which includes a warehouse and an administrative complex, as well as its own Data Processing Center.

Goal of STEP LOGIC

Creating a productive, reliable, and scalable telecommunications and engineering infrastructure that allows for flexibility in regards to allocation of additional resources and capacities as the business grows; streamlining business processes and improving the quality of customer service. Ensuring the connectivity of all objects throughout their geographical distribution.

• Creating a local area network and ensuring the safety of the network perimeter

• Implementing smart services to guarantee that only legitimate and trusted devices can connect to the network.

• Building an engineering infrastructure for the DPC

• Gradual migration of servers and services to the new DPC

Features

• Complicated conditions — metal racks, high shelves, constantly changing composition of goods.

• A lot of highly specialized devices — terminals, scales, scanners, etc.

• Migrating the services and servers without downtime

• Urgently connecting additional FCs to the ICT infrastructure