De Novo – A Business Success Story in the Ukrainian Cloud
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De Novo is an innovative Ukrainian IT company and national provider of cloud and datacenter services. It was founded in 2008 and has attracted investment from major technology companies. De Novo designed and launched Ukraine's first tier 3+ commercial datacenter in 2009-2010. In 2012, De Novo created Ukraine's first virtual private cloud to provide on-demand computing resources. De Novo cloud services are used by dozens of companies and De Novo Cloud leads the market in trust growth. De Novo is also participating in driving innovation in public entities through its National Cloud Platform.
De Novo – A Business Success Story in the Ukrainian Cloud
- 1. 1 | UKRAI NE ' S T OP I NNOVAT ORS ADVERTISEMENT DE NOVO — A BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY IN THE UKRAINIAN CLOUD De Novo is an innovative Ukrainian IT company and national provider of cloud and commercial DC ser- vices. It is the one-stop shop for the resources of Ukraine’s most reliable Datacenter, as well as the Enterprise Class Cloud and project services. The team’s expertise in designing public, private and hybrid clouds meets strict customer business-con- tinuity requirements and ensures the flawless functioning of business critical systems. Through its innovative technologies, De Novo is helping Ukrainian businesses become more agile and is leading the nation’s switch to cloud computing. De Novo Datacenter: An ambitious start The company was founded in 2008. This am- bitious player in Ukraine’s IT market, with a bold high-tech vision and cutting edge projects, has managed to attract investment from technology holding company KM Core, Intel Capital, and the International Financial Corporation — a part of the World Bank Group. In 2009-2010 De Novo experts designed, constructed and launched the first Ukrainian Commercial Datacenter, which meets interna- tional standards and has a Tier 3+ reliability level. The De Novo Datacenter serves Raiffeisen Bank Aval, UniCredit Bank, UkrSibbank (BNP Paribas Group) and other leading banks and enterprises of Ukraine. The Datacenter has enjoyed 100% uptime, running uninterrupted since the start of its operation. De Novo Cloud: gaining the trust of Ukrainian businesses To provide Ukrainian businesses with on de- mand computing resources and to speed up corpo- rate IT projects, De Novo experts created the first Virtual Private Cloud in Ukraine and launched it in 2012. De Novo Cloud provides users with a rapid access to services, infrastructure scalability and strict SLA (Service Level Agreement) com- mitments. The Trusted Cloud model ensures the security of customer applications and maximum protection against external threats. De Novo cloud services are used by dozens of companies in the financial and insurance sectors, as well as in manufacturing, wholesale, retail, lo- gistics and e-commerce. According to annual re- search findings, De Novo Cloud leads the market in its trust growth dynamics (IDC & De Novo, Ukrainian cloud market — 2015). National Cloud Platform for Ukraine in the digital age As a responsible company and a team passion- ate to see Ukraine overcome today’s crisis with the help of technology, De Novo is participating in driving innovation into public entities and with the digitalization of government services. In 2014- 2015, the company contributed to municipal modernization and provides a free National Cloud Platform for pilot public e-services projects from various regions of Ukraine. Cooperation with Lviv Municipal Council is one of the pioneer projects in this initiative. De Novo Cloud Platform enabled LMC to save time and bil- lions of hryvnias for Lviv’s budget while developing and deploying an e-government portal for the city’s residents. E-services provided by De Novo Cloud allow citizens to pay their bills, order certificates, submit applications and arrange appointments with the authorities. As of September 2015, Lviv leads Ukrainian cities in its digitalization rating. The project shows strong growth: multiple new e-ser- vice offerings for Lviv residents will be launched by the end of 2015 and into next year. Presentation of De Novo DC to President Poroshenko DC and cloud services: Their role in the Ukrainian IT-landscape Companies’ growing demand for IT drives calls for heavy computing equipment. At a certain point, businesses have to deal with enterprise-class needs for cooling, air-conditioning and power supply as a part of routine IT maintenance processes. It means companies have to build their own complicated engi- neering and computing facilities that bring numerous underlying threats, substantial non-core expenses and have a payback period of 7-15 years.This reality puts datacenter services in the limelight. DC oper- ators relieve clients of the headache of building a specialized IT facility and keeping it up and running. It’s easy to understand the concept of the cloud if you think of it as of a water supply system that allows you to get just the right amount of water you need at the right time. The cloud enables consumers to access any set of computing resources they need at any given moment. Operators take building costs and the burden of development and continuous upgrade of computing platforms off clients’ shoulders, offering unbeatable value and usability. In other words, cloud suppliers create a highly dynamic and attractive seg- ment of the national IT market. DC, cloud computing and IT market: What’s trending for 2016 The development of the IT-industry reflects the state of the national economy, because Ukrainian IT performs just servicing and supporting functions. After two years of crisis,the following conclusions can be made: • The post-Soviet quarter-century in Ukrainian IT is over. • Serious IT investments don’t necessarily convert into IT efficiency. Despite significant financial resources, government entities are still IT-blank and don’t offer any up-to-date IT-services. However, the next few years are likely to be bright and optimistic for Ukrainian IT.Businesses are in des- perate need of modern and economical IT systems. We will go further down the transformation route, with cloud services being among the major trends removing obsolete corporate IT infrastructure con- cepts. I expect drastic alterations in the country’s IT landscape. De Novo in 2016: What’s next in brief The extreme turbulence in the IT-market makes it difficult to give forecasts and prognoses. But I’m sure that the hosted infrastructure and cloud services seg- ment will grow aggressively in 2016. De Novo is now in the middle of R&D to design some new offerings for the public sector and e-government platforms, as well as for the SMB segment. In 2016 we’ll continue to cooperate with regional municipal administra- tions and introduce e-services to Ukrainians across the country, and of course we’ll be investing more resources in new infrastructure complexes and our cloud, getting it ready for things to come. www.de-novo.biz De Novo CEO MAXIM AGEYEV on IT-landscape and trends