技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云数据库
适用行业
- 水泥
- 电子商务
适用功能
- 物流运输
用例
- 施工管理
- 基础设施检查
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
PostNL 是一家领先的邮件、包裹和电子商务服务提供商,业务遍及荷兰、英国、德国和意大利。该公司拥有 10,000 多名员工,使用 Oracle 和 SQL Server 作为主要数据源。 PostNL 是云技术的早期采用者,利用 Fivetran 的云功能将其应用程序迁移到云端,并持续集成这些云系统。在进行云迁移之前,PostNL 已使用 Fivetran 15 年来支持由 250 多个数据库组成的大型分布式跟踪应用程序。该公司将 Fivetran 的使用扩展到整个企业的各种数据集成用例,使其有信心推进云迁移。
挑战
PostNL 是一家位于荷兰、英国、德国和意大利的邮件、包裹和电子商务服务提供商,决定将其 IT 运营迁移到云端,以保持竞争优势并降低成本。该公司的目标是停用其本地数据中心,并将其应用程序、基础设施和 IT 管理转移到云端。这些应用程序在 Oracle 和 SQL Server 上运行,在可能的情况下,PostNL 希望用软件即服务 (SaaS) 替换现有的定制软件。如果没有合适的 SaaS 替代品,该公司计划在基于云的基础设施和平台服务(IAAS 和 PAAS)之上实施遗留软件和定制软件。 PostNL 最初选择 Microsoft Azure 平台来提供这些服务,后来添加了 Amazon Web Services,以避免将其整个基础设施运行在单一供应商的解决方案上的风险。迁移过程历时两年多,带来了重大的集成挑战。 PostNL 需要将应用程序和数据迁移到云端,确保迁移的应用程序继续与现有的本地系统通信,并集成各种云环境。
解决方案
PostNL 利用 Fivetran 的云功能来简化其迁移过程。与许多依赖于应用程序位置的迁移/集成解决方案不同,Fivetran 使 PostNL 能够实施“直接迁移”方法。通过在每个数据平台上安装 Fivetran,PostNL 可以将每个数据库移动到云端,然后重新定义其在 Fivetran 中的位置,而无需更改应用程序。这种方法允许将应用程序轻松、增量地迁移到云,同时保持现有的集成。无论是将应用程序迁移到 Azure 云还是从其他云平台(例如 Amazon 的 EC2)添加服务,都使用相同的方法。一旦应用程序进入云端,PostNL 就需要跨云平台进行集成。为了应对这一挑战,PostNL 部署了基于云的 Fivetran 集成服务。该服务于 2014 年采用,作为 PostNL 的云集成中心运行,连接其所有基于云的解决方案。
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