OIA GLOBAL
OIA Global : Logistics Solutions , Creatively Packaged
Another thing that made the business leaders nervous was the idea of moving data and systems from data centres controlled by OIA into the cloud . But Hemmady was able to convince the CEO that this would not jeopardise the company ’ s IP and information . “ We moved into the cloud in a big way . We have not finished the journey ,” he elaborates . “ We still have equipment that has not fully depreciated that is still in our data centre . We are not reluctant to move everything to the cloud , but it makes economic sense to use both modes for now . We will think twice about buying new servers from here on in .” Going into the cloud is straightforward , he continues : “ We signed up with the Microsoft Azure cloud , which provides all the tools and training you require . Though OptiLink is currently running in our data centre , it was migrated to the Azure cloud and proven out so we know it will works there . We haven ’ t decided yet whether or when we will make that the primary computing platform .” For now , the company continues to store its data at Atmosera , a co-location data centre at Beaverton , Oregon . “ We have racks and equipment in there that we manage . Before the advent of the cloud , companies like Atmosera were the best way to make use of third party colocation centres .”
On the distribution end of the supply chain , OIA has been using the Softeon warehouse management system ( WMS ). “ It ’ s a sophisticated and advanced application package that allows us to run our ecommerce
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