Success Story inNET Monitoring AG

Intelligent environmental monitoring with the power of Azure

inNET Monitoring AG is a Swiss company based in Altdorf with a branch in Lucerne. It offers solutions for measuring and analyzing environmental parameters such as air, water, natural hazards, noise and traffic. With precise measurement systems, modern data acquisition and cloud services, inNET enables detailed monitoring, management and evaluation of environmental data. Thanks to its expertise, inNET helps to identify environmental pollution and hazards and implement sustainable measures. In this way, the company makes a significant contribution to improving environmental quality, safety and livelihoods - today and for the future.

Challenges of inNET Monitoring AG

Time to market: The existing IT infrastructure was not flexible enough to react quickly to changing market and customer requirements.
Rigid IT infrastructure: New customers and new projects could only be integrated with a great deal of effort.
Outdated hardware in the data center: The IT infrastructure was reaching the end of its life cycle and required modernization.
Replacement of the Citrix VDI environment: The existing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) was to be replaced by a more efficient solution.
High maintenance and support costs: The hardware and the old VDI environment required continuous maintenance and support.
Unclear compatibility of older specialist applications: A future-proof cloud solution was preferred. However, it was unclear whether all business-critical applications could be operated in an Azure environment.
Secure connection of the measuring stations: Measuring stations at different locations and with different technologies required a reliable and secure connection to the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Joint solution with itnetX

Setting up an Azure Landing Zone as a stable and secure cloud foundation
Migration of existing data to the new Azure cloud environment
Implementation of a proof of concept to ensure Azure compatibility for business-critical specialist applications
Automated configuration of workloads for specialist applications using Terraform (IaC)
Operation and management of the IT infrastructure by itnetX as part of the standardized managed service "AzureRUN" (backup, patching, support and license management)

Technologies used

Azure Landing Zone, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Application Gateway with Web Application Firewall (WAF), SQL Managed Instances, Entra ID Domain Services, Terraform (Infrastructure as Code), Azure DevOps

Added value for inNET Monitoring AG

Modernization of the IT infrastructure: The replacement of the hardware and Citrix VDI environment creates a future-proof, flexible and secure IT basis.
Outsourcing of operational IT tasks: With AzureRUN, itnetX takes over the operation of the IT infrastructure patching, support and license management.
Automation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC): The introduction of Terraform (IaC) simplifies and accelerates the management of workloads and resources. In addition, the structure and any changes to the infrastructure can be transparently documented and versioned.
Cost optimization through pay-per-use: Only resources that are used are billed, thus avoiding expensive overcapacity.
Flexibility and scalability: The cloud solution enables flexible adaptation of resources and thus creates a basis for current and future projects.
Long-term availability of the specialist applications: The successful integration of business-critical applications in Azure ensures sustainable and reliable operation.
High availability and reliability: Critical systems are kept continuously available through comprehensive monitoring, backup and disaster recovery solutions, effectively preventing outages and ensuring the continuity of business processes.

"Thanks to our collaboration with itnetX, we were able to successfully modernize our IT infrastructure. We now have an IT environment that enables us to react quickly and flexibly to market requirements and integrate new projects efficiently. With AzureRUN, we also benefit from efficient operation. Thanks to the high flexibility and rapid scalability of the new environment, we have already been able to respond immediately to a request from a new major customer and help implement the project. The new IT environment allows us to create a decisive value contribution for our customers."

Remo Baumann, Head of ICT Operations, inNET Monitoring AG

First step into the cloud: Azure tests for inNET's specialist applications

At the beginning of the project, a proof of concept was conducted to ensure that inNET's legacy business-critical applications would work reliably in a modern Azure environment. These applications are responsible for the precise measurement and analysis of environmental parameters such as air, water, natural hazards, noise and traffic - essential tools that are indispensable for the evaluation and monitoring of environmental data. The comprehensive test run by itnetX verified the compatibility of the applications with Azure and ensured that they run stably and efficiently. This was the first important step towards giving inNET the necessary security and leading the company towards a future-proof IT infrastructure.

Building a secure and flexible cloud foundation

Following the successful proof of concept, the team of experts at itnetX set up an Azure Landing Zone, which serves as a stable and secure cloud foundation. This allows inNET's IT resources to be flexibly adapted in order to react quickly and efficiently to the increasing requirements in the field of environmental monitoring. When it comes to expanding the range of services, the Azure Landing Zone ensures that inNET's environmental systems - from air quality to traffic - are optimally supported. It forms the basis for reliably storing the huge amount of environmental data collected.

Migration to the Azure cloud: real-time processing of huge amounts of environmental data

The data was then migrated to the new Azure environment. This migration was crucial to replace the infrastructure and improve performance. inNET processes a huge amount of environmental data in real time, which is necessary for analysis and sustainable planning. Thanks to the cloud environment, the company can access all the necessary information quickly and easily at any time and evaluate it in real time.

Automation and increased efficiency with Terraform

Another decisive step was the introduction of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. The automated configuration of workloads has considerably simplified the management of IT resources. Terraform ensures that the infrastructure is set up and adapted quickly, error-free and transparently, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing the susceptibility to errors.

Efficient IT operations and relief with AzureRUN

With the Managed Service AzureRUN the itnetX team of experts takes over the basic operation of inNET's IT infrastructure. This includes regular updates, technical support and license management - all essential tasks to keep the IT secure, up-to-date and efficient.

Long-term partnership for sustainable success

Even after the successful transformation to the Microsoft Azure cloud, itnetX continues to provide support. With the continuous Support by AzureRUN ensures the smooth operation of the cloud infrastructure so that inNET can concentrate on its core task.

The close cooperation enables inNET to draw on the extensive expert knowledge of itnetX in the area of Microsoft Azure at any time. The experienced team at itnetX is always on hand to answer any questions or technical challenges, develop tailor-made solutions and support the continuous optimization of the IT environment.

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