Austrian Federal Forests: Modernizing Geo- Information Systems with Cloud

the story

The Austrian Federal Forests (ÖBf) care for, protect and manage the natural resources of Austria - lakes, forests, mountains - in the sense of sustainability. ÖBf operates a software service for the documentation and publication of geo-information. The software service is used e.g. by forestry institutions for border surveying. GIS (Geoinformation system) consists of various components, including databases, several frontend servers, application servers, license servers, and routing servers. To upgrade the existing software service, the client needed a strategic partner who could understand the current mix of components and offers a wide range of know-how in terms of software development, software architecture, and cloud solutions. Nagarro’s global Cloud Centre of Excellence were brought in to carry out the cloud migration and service configuration.

challenge

The upgrade of the software client was the reason to evaluate the modernization of the service architecture and a possible cloud operation on Microsoft Azure with all its implications. The current mix of components being complex called for the need of an experienced team that evaluates the existing architecture carries out a robust implementation in a cost-effective way.

process

During the analysis and planning meetings, a potential cloud service architecture was designed as a proof-of-concept with ÖBf. The individual components were separated from the overall system. IaaS and PaaS options were compared, several possible service architectures were created and evaluated according to advantages and disadvantages. Finally, an implementation plan was developed for the selected option.

outcome

The main objective, to reduce operating costs and achieve greater flexibility in terms of resource utilization was achieved. At the same time, this project served as a pilot project for the operation of services in the cloud to gradually switch from outsourcing to cloud operation with further workloads to take advantage of the benefits available there.

The modernization of our GIS as a pilot project for further digitization projects proved that operating in the cloud not only brings clear advantages in terms of costs but offers greater flexibility. The cooperation with cloud experts also guaranteed a smooth migration in the shortest possible time.

Rudolf Vierthaler

Stv. Leiter IT at Österreichische Bundesforste AG

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