Innovative Cloud Migration: A Case Study of innogy Czech

innogy Czech, a leading European energy company, was faced with the challenge of migrating its mission-critical SAP systems to a new location after the closure of its data center in Brno, Czech Republic due to flood risk. The company had to decide between moving its SAP implementation to a new data center in Germany or migrating to the public cloud, which would align with the organization’s cloud-first strategy. The company’s IT team saw an opportunity to transform operations by moving to the cloud, not only to keep up with future business growth but also to take advantage of the agility, flexibility, and management efficiency of the cloud. The company saw the shift from capital expenditure to operating expenditure as another potential benefit. However, the migration process was fraught with challenges, including the need to migrate dozens of terabytes of SAP data, complete a replatforming of the Linux operating system and Oracle database, and convert the data to Unicode, all without negatively affecting business activities and customers.

innogy Czech, formerly known as RWE, is an established European energy company that provides gas, electricity, and other services to 1.6 million customers in the Czech Republic. innogy Czech operates 65,000 km of electrical grids, manages six underground gas-storage facilities with a total capacity of 2.7 billion cubic meters, and produces heat and electricity in 18 plants. With its three business areas—renewables, grid and infrastructure, and retail—the company is well equipped to work in a modern, decarbonized, decentralized, and digital energy world. innogy Czech strives to offer its customers innovative and sustainable products and services to help them use energy more efficiently and improve their quality of life.