Pristine Adem Yaşari International Airport, managed since 2011 by Limak Kosovo, one of the key companies in Kosovo’s economic development, welcomes 2 million guests per year. Limak Kosovo took one of the most important steps in digital transformation and moved its IT infrastructure to NGN cloud and won the third prize in the cloud transition category with this project in the 2nd IDC Technology Awards 2019 organized by IDC (International Data Corporation), in which the best data center and cloud projects are evaluated.

The cloud technology provides speed, flexibility, cost advantage and high performance and offers a great opportunity for cloud technology companies to focus on their own business. In its cloud transition journey, Limak Kosovo worked with NGN, Turkey’s next generation technology partner and one of the 10 best managed IT Service companies in Europe. Thanks to NGN Cloud’s global standards, uninterrupted, high performance infrastructure, Limak took a solid step in its digital transformation journey.

 We talked about this award-winning transformation process with Limak Kosovo International Airport JSC COO Gökmen Arıtay and NGN Data Center and Cloud Solutions Director Beyazıt Öztürk.

NGN IS BEYOND A PROJECT PARTNER

Gökmen Arıtay “The advances in technology and the personal data protection-use obligations made using cutting-edge hardware and ensuring the security of all data in any crisis mandatory for all companies active in the international arena. In that regard, as Limak Kosovo International Airport JSC, we decided to initiate this digital transformation.

This important work must be shaped and implemented by teams that have the necessary resources and experience in their fields. As Limak Kosovo International Airport JSC, we are very happy to have chosen NGN and experienced a flawless installation process. NGN is beyond being a project partner for us. They have instilled faith in the fact that they are not just project partners, but a support for their users with their solution/timing oriented approach to managing both hardware, software and support and momentary process-related faults throughout the process.

WE OFFER A LOCAL SOLUTION THROUGH A SINGLE HAND

NGN Data Center and Cloud Solutions Director Beyazıt Öztürk says the following about the solution they provide:

“As NGN, we combined our system integrator aspect with our Cloud and Managed Services provider aspect and offered our distinguishing business values to Limak Kosovo International Airport JSC. Our local data center, Star of Bosphorus, has Tire III design and facility certifications and offers Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DraaS). Our Titanium business partnership with Dell Technologies allowed us to singlehandedly implement the project. We support Limak Kosovo to improve their business efficiency in their own ecosystems, and to reduce product and service costs. Our efforts resulted in this “Cloud Transition” award we won with Limak Kosovo, and this further motivates us in the process of carrying our clients to a digital future.”

ADVANTAGES OF NGN CLOUD

• IT infrastructure expenses moved from CAPEX to OPEX.
• Reduced licensing fees allowed cost optimization.
• ‘Pay Per Use’ model allowed for metered billing.
• Project delivery delays due to hardware delivery and malfunctions are avoided.
• Security services secure the data.
• The data was stored in Star of Bosphorus Data Center in Turkey.
• Business continuity was ensured through Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DraaS) services.