Anchor Network in the cloud: greater agility and scale with Skyone

From legacy infrastructure to a more agile, scalable, and growth-ready cloud environment

With nearly 900 stores spread across Brazil, Rede Âncora is an auto parts distribution company that considers physical presence and close relationships with its customers an important part of its strategy.

To keep pace with business growth and advance its digital transformation, the company identified the need to modernize its technology infrastructure. The legacy environment was no longer able to meet the new demands of the operation and was beginning to become a bottleneck for business evolution.

The solution was to migrate the entire legacy system and infrastructure to the cloud with support and management from Skyone, using Autosky.

The project brought greater scale and, above all, agility to the operation. Infrastructure changes that previously could take hours, days, or weeks are now being implemented in minutes. Furthermore, Rede Âncora virtually eliminated the incidents it faced in the previous environment and began to dedicate more attention to its core business, while Skyone took over infrastructure management.

The challenge: an infrastructure that was no longer keeping pace with growth

The digital transformation of Rede Âncora involves different fronts, from process optimization and technology modernization to the adoption of artificial intelligence and new tools.

But before moving forward with these initiatives, it was necessary to resolve a structural issue.

The infrastructure was no longer compatible with the growth of the business. The legacy environment hindered change and made infrastructure modifications very time-consuming.

For a company with a presence in nearly 900 stores nationwide, this lack of agility represented a limitation in keeping up with the evolution of the operation.

The goal became to build an infrastructure capable of offering greater maturity, scale, and speed, creating a technological foundation for the next steps in digital transformation.

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The solution: complete migration to the cloud with Autosky

Rede Âncora chose to migrate its entire legacy system and infrastructure to the cloud with the support and management of Skyone.

The project was carried out using Autosky, a Skyone solution focused on cloud infrastructure for legacy systems and ERP environments.

Two factors were key to the decision: scale and agility.

The migration allowed us to leave behind a scenario where infrastructure changes could take hours, days, or even weeks. In the new environment, these changes now happen in a matter of minutes.

More than just transferring systems to the cloud, the project created an infrastructure better suited to the pace of evolution of the Âncora Network.

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The result: fewer incidents and more focus on the business

One of the main impacts perceived by Rede Âncora was the reduction of performance problems.

According to Daniel Destro, the company's CTO, the migration virtually eliminated the incidents that occurred in the previous environment.

With a more stable infrastructure and specialized support from Skyone, the technology team was able to work more calmly and focus their attention on business-related issues, instead of concentrating their efforts on infrastructure maintenance.

Key results

• All legacy systems and infrastructure migrated to the cloud;
• Infrastructure changes that went from hours, days, or weeks to minutes;
• Virtually zero incidents compared to the previous environment;
• Greater maturity of the technological infrastructure;
• More scale to keep up with business growth;
• Internal team more focused on strategic priorities;
• Infrastructure management supported by Skyone's specialized team.

Technology as the foundation for digital transformation

Modernizing the infrastructure represents only one step in the technological strategy of Rede Âncora.

With a more mature cloud base, the company is also evaluating new features to enhance its processes, especially in the areas of data, artificial intelligence, and AI agents.

The next step involves integrating with other services in the Skyone ecosystem, including Skyone Studio, with potential applications in data analysis and processing, and the use of AI to support business processes.

This evolution aligns with Rede Âncora's vision of using digital not to replace the physical presence that characterizes its business, but to strengthen relationships with its customers and create new ways to generate value.

An infrastructure prepared for the next steps

Migrating to the cloud solved an immediate infrastructure challenge, but it also created the conditions for Rede Âncora to advance its digital transformation agenda.

With greater agility, scale, and stability, the company now has a technological base more aligned with the growth of its operations and more room to explore new applications of data and artificial intelligence.

For Rede Âncora, the relationship with Skyone goes beyond simply contracting a cloud infrastructure.

In the words of Daniel Destro, the company's CTO: