MTS creates a new cloud area based on the start-up from MTS StartUp Hub accelerator

MTS advises of a new cloud area creation on the basis of Containerum team, a start-up completed acceleration on MTS StartUp Hub innovative site. For customers of #CloudMTS provider a cloud service will be developed capable of doubling the speed of IT solutions launch and increasing competitive advantages of the Russian business.

 

Within the scope of the new cloud area #CloudMTS will provide the companies with containerized services that ensure a much quicker development, implementation and administration of IT solutions in cloud. The cornerstone is the start-up own development – a platform having the same name Containerum that will be customized to operate in the provider’s cloud. 


Applications will be created in several steps, the key of which are service development and commissioning. Traditionally, services are developed in one technological environment and implemented in another environment. Hence, a conflict may arise between the development environment of IT solutions and that of their implementation and use. The availability in one place (the container) of all components requisite for creating and launching applications helps to save time on IT solution adaptation to the new environment. Such approach accelerates significantly the development and launch of new services in the market.   


Major companies from the financial sector, manufacturing industry and retail will be able to speed up considerably the development and implementation of business applications and external customer services reducing time-to-market. Technological start-ups, fin-tech companies and online aggregators of goods and services will be able to increase dramatically fault tolerance of their services and scale up resources more quickly. For instance, by using containerized technologies banks will accelerate development and implementation of online banking services and customer mobile applications. Large industrial companies will be able to reduce costs and simplify administration of applications of business analytics. Online retailers will receive a tool enabling them to scale up quickly the resources of their sites depending on the traffic. 


New service Containerum Managed Kubernetes will be provided in a form of service.  It will allow the companies to reduce costs related to new IT solution development and launch in the market at least by 40%. The service will help to use the cloud space more reasonably: one virtual server will accommodate twice or thrice as many applications. The containerized service will ensure an exponential growth of fault tolerance of applications during peak loads and minimize the downtime during updating. A reliable operation of IT solutions of customers is implemented by automatic monitoring of loading and redistribution of inbound customer traffic between servers. 


“We actively advance own development line to provide #CloudMTS customers with the best solutions in the market. A new service based on the containerizing technology will allow the Russian businesses to increase competitive advantages by reducing significantly the IT solution time-to-market. Our customers will be able to develop and launch both internal business applications and external customer services more quickly. We have great expectation for Containerum team of developers that deals with Kubernetes container orchestration system since its appearance, this being an expertise of great value in the Russian market,” – #CloudMTS Director Oleg Motovilov said. 


“We are glad to receive an opportunity to develop more rapidly within MTS digital ecosystem. Professional qualities and expertise of #CloudMTS team became the key drivers for joining the provider that would launch a new cloud area of great demand in the IT market in the coming future.  Previously, we did a lot to make Kubernetes technology popular in Russia: we were the first to customize the technology for certain business tasks. We are sure that Containerum Managed Kubernetes new service will arouse considerable interest with large IT development teams. The software solution underlying the future service has completed certification for Cloud Native Computing Foundation[2] and is recommended for use together with services of such companies as Google, Alibaba, IBM,” – #CloudMTS Containerizing Service Manager Denis Ivanov noted.


“Integration into MTS structure is a method to deal with start-ups succeeded within the pilot project in MTS StartUp Hub. We are pleased to see our site operation adding great value to MTS ecosystem. Over one year and a half, MTS StaruUp Hub have implemented 15 technological solutions in different units of the company. We believe that the Containerum technology will help the provider to reduce the time-to-market of the new containerized service on average by 1.5-2 years.  It is a compelling advantage in the highly competitive cloud market. At the moment, a close testing  of the service has started to which about ten major companies have already joined,” – Head of MTS StartUp Hub Dmitry Kurin said. 


About MTS StartUp Hub 


MTS StartUp Hub is an innovative site to transform technological projects in profitable business, consisting of the corporate accelerator, 5G incubator, MTS venture fund, quick launch of pilot projects and foreign representative offices. The goal of MTS StartUp Hub acceleration program is to develop actively start-up teams through mentoring, training and expert support to prepare products for a pilot project with the company. Following the three accelerator enrollments, over 1500 teams applied for participation and 40 of them completed the program. As a result, 33 pilot projects have been launched and 15 have been scaled up.


About Containerum team


The Containerum team has a four-year experience of developing IT solutions related to containerized services that ensure a quick rollout and administration of applications in cloud. The team succeeded in acceleration and implementation on the basis of MTS StartUp Hub innovative site. Following the pilot project where #CloudMTS provider acted as the business customer, the team joined the provider’s own development unit.