HSK Industries builds a robust and varied business portfolio with Google Cloud and SAP Business One

The obstacles they faced

Before transitioning to the cloud, HSK Industries dealt with an unstructured IT operation that had limited oversight across different sectors of the company. Rapid growth spurred by strategic acquisitions increased the demands on IT resources, highlighting the need for a centralized IT strategy to integrate diverse IT solutions.

To address its burgeoning infrastructure demands, HSK Industries explored cloud-based solutions. Recognizing the benefits of a more stable, accessible and scalable system, HSK Industries selected Google Cloud™ to enhance both the expansion and stability of its portfolio. “With Google Cloud, HSK Industries is able to redefine the company by bringing cross-industry groups together and enabling collaboration,” said Nachtrieb.

In addition to offering enhanced stability and accessibility, Google Cloud allows HSK Industries to mitigate the impact of unexpected weather events. With operations spread across various sites in Florida and Tennessee, the shift to Google Cloud has fortified HSK Industries' data protection strategy in preparing to navigate any potential unexpected disruptions.

What we achieved together

With the help of the Rackspace team, HSK Industries successfully moved its resources from on-premises to Google Cloud for stability, accessibility and scalability, followed by an upgrade to SAP HANA Business One.

With HSK Industries’ decision to create both a non-production and production environment, Nachtrieb said that his leadership team now has the opportunity to bring in new technologies and scale across industries. The feedback they have received on these new technologies has been positive, giving HSK Industries the potential for unlimited opportunities.

“We were excited about that because it allows us to look at which future technologies and opportunities we can bring into a solution for our company,” said Nachtrieb. “It allows us that flexibility, as we scale, to have what feels like unlimited potential.”

“Rackspace plays an important part in our ecosystem of vendors by providing us with a framework for collaboration and optimizing our ability to work with those vendors,” said Nachtrieb. “We work with many partners that each bring something different to the table. I'm proud of this collaboration and the effort by Rackspace to fit that approach, working toward our customers' benefit and goals.”

The initial lift-and-shift phase of the project brought several substantial benefits to HSK Industries, including increased scalability, significant cost savings and heightened security. The second phase took the modernization of HSK Industries' operations a step further, introducing a more advanced database and an updated version of SAP HANA Business One. These advancements allowed the company to enhance customer engagement and efficiently manage and analyze large volumes of data, liberating their in-house teams to concentrate more on core product development projects.

“My interactions with Rackspace Technology have been terrific and our employees and leadership team have expressed enthusiasm for Rackspace Technology,” said Nachtrieb. "In our ecosystem of partners, we see Google Cloud as the beehive and the Rackspace team as the honeycomb that helps our team to build our system with the data and resources we need to thrive. I am incredibly optimistic about our future."