“When choosing cloud resources, we decided on Google Cloud Platform. This platform helped us synchronize the work of various tools existing in the company, provided us with the possibility of automatic scaling of the system, high availability and resistance to external factors, real-time monitoring of the entire infrastructure and flexible setting of messages according to the key parameters of system viability, highly competitive asynchronous execution of tasks by the system, flexible client-oriented business logic, readiness for rapid integration with BigData repositories and Machine Learning systems »said Artem Volkhonskyi, director of the digital technology development department of Nova Poshta.
The Ukrainian company «Nova Poshta» provides the service of express delivery of documents, cargo and parcels for individuals and businesses not only on the territory of Ukraine, but also throughout the world. The Nova Poshta network consists of more than 6,000 branches. In 2020, the company delivered more than 250 million shipments across Ukraine and became the undisputed leader in the commercial delivery and e-commerce market of Ukraine.
In order to achieve digital transformation using modern technologies to increase the productivity and value of the company, as well as to provide customers with easy access to services based on full self-service, “Nova Poshta” is creating a new platform based on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The new platform is a combination of all the company’s digital services aimed at providing services and assistance to customers, which includes client and courier mobile applications, a web platform, a business office, NPShopping, etc.
The Google Cloud Platform was chosen for the creation of this platform, the use of which has advantages for a number of reasons:
- optimal set of tools for rapid development of microservice and BigData infrastructure;
- the best Kubernetes integration to date and support for the current version;
- optimal price-quality ratio for the available technological stack;
- Native integration with the FireBase stack and Google Analytics.
“At the Wise IT company we always strive to provide our customers with only the best and most modern technologies. Cloud services from Google occupy leading positions in many areas, in particular in the field of mobile application development and web platforms. For a company that occupies a leading position in the market of transport and logistics services of Ukraine, it is important to use only platforms with the highest productivity, as the requirements for the quality of customer service are growing every day.” – commented Maria Halytska, head of the cloud solutions department.
