While CargoWise is a market leading transport management system, hosting the application has proven to be difficult and costly. With on-premise hosting, ensuring capable computing resources, power loads, footprint etc. to meet the workload demands of users, has required a need for over-provisioning and excessive capacity planning. Furthermore, on-premise hosting is not scalable or flexible in nature, which makes it hard to manage, especially on a long-term basis – not to mention the occurence of unexpected downtimes and security risks.
For global operations with tight deadlines and little room for error, consistent performance and reliability are crucial factors for an application that sits this close to the heart of the business.