CLOUD LANDING ZONE: PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE OF RETAIL

STARTING POINT TO ACE THE CLOUD ADOPTION

The first step in cloud adoption is often establishing a cloud landing zone—a framework for organizations undertaking large-scale cloud migrations. This foundation underpins any successful cloud adoption strategy.

Collaborating with Müller, we established a cloud landing zone on Google Cloud. This platform offers excellent support for retailers, including a 99.99% uptime SLA with financial credits for any dip in performance. This genuinely cloud-native approach provides the backbone for all future cloud operations, ensuring adaptability and reliability.

A LANDING ZONE MODELED AFTER A HUB-AND-SPOKE PRINCIPLE

Zoi designed the landing zone using Google best practices and a “hub-and-spoke” model, centralizing control for optimal management. This included establishing centralized logging, policies, network segmentation, VPN gateways for on-premises access, and all necessary components for a production-ready application lifecycle. The infrastructure, coded in Terraform, utilizes Google Cloud Builder to automate changes with an approval process.

Müller’s GCP Landing Zone architecture, using a hub-and-spoke model with centralized control and logging.

Centralized logging sinks provide comprehensive audit trails across the platform while enforcing the principle of least privilege. Combined with Müller's Azure AD Identity & Access Management (IAM) and robust security policies, this ensures compliance and a secure, user-friendly cloud experience for developers.

A hybrid networking setup facilitates seamless data connection between on-premises and cloud systems. Zoi also streamlined development by creating application templates for cloud migration. Thorough requirement workshops and in-depth technical collaboration ensured smooth deployment. Zoi's commitment to knowledge transfer empowers Müller's cloud teams to confidently manage the landing zone and its codebase.

With the cloud landing zone complete, Müller is poised to lead in cloud-based online retail and advanced data processing.

ABOUT MÜLLER

Müller is one of Europe’s largest and acclaimed retail chains offering a large range of products from pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and essential household goods. They operate more than 900 stores and employ more than 35,000 employees across 7 countries.

USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO GAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

The retail industry is fiercely competitive. To maintain an edge, businesses leverage new technologies to boost productivity, optimize logistics, and enhance customer service. Müller, a technology-driven company with a history of successfully adopting on-premise open-source software, understands this well.

Cloud computing offers numerous benefits, especially for retailers. The cloud delivers scalability, cost savings, faster time-to-market, improved data loss prevention, and advanced cyber security. It can revolutionize everything from data security to customer, supply chain, and workforce management—all without the burden of maintaining on-premise hardware. Müller, eager to capitalize on these advantages, sought to embrace cloud computing, sharpen its competitive edge, and further fuel its innovative power.