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When a cyberattack paralyzed the operations of an Accelera in 14 countries Chilean unit remained active. This was precisely the only unit hosted on Skyone's public cloud . The episode demonstrated, in practice, how choosing the right infrastructure ensures immediate continuity and avoids catastrophic losses .
The case of Accelera , a partner specializing in SAP Business One in countries like Chile, shows that migrating to a specialized cloud performance decision , but a true insurance policy against disruptions and critical vulnerabilities.
How Accelera ensured global performance and resilience with Skyone
Accelera has faced a challenge common to many technology companies: the need to adapt to the major changes imposed by global vendors. SAP's decision to migrate SAP Business One from SQL Server to the HANA Accelera and its clients to radically rethink their infrastructure.
While powerful, HANA technology required hardware with much more robust specifications and, consequently, dramatically higher acquisition and maintenance costs— "five to ten times higher" than the costs of a previous in-house environment. This reality raised the cost of maintaining the system internally to a level that most clients were unwilling to afford.
The search for a solution led Accelera to the cloud , not merely as hosting, but as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) capable of absorbing the high-performance and complexity requirements of HANA. It was in this context that the partnership with Skyone was consolidated four years ago, based not only on technology, but also on the service and complete solution offered. The migration to Skyone Autosky ensured an intelligent, auto-scaling , accessible from any location and device.
Why a specialized cloud is the only guarantee for SAP B1 environments
The true test of Skyone's robust infrastructure and cloud strategy came from an international client of Accelera, a large mining services company with operations in 14 countries .
Business databases of all subsidiaries onto a central server , maintained locally in Australia . After lengthy discussions about the security of the in-house environment, Accelera managed to convince the client to keep the Chilean operation's database in Skyone's public cloud as a test environment, while the remaining databases stayed in-house in Australia.
In a short space of time, disaster struck the operation: the main server in Australia suffered a massive cyberattack . "They lost all the information, all 14 countries went down, and only Chile remained functioning without any problems ." While the 14 nations had their operations paralyzed and data lost, the Chilean operation, hosted on the Skyone cloud , remained completely secure and functional.
“And the hackers who tried to get in, I imagine, to where we had this company hosted on Skyone AutoSky, there was no way they could get in , and we continued operating without any problems.” – Patricio Barrios , CEO of Accelera
The crucial difference, according to Accelera's CEO, Patricio Barrios, was Skyone's preventative security layer proactive cybersecurity , which not only reacts but also acts preventively . The Skyone Autosky platform, with its ISO 27001 certification and Zero Trust architecture , completely isolates the application environment, ensuring that the user's device, even if compromised, does not expose corporate data.
Proactive cybersecurity as a pillar of business continuity
Confidence in the cloud partner was further reinforced by a second case, this time involving data recovery after human error. A holding company of 17 businesses suffered a database corruption that prevented access to SAP Business One. The traditional solution would be to send the database to SAP for analysis and correction, a process that would take about two weeks of total downtime .
Thanks to backup and disaster recovery , downtime was drastically reduced. The last backup, performed the previous night, was restored, and all 17 companies were up and running in just four hours .
“They took the last backup they had made the previous night and, within four hours, we had all 17 companies operating throughout Chile. This is a success story.” – Patricio Barrios, CEO of Accelera
This guarantee of usability is fundamental, especially considering that Skyone offers automatic daily backups , with a standard retention of 7 days and an RTO (Recovery Time Objective) of up to 4 hours .
The future of data: Generative AI
Looking to the future, Patricio Barrios highlighted that Skyone's differentiating factor lies in its focus on being a data generation and management services company , not just a hardware company.
The potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) , offered by Skyone Studio , lies in transforming data consumption, going beyond final and past reports to provide real-time alerts and predictions .
“What I want is for generative artificial intelligence, which has all my data, to constantly provide me with alerts about what might be happening. And this works with the data we already have, that already exists, that is already available.” – Patricio Barrios , CEO of Accelera
With customized generative AI solutions, companies can use their own data to gain predictive and preventative insights agile and strategic decisions instead of reactive ones. This, in Barrios' view, is what will drive global productivity in the coming years.
Conclusion
The message for partners and companies hesitant to migrate their ERPs to the cloud is clear: the tool exists . Skyone Autosky offers a migration without code changes , with robust security AI- ready capabilities , and predictable costs .
The focus should shift from hardware management to data management and the use of artificial intelligence to achieve results and business value. The partnership between Accelera and Skyone demonstrates that the cloud is, today, the only way to guarantee security , efficiency , and competitiveness in a digitally risky world.
Learn more about the case and watch the full video on Skyone's YouTube channel.
