Case study > Energy, Utilities > Modernization of IT Infrastructure and Cloud Environments for Respect Energy
Edge One Solutions supported Respect Energy in the development and modernization of its IT infrastructure, covering both Azure cloud environments and on-premise solutions. The project included the implementation and maintenance of environments in IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and serverless models, the launch of a VM and LXC platform based on a Proxmox cluster, patch management automation, integration with Azure Arc, and mechanisms increasing business continuity and system resilience.
Respect Energy implements projects related to energy generation, sales, and trading. The infrastructure team is responsible for the creation, maintenance, and development of cloud and on-premise environments, including authorization, cross-system integration, data backup, and DRC.
Recently, key challenges have included ensuring business continuity and security, as well as modernizing and optimizing infrastructure costs. Key tasks included launching new on-premise platforms based on the Proxmox cluster and implementing a centralized system monitoring platform that automatically notifies users of detected irregularities.
Edge One Solutions supported Respect Energy in the development of cloud and local infrastructure, focusing on stability, security, automation, and the readiness of environments to support the company’s critical systems.
The scope of work included:
• implementation of Azure cloud environments for internal systems,
• work with IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and serverless models,
• launch of a VM and LXC platform based on a Proxmox cluster,
• support for on-premise environment management,
• implementation of Disaster Recovery Capability mechanisms,
• preparation of backup solutions for data and systems,
• patch management automation for virtual machines,
• integration of update management through Azure Arc,
• implementation of centralized system monitoring,
• configuration of automatic alerts for detected irregularities,
• support for permission and access management,
• development of a local LLM system.
The Edge One Solutions team implemented Azure cloud environments for Respect Energy’s internal systems. These environments covered various service models — from infrastructure as a service, through platform services and SaaS applications, to serverless solutions. This approach made it possible to select the right technology model for the requirements of specific systems and processes.
In parallel, a VM and LXC platform based on a Proxmox cluster was created. This gave Respect Energy an on-premise environment for managing virtual machines and containers, supporting systems that required local infrastructure, greater control over resources, or specific environment configurations.
An important part of the solution was the implementation of automated patch management for virtual machines, integrated through Azure Arc. Update automation improved environment management and increased the security level of the systems.
The project also included DRC mechanisms for the company’s critical systems. Their goal was to increase resilience to failures and enable faster system recovery in the event of infrastructure incidents.
Companies in the Energy & Utilities sector increasingly operate in hybrid environments that combine public cloud, local infrastructure, operating systems, monitoring tools, and automation-supporting solutions. This type of architecture makes it possible to better align infrastructure with business, cost, and regulatory requirements.
In the energy sector, business continuity, data security, access control, and system resilience are especially important. IT infrastructure modernization is therefore not only a technical initiative — it directly affects the stability of business processes, service quality, and the organization’s ability to grow.
Projects like this show that the development of cloud and on-premise infrastructure should go hand in hand with automation, monitoring, backup, Disaster Recovery Capability, and structured update management.
