CoMinVi improves uptime in systems and servers with Google Cloud
About CoMinVi
Based in Guanajuato, Mexico, CoMinVi is a company specialized in the construction of underground and open-pit mining works and the exploitation of mineral deposits.
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Nubosoft is a Google Cloud Partner focused on accelerating companies' digital transformation with the best cost-benefit ratio.
Supported by partner Nubosoft, the company chose to move its infrastructure to the cloud to leverage a more efficient system and provide better services to both internal and external customers.
Google Cloud results
- Infrastructure renewal costs decreased by 55%
- Service downtime and outages reduced
- Lower latency: 60–70 milliseconds
- Enhanced system performance through centralized management
More speed and security for IT services
Based in Guanajuato, Mexico, CoMinVi is a company specialized in the construction of underground and open-pit mining works and the exploitation of mineral deposits. It offers engineering and development, fortification, production, and material movement services both in Mexico and abroad.
With over 19 years of experience and about 1,700 employees, CoMinVi has taken part in over 35 projects with Mexican and foreign companies to mine gold and silver, among other materials.
The company stands out in the market thanks to its employees' expertise, its innovative mining knowledge, the level of security in its processes, its next-generation technology, and its commitment to the environment.
Toward a more efficient cloud infrastructure
CoMinVi was running its operations on an infrastructure combining on-premise and cloud features based on other providers' solutions. This infrastructure meant the company could leverage an internal ERP system, as well as connect users remotely, store documents, and consolidate reports.
As business grew, the organization started facing certain challenges: their servers were working almost at peak capacity, and support and maintenance costs were rising.
With these challenges in mind, CoMinVi's team realized the infrastructure had to be upgraded to improve server management and capacity, eliminate the annual license costs of virtual platforms, and deploy a container-based architecture to enhance its ERP system.
After assessing several cloud infrastructure providers, CoMinVi chose Google Cloud. Supported by partner Nubosoft, the company kicked off a successful migration journey.
"The company came to a point where it was clear we needed to upgrade our IT infrastructure. That was the start of our journey with Google Cloud. From then on, we began to consider developing more integrated and native solutions, with a long-term expansion capacity we have never had before."
—Víctor Gerardo Chávez Méndez, System Manager, CoMinViSolutions to leverage all business potential
Before implementing Google Cloud, CoMinVi, together with Nubosoft, began a planning process to define migration strategies for servers and configurations, followed by a test period to ensure the proper operation of systems with the new architecture.
Thanks to this planning process, CoMinVi was able to migrate, set up, and launch its infrastructure on a new cloud environment in only 10 hours.
The first step was to set up a cloud-based virtual private network using Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). The company created a network between headquarters, remote sites, and Google Cloud's VPC, which simplified internal communications.
Later, the team activated the migration service to Compute Engine to sync and rightsize virtual machines on Google Cloud. This enabled the company to deploy VM instances running as servers for various services, including the implementation of web apps and microservices, remote desktops to use applications, databases, shared files, and FTP servers, and for development purposes.
Last but not least, with Cloud Storage CoMinVi managed to simplify and streamline file management in internal systems, as well as to migrate its FTP server and improve cloud data storage.
"With Nubosoft's support throughout the planning and testing processes, migration took less than 24 hours. The process was extremely successful as all our operations were already running on Google Cloud the very next day."
—Félix Tomás Trinidad Ramírez, Infrastructure and Support Coordinator, CoMinViAn infrastructure featuring more availability and security
Thanks to Google Cloud's solutions, CoMinVi has significantly improved system uptime and speed, which helped users in several company departments streamline their tasks and accelerate data sharing.
After centralizing server management, the company can now monitor server status and performance at all times, which facilitates preventive maintenance activities. As the cloud infrastructure is efficient, the team no longer experiences service downtime when there are accidents, natural disasters, or blackouts.
A faster app speed was yet another benefit obtained by CoMinVi. The company also improved response times and demand-based performance.
Upgrading its infrastructure by adopting a cloud platform has been crucial to reducing its license renewal costs as Google Cloud offers a monthly payment model providing more expense control. In fact, migrating from physical servers to cloud solutions has led to cost savings of 55%.
Advantages also relate to communications, latency levels, and security; the company now has 1 GB of internal connection speed for enhanced communication in ERP transactions.
The VPN enabled the company to reduce connection latency compared to former applications. Today, latency levels are between 60 and 70 milliseconds, which makes the VPN connection stable at all times.
Finally, Google Cloud also helped the organization protect data in the cloud. Thanks to automated server alerts for suspicious activities or data vulnerabilities, CoMinVi has improved its capacity to identify attacks and data leaks.
After adopting Google Cloud technologies, the company now has a broader perspective of tools that can help the business reach better results and leverage the most from the cloud.
"Migrating to Google Cloud has not only accelerated processes for CoMinVi users, it has also made employees' work more efficient: they can now easily connect to internal platforms without being exposed to vulnerabilities and no longer have to worry about service downtime. Management efforts have also been reduced."
—Santiago Jiménez Abad, Head of IT, NubosoftA better journey toward a fully managed cloud environment
Due to the successful implementation of Google Cloud, CoMinVi is assessing other solutions, including Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, and managed database services.
Together with Nubosoft, the company is continuing to work on enhancements and new workloads to expand the current environment's features. It also receives custom, 24/7 support to solve any incident or query that may arise in relation to its cloud infrastructure.
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About CoMinVi
Based in Guanajuato, Mexico, CoMinVi is a company specialized in the construction of underground and open-pit mining works and the exploitation of mineral deposits.
About Nubosoft
Nubosoft is a Google Cloud Partner focused on accelerating companies' digital transformation with the best cost-benefit ratio.