Improved resilience and service continuity
Optimized performance and reduced latency
Enhanced security and improved regulatory compliance
Optimized operational costs
Increased innovation capacity
ICANN-accredited registrar, Openprovider, migrated its infrastructure to Google Cloud to modernize domain name management, enhance service resilience, and optimize scalability.
ICANN-accredited registrar, Openprovider, migrated its infrastructure to Google Cloud to modernize domain name management, enhance service resilience, and optimize scalability.
Modernizing infrastructure to support evolution
Our model based on private data centers was reaching its limits. With rising demands for scalability, security, and uncompromising performance, we needed to equip ourselves with an infrastructure that could power our next stage growth and meeting the demands of a rapidly evolving market.
Shreerang Gondegaonkar
CTO, Openprovider
With over three million domains under management, Openprovider has established itself as a key player in the European market for leading domain name management and security providers and related services. An ICANN-accredited registrar founded in 2004 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the company now has over 100+ employees across 25 countries. To support its growth and ensure increasingly reliable service for its customers, Openprovider undertook a major transformation in 2023, deciding to migrate its entire infrastructure to Google Cloud.
"This transition was driven by clear realization," explains Shreerang Gondegaonkar, CTO of the company. "Our model based on private data centers was reaching its limits. With rising demands for scalability, security, and uncompromising performance, we needed to equip ourselves with an infrastructure that could power our next stage growth and meeting the demands of a rapidly evolving market."
This realization went beyond a simple need for expansion. This wasn't just about scaling up — it was about future-proofing our business," continues Shreerang Gondegaonkar. We saw an opportunity to reimagine our architecture from the ground up — not only to boost resilience, but to create a platform built for innovation, agility, and long-term leadership in our industry."
After a thorough analysis of the solutions available on the market, Google Cloud stood out as the ideal partner to support this critical transformation. Openprovider was convinced by the robustness of Google Cloud's technical offering and the attractiveness of its pricing model. Another decisive factor was Google Cloud's broad international presence and numerous available regions, an essential criterion for a company operating on a global scale. The intuitive interfaces, which facilitated a rapid learning curve, also played in favor of Google Cloud, as they allowed Openprovider's technical teams to quickly learn and be proficient in the new platform without slowing down day-to-day operations.
Rather than a simple lift-and-shift, the company completely redesigned its infrastructure to take full advantage of Google Cloud services. The use of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud SQL provided Openprovider with a highly available environment, capable of automatically adapting to peak loads without impacting service quality.
The flexibility of Google Cloud is especially critical given Openprovider's role as a registrar and aggregator. "We integrate APIs from global registries — each with its own unique formats, behaviors, and edge cases," explains Shreerang Gondegaonkar, CTO of Openprovider. "Our platform must harmonize and deliver this data in a consistent, real-time experience to our customers. Achieving this with minimal latency requires substantial compute power and architectural flexibility — something we're now actively building toward on Google Cloud, after facing clear limitations in our legacy infrastructure."
Strengthening performance and resilience
Improving service resilience was among the priority objectives of this migration. This transition also made it possible to optimize performance and significantly reduce latency, a crucial issue for a player in the domain name industry. Moreover, before the transition to Google Cloud, incident management relied mainly on manual and reactive procedures. Today, thanks to Google Cloud's advanced monitoring capabilities, Openprovider can detect and address issues earlier in the life cycle and maintain a higher standard of service continuity.
The issue of security was also a determining factor in the choice of Google Cloud, as Shreerang Gondegaonkar emphasizes: "The domain name management market is particularly sensitive to attacks and service interruptions. Thanks to Google Cloud's infrastructure, it has enabled Openprovider to architect its systems for significantly improved resilience and faster recovery. The new setup brings the company closer to industry-leading recovery point objectives, minimizing potential data loss windows, and ensuring greater continuity for mission-critical services.
By relying on Google's infrastructure, it has enabled Openprovider to architect its systems for significantly improved resilience and faster recovery. The new setup brings the company closer to industry-leading recovery point objectives, minimizing potential data loss windows, and ensuring greater continuity for mission-critical services.
Shreerang Gondegaonkar
CTO, Openprovider
Finally, migration also facilitates compliance management with the regulations of the various markets where the company operates. Thanks to flexible data management and storage regionalization options, Google Cloud allows Openprovider to expand its international presence while complying with local legal requirements, particularly in anticipation of the application of the NIS2 directive (new security rules) in Europe.
A transformation focused on innovation
Google Cloud has been the catalyst for a profound transformation of Openprovider. Our company now has a significantly more resilient infrastructure that anticipates problems before they affect our customers, that allows us to launch new services quickly, and that also gives us the freedom to invent our future in a constantly changing digital ecosystem.
Arno Vis
CEO and Co-founder, Openprovider
While this migration to Google Cloud was initially motivated by technical imperatives, it quickly revealed its strategic potential. Google Cloud provides Openprovider with the flexibility to innovate faster and explore new territories. "Like many companies in the technology sector, we are actively investing in artificial intelligence," says Shreerang Gondegaonkar. "With our new infrastructure, it becomes much easier for our teams to develop services using Google Cloud's AI solutions. At the same time, we are exploring the possibility of offering our platform as a PaaS to certain partners. This is an opportunity that would not have been possible with our old infrastructure."
To date, Openprovider's information system is 90% deployed on Google Cloud, with the remaining 10% to be migrated in the coming weeks. The company is now working on optimizing its cloud resources. "We deliberately oversized some resources during the initial phase to ensure stability, but our next step will be to refine our usage to optimize our operating costs," specifies Shreerang Gondegaonkar.
In the meantime, the reduction in time spent on maintenance already allows technical teams to focus more on innovation and customer experience, which is a considerable advantage in a market as competitive as domain name management.
"Google Cloud has been the catalyst for a profound transformation of Openprovider," concludes Arno Vis, CEO and Co-founder of the company. "Our company now has a significantly more resilient infrastructure that anticipates problems before they affect our customers, that allows us to launch new services quickly, and that also gives us the freedom to invent our future in a constantly changing digital ecosystem."
In fact, by migrating its infrastructure to Google Cloud, Openprovider has not only strengthened its performance: the company has transformed a technological challenge into a strategic opportunity. This transition now allows it to strengthen its position in the market while paving the way for new innovations and sustainable growth in a constantly evolving digital environment.
Founded in 2004 in Rotterdam, Openprovider is an ICANN-accredited registrar. The company offers a comprehensive platform for managing domain names, SSL certificates, and other related services. With a team of over 100+ employees across 25 countries, it distinguishes itself with its innovative subscription model, offering customers competitive pricing and complete transparency.
Industry: IT
Location: The Netherlands
Products: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud SQL, Virtual Private Cloud, Cloud NAT
