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Shifting An Online Retailer To a Scalable Cloud-Based Infrastructure

A Brief Glimpse Into Our Client

The client is an online retailer with operations and shipments throughout the Middle East. Over a year, the business expanded significantly, which sharply increased online traffic and store transactions. However, the client's existing infrastructure, hosted on a shared server, was unable to scale effectively to accommodate the business's expanding needs. This situation prompted the client to seek out Brainium's expertise in cloud-based solutions to ensure business continuity and prepare for future growth.

Client Challenge:

By transitioning to a cloud-based infrastructure using Azure App Services and Azure Database for MySQL, the client was able to resolve several key challenges, including scalability, cost efficiency, and performance. Brainium's tailored solution ensured that the client’s web store could handle fluctuations in traffic, providing a scalable and secure architecture that supports future growth. The client now benefits from a more scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure that supports their current needs and positions them for long-term success in the competitive e-commerce market.

Industry

E-commerce

Business Type

B2B

Target Market

Middle East

Our Solution

On the same server, the client's application and database need to be divided into a two-layer architecture. Future growth could be more easily managed with this strategy because it allows for horizontal scaling. The client's application was a perfect fit for the Azure App Service because it needs the PHP framework.

An Azure PaaS solution called App Solution/Web App offers to host infrastructure for numerous applications kinds. The testing of the new version of the application and the deployment of new code are both made simpler by using this service. When choosing a platform, the application's security was also a crucial consideration. The two services that were selected are both part of the Azure PaaS family and have numerous security features in place that are controlled by Microsoft in addition to other functionality.

Our Impact

Although resources weren't being used most of the time, the client incurs monthly costs of about $241 due to odd surges in traffic load. The client's prices went up to $360 a month after implementing this method, but the application layer was instantly scalable and could now support more concurrent sessions than was previously feasible. This approach includes a load-balancing technique, so adding extra application workers does not affect the live system.

Because Azure Database for MySQL is a highly available service by design, the new database layer is more durable than it was in the initial implementation.

A staging/development environment for testing new features and versions is another advantage the customer received from this brand-new system.

Additional slots are automatically supported by App Service's free App Service plan. This directly benefits the client's development process in two ways:

An environment for staging and development is free of charge.

Because the production and development infrastructures are the same, there is less chance of misconfiguration and other issues between those environments. By putting this solution into practice, the customer laid the groundwork for future application development and integrated DevOps practices that would enable them to grow their business internationally.

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Absolutely phenomenal! We were expecting good results, but Brainium went beyond our expectations. The team was very responsive to our needs and conducted regular meetings with our in-house team to understand our requirements. We’ll definitely hire them again for more projects.