Case Study – COMnet

About the customer

COMnet has been helping top Indian companies with their IT needs for over 23 years. They provide complete IT infrastructure solutions, from start to finish. Their main focus is on helping businesses go digital and managing their IT systems effectively.

COMnet offers reliable and flexible solutions that help companies get the best return on their investment while keeping costs low. They always aim to meet customer needs and deliver great technology and support.

Apart from business, COMnet also gives back to society. One example is their work with Alpha English School in Dharavi, Mumbai. The company is certified with ISO and CMMI Level 3, showing their commitment to quality, innovation, and making a positive impact through IT.

Challenges

The client’s Goa travel and tourism website, which was hosted on their own on-premises servers, faced several major problems:

  • Security Issues: The website was often targeted by cyberattacks, putting data and system stability at risk.
  • Poor Scalability: It couldn’t handle high traffic smoothly, especially during peak seasons, which hurt the user experience.
  • Manual Operations: Tasks like backups and deployments were done manually, making processes slow and inefficient.
  • Slow Performance: The site had long loading times due to a lack of proper caching, leading to user frustration.
  • High Costs: Maintaining the in-house servers became too expensive and unsustainable.
  • These challenges made it clear that a shift to a more secure, scalable, and efficient infrastructure was necessary.
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Solution

To solve the client’s issues, we successfully migrated their Goa travel and tourism website from on-premises servers to AWS Cloud, taking full advantage of its powerful services to boost performance, security, and scalability.

  • Stronger Security: We implemented AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect the website from cyber threats and keep data safe.
  • Improved Scalability: Using AWS Auto Scaling, the system now adjusts resources automatically based on traffic, ensuring smooth performance even during high-demand periods.
  • Faster, Smarter Deployments: With AWS CI/CD pipelines, updates and deployments are now automated, reducing manual work and speeding up development.
  • Better Website Speed: We used AWS CloudFront (CDN) to cache most of the website, improving load times while excluding sensitive areas.
  • Reliable Backups: AWS Backup was set up to automatically back up data, ensuring safety and quick recovery in case of issues.

By moving to AWS, we built a reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure that improves the user experience and supports the client’s future growth.

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Solution Diagram

  • Amazon VPC
  • Amazon EC2
  • AWS WAF
  • AWS NAT Gateway
  • Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
  • AWS Backup
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • AWS KMS
  • AWS IAM
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • Amazon Route 53
  • AWS Systems Manager (SSM)

Outcome

The migration to AWS delivered measurable improvements across all key areas:

  • Stronger Security: Implementing AWS WAF greatly reduced cyberattack risks, protecting data and ensuring system reliability.
  • Scalable Infrastructure: AWS Auto Scaling allowed the website to handle traffic spikes smoothly, especially during peak travel seasons.
  • Greater Efficiency: CI/CD pipelines automated deployments, cutting down update time and reducing manual effort.
  • Faster Performance: AWS CloudFront improved website loading speeds by over 50%, leading to a better user experience.
  • Reliable Backup & Recovery: AWS Backup ensured data was automatically secured, enabling quick recovery during any issues.
  • Cost Savings: Moving to AWS eliminated expensive on-premises server costs and improved resource usage, achieving around 35% cost reduction.

Overall, the AWS migration enhanced the website’s performance, security, reliability, and customer satisfaction, supporting the client’s long-term growth.

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