Seamless Cloud Migration & Disaster Recovery with Niveus

Business Opportunity

Zero Downtime, Accelerated Cloud Migration

Craft Silicon, headquartered in Nairobi, is a global fintech company delivering banking, microfinance, mobile, and payment solutions across 30+ countries. Serving 300+ organizations, 254 in Africa, it processes over USD 5.5 billion annually and 1M+ daily transactions, driving digital transformation at scale.

They faced significant challenges with latency and scalability in their existing environment, which impacted their ability to roll out new features and constrained overall business growth quickly. To address these issues, the company was looking for a more efficient and scalable cloud infrastructure that could enhance customer service availability in India. 

Niveus enabled Craft Silicon’s smooth migration from on-prem to GCP with zero downtime, setting up complete infrastructure, database replication, disaster recovery across regions, and CloudOps for end-to-end cloud management. The staging and DR environments were delivered in under 3 weeks to meet client timelines.

The Challenge

Craft Silicon faced cloud performance challenges that limited growth and service delivery, including:

• Latency and Scalability Issues: Their existing cloud environment couldn’t handle growing workloads efficiently.
• Delayed Feature Releases: Slow deployment cycles hindered innovation and time-to-market.
• Regional Service Gaps: Limited infrastructure impacted customer service availability in India.

Our Solution

Niveus assisted Craft Silicon in migrating their workloads from on-premises infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This involved setting up the foundational GCP environment and building the necessary infrastructure to host their applications and databases. We also designed a disaster recovery (DR) solution and configured infrastructure to replicate databases from their on-premises data center in Mumbai to GCP. Additionally, we implemented CloudOps to enable proactive monitoring and alerting, ensuring the continuous availability of their infrastructure and applications.

External user requests were directed to the web layer, where the web server was deployed on Google Compute Engine, which then connected to the application layer hosting the app server. The application layer was seamlessly integrated with the database layer, utilizing MS-SQL databases hosted on GCP. Continuous replication was established between the on-premises data center and GCP for both the MS-SQL database and the file server. In the DR setup, user requests were routed through the Google Cloud Load Balancer (GLB) to the application layer on Google Compute Engine, ensuring reliability and failover readiness.

Results

• Zero Downtime: Migration completed with an efficient infrastructure setup, ensuring uninterrupted services. 
• Solution Delivered in 3 Weeks: Staging and disaster recovery environments were implemented within 3 weeks.
• Client Readiness: Quick setup enabled Craft Silicon to meet their client’s delivery timelines.
• CloudOps Excellence: Niveus provided expert consultation, seamless deployment, and comprehensive cloud management for sustained performance.
• Business Continuity: Application and database disaster recovery established in a separate region to safeguard against regional or global failures.

Power of Partnership

Partnering with Niveus gave Craft Silicon access to specialized cloud expertise, structured methodologies, and proven best practices tailored to financial services. Our collaborative approach involved a thorough assessment of their existing systems, identifying potential risks and designing solutions that aligned with their scalability and compliance requirements. We ensured knowledge transfer to their teams, enabling them to manage better and optimize their new cloud environment post-migration.

Beyond the technical implementation, Niveus provided continuous strategic support, ensuring the cloud infrastructure was not just migrated but optimized for long-term performance and reliability. Our CloudOps framework introduced proactive monitoring, automated alerting, and consistent health checks, building a foundation for operational excellence. This partnership empowered Craft Silicon to improve service delivery, accelerate innovation, and position themselves for future growth with confidence.

Benefits of Migration to GCP with Niveus

• Reduced Risk: Our well-architected migration approach ensures operational continuity with minimal data and service risks.
• Cost Optimization: Niveus helps clients optimize cloud spending through precise resource planning and right-sizing strategies.
• Improved Performance: We enhance application speed, scalability, and reliability for better user experiences.
• Enhanced Security: Niveus integrates advanced cloud-native security practices to safeguard data and ensure compliance.
• Future-Ready Solutions: Our cloud architectures are built with flexibility to support AI, ML, and data analytics initiatives.