The Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services (CAC) was founded in 1924 to represent, promote, and defend the commerce and services sector, which is essential for the country’s economic and social development. The CAC is a network that includes more than 1,000 regional and sector-specific chambers, associations, and entities. It represents small, medium, and large businesses before public authorities. Additionally, the CAC is committed to education and offers a wide range of academic programs through various educational units such as CAECE University.
The Challenge
CAC faced the need to modernize its technological infrastructure to improve the reliability and availability of its systems, support its technological growth, and have contingency plans for critical situations. They were looking for a solution that would optimize investment and operational costs to support growth while ensuring high availability and infrastructure security.
The Solution
CAC chose to migrate its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) due to its leadership in cloud services and its ability to meet all the established technical requirements. CloudHesive was selected as the partner to manage the migration, configuration, and service operations in AWS thanks to its strong technical proposal, broad service offering, and direct recommendation from AWS. The implementation included the use of AWS Landing Zone and Control Tower for a solid infrastructure with centralized governance, and Application Migration Services to migrate servers in waves according to their dependencies and priorities.
The Results
Since implementing AWS solutions through CloudHesive, CAC has experienced significant benefits:
→ Reliability and Availability
A high level of system and infrastructure reliability and availability has been ensured, which is crucial for serving members, clients, and students.
→ Growth and Technological Evolution
CAC has been able to grow and evolve technologically according to its needs.
→ Contingency Plans
Robust contingency plans have been established for critical situations, including a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) across a second region in case of catastrophe.
→ Cost Optimization
AWS infrastructure elasticity allows for resources and systems to be modeled based on usage, optimizing costs over time.
→ Security and High Availability
The infrastructure now resides within AWS’s global infrastructure, ensuring high availability and security.
The collaboration with CloudHesive has enabled CAC to design and define a clear strategy for its technological evolution, aligning with a changing environment and growing client demands. This partnership has strengthened the relationship with AWS and positioned CAC to tackle future challenges with innovative and effective cloud solutions.