Efficiency and control: GO Corp's success formula with Xertica.ai and Google Cloud

Nowadays, to be a leader in any market, companies must embrace technology and constantly evolve. Gerardo Ortiz e Hijos Cia Ltda (GO Corp), an Ecuadorian company with more than 60 years in the market and a benchmark in its retail sector, is a living testament to how investing in technology can transform a business.

GO Corp had already taken a big step by implementing a system called SAP S/4HANA, which allowed them to organize and automate their processes. This meant a great improvement in decision-making and in how they managed their supply chain.

However, to remain competitive and agile, they needed a more flexible and powerful technological infrastructure. That's why the challenge for Xertica.ai was to help GO Corp migrate and upgrade an on-premise infrastructure to Google Cloud, ensuring everything continued to function smoothly and improving their efficiency.

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This process involved thoroughly understanding how Gerardo Ortiz's current systems operated and showing them the great benefits of moving to Google Cloud, including how they could save money and see a return on their investment.

The solution: A smooth migration to Google Cloud

From Xertica.ai, we offered a complete service to move all of Gerardo Ortiz's infrastructure to the Google cloud. The process was divided into key stages to ensure everything went well and without interruptions:

1. We built a "Landing Zone" in Google Cloud, ensuring everything was configured securely and efficiently, to guarantee that the new infrastructure would be robust and ready for the future.
2. We moved Gerardo Ortiz's main systems to Google Cloud with a detailed migration plan, using tools to scan and prepare the systems and a specialized team in charge of moving the servers so they would function just as well in the cloud.
3. After the move, tests were carried out to confirm that everything was working correctly and that the data was secure. In addition, a monitoring system was implemented that constantly monitors the performance of the systems in the cloud to ensure everything runs smoothly and detect any anomalies in time.

For the retail giant, the alliance with Xertica.ai had an impact on the digital transformation for more than 7,000 employees across all companies, as well as:

"A successful, efficient, and professional process. Meeting deadlines and always supported by an expert team with minimal incidents that were resolved in time, resulting in more productivity in our tasks and lower costs," said Fernando Aguilar Ochoa (Corporate TICs Director of GO Corp).

More efficiency, control, and prepared for the future

Thanks to the alliance with Xertica.ai, GO Corp not only managed to move its systems to Google Cloud efficiently and securely, but also gained: greater control over its systems, the ability to grow rapidly when needed, and the possibility of facing any eventuality in real-time.

Gerardo Ortiz now has a robust infrastructure in Google Cloud and a large storage capacity, distributed in different locations to ensure availability and disaster recovery.

Furthermore, as Fernando Aguilar Ochoa (Corporate TICs Director of GO Corp) tells us: “We improved our productivity by up to 200%, processes that took up to 8 hours were reduced to 2 hours, and our infrastructure costs were reduced by 30% to 40%.”

The results are a clear demonstration that digital transformation is an essential driver for leadership and innovation. By choosing Xertica.ai as its strategic partner and betting on the power of Google Cloud, GO Corp also strengthened its position as a commercial benchmark in Ecuador.