Aktios and DoiT began working together in January 2023, starting with an architectural review of Google Cloud and linking DoiT with an account to access the 40 projects Aktios was running at the time. Since then, DoiT has helped evolve what Aktios’ advanced technical teams had initially built — helping with hardware and fine-tuning its existing architecture to enable scale.

Flexible, scalable infrastructure 

Aktios’ clients tend to start small and with low volume, so flexibility and scalability are important in supporting their growth as they get more experience, take more orders, and manage higher levels of activity on their websites. Aktios runs many containerized Compute Engine workloads, which rely heavily on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for orchestration. And because GKE automatically scales, even if there’s a sudden increase in demand from a customer, Aktios can also immediately scale to that need. DoiT reviewed Aktios’ architecture when they first began working together and has been solving their questions about GKE since. Aktios has also been using Google BigQuery to create reports and help analyze its KPIs. 

Cost savings with cloud tech

Aktios can now track its cloud costs more easily.  

“All of DoiT’s products and services support us with flexibility, scalability, and easy-to-use cost management. We can deliver expert solutions at good prices to our customers, because we’re also able to control our own expenses and be efficient,” says Perez Gasca. 

Running at speed for customer need

In e-commerce, speed is of the essence. Customers expect quick replies, and businesses need to be ready to problem-solve at a moment’s notice. DoiT offers Aktios a level of expert technical support that it hadn’t experienced before, which now gives the company the confidence to tackle any technical challenges it faces. The DoiT team has helped with hardware, tuning, and architecture changes. Recently, Aktios was setting up new OPNsense firewalls behind a load balancer and experienced some challenges, which DoiT helped the company navigate.

“The online channel is quite stressful, because everything needs to happen in one second. If you have a problem, you need to solve it in one second,” says Perez Gasca. “So it helps to have a partner who answers you and supports you quickly, so you can deliver to your customers.”