Zed-Pay Success Story: From Fragmentation to a Unified, Secure, and Stable IT Infrastructure

For fintech companies, a stable IT infrastructure is more than just a technical requirement; it’s a critical driver of client trust. It ensures transaction continuity, data protection, regulatory compliance, and rapid scalability to keep pace with a growing customer base.

Before partnering with Colobridge, Zed-Pay’s IT landscape was quite complex. The company’s servers were geographically dispersed, with some capacity hosted on AWS and others with hosting providers in France and Vietnam.

Given our positive past experience, a test period wasn’t necessary. So, immediately after discussing the details and finalizing the project plan, the migration commenced, taking approximately three weeks.

The primary challenge was to meticulously consolidate Zed-Pay fragmented infrastructure into a single, cohesive unit without causing any downtime for our mission-critical fintech services. Zed-Pay own IT specialists handled most of the workload transfer to the Dedicated Servers, with the Colobridge technical team providing consultation on demand. Colobridge also assisted with the final launch phase: installing the operating system and configuring the VMware ESXi virtualization system, which Zed-Pay now directly manages.

Even during the operational phase, technical nuances related to virtualization administration arose, once again requiring the active involvement of Colobridge’s support staff. This included assisting with comprehensive server maintenance without downtime, which was crucial for our fintech services. The vendor’s experts also provided valuable recommendations for building a cluster using Shared Storage (BSaaS) to further enhance the fault tolerance of Zed-Pay IT infrastructure.

Dedicated Servers — these are physical servers entirely leased to a single client. The client gets exclusive access to all of the server’s hardware resources — like the processor, memory, disk, and network channel — ensuring maximum performance and security. Dedicated servers provide complete control over the software environment and hardware configuration.

BaaS (Backup as a Service) — this is an automated cloud service for creating, storing, and restoring IT infrastructure backups. Data from a client’s servers, workstations, or applications are automatically copied and securely stored on the service provider’s remote infrastructure. Companies no longer need to buy, set up, or maintain their own backup hardware and software. Instead, copies of their important data are reliably stored off-site and can be recovered after outages, accidental deletion, or disasters.

The key benefit of migrating to the Colobridge platform was a significant boost in infrastructure stability and the uninterrupted operation of all IT services. Consolidating all resources onto a single platform allowed Zed-Pay to save time on administration, react more quickly to incidents, and focus on developing their core fintech products. Zed-Pay’s IT team gained complete control over all computing resources and can manage them centrally – which is far more convenient than having servers scattered across various providers.

Thanks to the well-structured IT infrastructure built on Colobridge’s powerful systems and ongoing optimization, Zed-Pay successfully reduced risks of failure and improved system availability. Zed-Pay services now easily withstand peak loads without glitches – this is especially critical for clients during periods of high activity, such as weekends or new feature releases. This newfound stability has become the bedrock for the continued expansion of their fintech products into international markets.