Studiosus Reisen GmbH - Embracing the future of travel with modern cloud infrastructure
Studiosus migrated a large part of its 40-year-old on-premise system to Google Cloud to improve its scalability, enable real-time bookings, and boost customer satisfaction.
Studiosus Reisen GmbH
Throughout its 70-year history, German travel company Studiosus has seen the travel industry make huge changes before. From its first bus trip to the Balkans in 1954 to becoming the market leader in study tours, Studiosus has created its own successful niche in the travel industry.
The Challenge
Studiosus's on-premise system was built more than 40 years ago, on its technology stack at that time: COBOL. But the company had to keep modernizing its infrastructure to react to changing technological demands, which is time-consuming and expensive. At a certain point, running these multiple systems, such as quality assurance and production, on premises made it more and more difficult to run in sync. COBOL was no longer able to adjust itself quickly enough for the company's changing business demands.
The solution
After reviewing a number of hyperscalers, Studiosus chose Google Cloud. Not just for its technological capabilities, but also for the personal attention and service that the company got during its journey from on premises to hybrid. Google Cloud connected Studiosus with official Google Cloud Partner happtiq, which provided Studiosus with technical support, allowing the company to move at its own pace throughout the migration.
The results
Studiosus upgraded its technology infrastructure so it could run its dedicated services on Google Cloud. By moving to a cloud infrastructure, based on microservices, information such as availability and prices was now synchronized in real time to the new booking application. On the old booking portal they were only synchronized every six hours. Studiosus established a partner interconnect between its on-premises infrastructure, where the company still runs the reservations, and Google Cloud.
“Coming from an old IT architecture, this was a big step for us. And with the team at Google Cloud, we found people that were able to understand our business needs. They were honest and patient, and that was certainly one of the key factors in choosing them.”