Case Study: Ragic eliminates DDoS downtime and cuts response times with Google Cloud Platform (Google Compute Engine)

Ragic Switching to Google Compute Engine eliminates DDoS service disruption

Ragic, a Taiwan-based maker of web database applications used by universities and technology firms, faced repeated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in late 2015 that rendered its multi‑tenant hosted platform inaccessible and disrupted customer access. With a significant customer base in Taiwan and strict data‑sovereignty needs, Ragic needed a more resilient, modern cloud environment that could protect service availability and meet local compliance requirements.

Ragic migrated overnight to Google Compute Engine and now runs a hybrid architecture with virtual machines in Taiwan, the US, and Europe. The move eliminated DDoS‑caused downtime (zero service disruptions since the migration), cut response times from as high as 400 ms to about 200 ms, met regional data‑sovereignty needs, enabled encrypted data at rest and on‑the‑fly scaling without downtime, and delivered nearly 100% availability.

Ragic

Jeff Kuo

Founder