Alejandro Serrano: “We are working on several future proposals, including our own AI tool”
In an interview granted to casino.es, Alejandro Serrano states that at Calímaco “We are working on several future proposals, including our own AI tool” and that the company's philosophy is based on “keeping up with industry news, constantly evolving, and allowing our clients to have the most innovative technology and best service on the market.” Throughout the conversation, he emphasizes the importance of a modular and flexible platform, supported by a microservices architecture that facilitates operator growth. Here is the full interview.
1. What is Calímaco? What motivated you to create the company?
Calímaco was born to solve the limitations that operators cannot overcome with their current solutions. After more than twenty years of experience in the industry, we detected that their traditional platforms prevent growth and adaptation to the demands of increasingly strict players and regulations. We formed a group of highly reputed engineers and professionals to design a platform that responds to these needs: competitive, prepared for continuous change, and focused on user experience, leveraging all technological possibilities available.
2. Why is it so important to choose the correct architecture for the backend?
Architecture determines what can be done, the robustness of the solutions, and the ease of adaptation. Just like a car's mechanics influence reliability and consumption, architecture influences the speed of development and the ability to compete. Many current platforms are rigid and slow, preventing them from keeping up.
3. Main technological challenges for gaming operators
The essential challenge is competing in a highly contested market, with demanding players and complex regulations. Technology must be a solid foundation and a lever that provides freedom and agility. However, operators often feel limited by rigid and hard-to-expand platforms.
4. Solutions offered by the platform
Calímaco simultaneously addresses commercial agility, strategic autonomy, and quality service. The best technology is accompanied by the best operational support, ensuring the operator can control their business without hindrance.
5. Benefits of a microservices platform compared to monolithic ones
The microservices architecture reduces costs and time-to-market, facilitates innovation, and improves competitive agility. Each component can be scaled and updated independently, simplifying maintenance and easily integrating third-party software and various technologies.
6. Advantages in scalability, flexibility, and maintenance
Although they require greater initial planning, microservices are easily managed and maintained long-term. They can be modified without affecting the rest of the application and scaled independently, saving costs and avoiding single points of failure.
7. Interoperability and integration with other solutions
Integration is carried out through APIs. All platform operations can be invoked via calls, allowing the operator to develop their own tools.
8. Optimization of microservices performance
An expert team optimizes each microservice. The platform is monitored 24/7 with strict service commitments, supporting traffic spikes and executing more than 4,000 operations per second without degradation.
9. Security in a microservices environment
Security is audited and monitored from design to prevent and respond to cyberattacks. Proactive management of systems, networks, and applications is maintained to reduce cyber-risk and ensure business continuity.
10. Recent technological innovations
Continuous integration allows for constantly adding functionalities. Currently, an artificial intelligence tool is being developed to interact with the platform in natural language: querying databases, creating user segments, generating statistics, and automating promotions.
11. Vision on the future of the gaming industry
The industry is experiencing a boom in innovations and new regulations. Markets like eSports, cryptocurrencies, or casino on Telegram will continue to grow. Calímaco's philosophy is to constantly evolve to offer the most advanced technology and the best service.
12. Advice for those starting in online gaming
The market is competitive and increasingly regulated. A new operator must study their segment well, offer something novel, have sufficient resources for marketing, and approach the venture as a long race. It's essential to have a technological platform that allows for rapid evolution.
