A Closer Look at the Work Itself
Write-ups of individual projects: what the client was dealing with, the approach we took, the technology involved, and what came out the other side.
Six Projects, Documented
Each one is a few pages rather than a paragraph. Useful if you want to see how an engagement actually runs before you start one.
Herff Jones Builds Multi-Tenant SaaS on AWS
A 14-year-old design product rebuilt as a multi-tenant SaaS platform, supporting 100,000 users across more than 8,000 schools with tenant isolation throughout.
Read the deep-diveKatz, Sapper & Miller Exits Its Data Center in 10 Weeks
Azure and on-premises workloads moved to AWS against a fixed deadline, using Terraform and AWS Control Tower, with 30%+ projected savings and no disruption to peak season.
Read the deep-diveGroup 1001 Moves Off Legacy in Under 100 Days
A migration factory approach rather than workload-by-workload projects, which is what made the timeline possible. Security and cost both improved on the way through.
Read the deep-diveHerff Jones Automates Its Release Pipeline
Feature releases moved from every six months to on demand, non-production costs dropped around 70%, and development teams scaled tenfold on automated environments.
Read the deep-diveProduct Design Assessment for a Global Dairy Manufacturer
Two digital platforms carrying operations from production through inventory management, assessed for how well the design actually supported the work being done in them.
Read the deep-diveWonderopolis Gets Infrastructure That Can Take the Traffic
The National Center for Families Learning needed a new infrastructure configuration and DevOps platform to bring the application up to the standard its audience demanded.
Read the deep-diveLooking for shorter reads on a specific problem? Browse the articles
Every One of These Started With an Assessment
Before any of this work began, we looked at what the client was actually running and what it was costing them. That is what COBRA™ does, and in most cases AWS covers it.