About The Client

The Client is a full-service, technology-driven third-party logistics provider that delivers advanced transportation management solutions across North America.

Business Challenges:

  • The Back-office Command center system built with Silverlight and SOA API technology.

  • Silverlight reaching end of support, SOA APIs facing extensibility and scaling problems.

  • Business required zero downtime during technology transition.

  • New system to run alongside existing one until all customers migrate.

  • Legacy system to be retired after migration.

  • New platform intended for cloud-based hosting.

What did we do?

  • We recommended

    • HTML 5-based SPAs for the front end of the backend Command Center.
    • Microservices architecture-based API layer.

  • Proposed data sync approach for transitioning customers from the legacy system to the new platform.

  • Continuous data transfer from legacy system to new data stores.

  • New platform designed to support future business enhancements.

Business Outcome:

  • Development of the New Platform

  • Onboarding of new customers onto the New Platform

  • Smooth transition of existing customers from the legacy platform to the New Platform with zero downtime

  • New Platform built on a cloud infrastructure to support auto-scaling for business requirements

Tools & Technologies:

Frontend:  HTML 5 SPA 
Backend:  Microservices Architecture based Web APIs 
DevOps:  Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipeline , Octopus deploy 
Database:  SQL server 2016 
Environment:  Azure cloud, OnPremise VMs 
Tools:  Automation Anywhere , Stress Stimulus, NewRelic, SVN,GIT 

Results

  • Smooth Transition of existing customers from legacy to new platform

  • Zero downtime during transition

  • Faster Time to Market

  • Built on secured cloud infrastructure

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