Unlocking Growth: Simplicate’s migration to AWS

In the fast-paced landscape of software development, the ability to adapt and evolve is paramount for businesses seeking to maintain their competitive edge. For Simplicate Software, a scale up in the software solutions industry, this imperative for innovation became clear as they confronted the limitations of their existing hosting solution.

About Simplicate

Simplicate is a fast-growing software scale-up with offices in Groningen and Amsterdam. With user-friendly CRM and project software, they have been making more than 1,300 service providers more successful since 2014, through the most efficient flow from first customer contact to invoice. Their customers increase their success through time savings, efficient work, the right insights and happier employees.

The challenge

Simplicate’s existing hosting solution was not scalable and flexible enough to accommodate their ambitious growth plans. They needed a robust infrastructure that could handle increased traffic, support new features, and provide the reliability required by their customers.

The solution

Understanding the critical importance of modernizing Simplicate’s infrastructure, CloudNation proposed a comprehensive solution centered around migrating their operations to Amazon Web Services (AWS). This involved not only the migration itself but also a thorough modernization of their infrastructure and application architecture to leverage the full capabilities of AWS.

Key steps

1) Assessment and Planning: CloudNation conducted a detailed assessment of Simplicate’s existing infrastructure and mapped out a migration plan tailored to their specific needs and goals.

2) Migration to AWS: Leveraging the power of AWS migration services, we seamlessly transitioned Simplicate’s operations to AWS, ensuring minimal disruption to their business operations.

3) Application Refactoring: In parallel with the infrastructure modernization, CloudNation refactored Simplicate’s applications to align with AWS's best practices, maximizing the benefits of the cloud environment.

Results

The successful implementation led to a transformative outcome for Simplicate. By migrating to AWS and modernizing their infrastructure and applications, Simplicate Software achieved the following results:

Improved Scalability: Simplicate’s infrastructure is now highly scalable, capable of handling fluctuations in demand and accommodating future growth.
Enhanced Reliability: With AWS's robust infrastructure and built-in redundancy features, Simplicate’s applications now enjoy enhanced reliability and uptime.
Cost Optimization: By leveraging AWS's pay per use model and optimizing their architecture, Simplicate has realized a better insight in their cloud utilization and the resources they use.
Accelerated Innovation: The modernized infrastructure and agile development practices enabled by AWS have empowered Simplicate to innovate more rapidly and deliver new features to market faster.

Technologies used

Amazon Web Services (AWS): The core platform for hosting Simplicate’s infrastructure and applications.
OrgFormation (open source): Used for managing the AWS Landing Zone in an Infrastructure as Code manner and facilitating the automation of AWS resources.
Terraform: Leveraged for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Github: Utilized for version control and collaborative development of codebase changes during the migration and modernization efforts.
DataDog: Leveraged for monitoring and analysis of the performance and health of the cloud infrastructure and applications

Conclusion

The successful migration and modernization of Simplicate’s infrastructure to AWS have positioned them for continued growth and success in the rapidly evolving software market. By partnering with CloudNation to implement this transformative solution, Simplicate has not only addressed their immediate challenges but also laid a solid foundation for future innovation and expansion.