Cloud-based Product Development for a Global IoT Leader

Industry: IoT / Technology Service: Cloud & Product Development Duration: 18+ Months

99.9%

Platform Uptime

Faster Data Processing

50%

Infrastructure Cost Reduction

The Challenge

A global leader in IoT solutions approached Reachgrid to modernize their legacy infrastructure and build a cloud-native platform capable of handling millions of connected devices. Their existing on-premise architecture was struggling to scale with growing demand and lacked the flexibility needed for rapid feature deployment.

Key challenges included:

Legacy monolithic architecture limiting scalability and deployment speed
Need to process real-time data streams from millions of IoT devices
Complex device management across multiple geographic regions
Security requirements for sensitive industrial IoT data
Integration with existing enterprise systems and third-party platforms

Our Solution

Reachgrid designed and implemented a comprehensive cloud-native solution that transformed the client's IoT platform into a scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient infrastructure.

      Architecture Highlights
      Microservices Architecture: Decomposed monolith into independently deployable services
Event-Driven Design: Real-time data processing using message queues and stream processing
Multi-Region Deployment: Global distribution with automatic failover capabilities
Container Orchestration: Kubernetes-based deployment for elastic scaling
Edge Computing: Distributed processing for reduced latency and bandwidth optimization

    

Technology Stack

AWS Kubernetes Docker Apache Kafka Node.js Python PostgreSQL Redis Terraform Grafana

Implementation Approach

We followed an agile methodology with iterative delivery to minimize risk and ensure continuous value delivery:

Discovery & Planning: Comprehensive analysis of existing systems and definition of cloud architecture
Foundation: Set up cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and security frameworks
Migration: Phased migration of services with zero-downtime cutover strategy
Optimization: Performance tuning, cost optimization, and monitoring implementation
Knowledge Transfer: Training and documentation for client's internal teams

The Results

The cloud transformation delivered significant improvements across all key metrics:

Platform now handles 10x the device connections compared to the legacy system
Reduced infrastructure costs by 50% through right-sizing and auto-scaling
Deployment frequency increased from monthly to multiple times per day
Mean time to recovery (MTTR) reduced from hours to minutes
Enabled expansion into new geographic markets with regional deployments

Client Feedback

"Reachgrid's cloud expertise transformed our IoT platform from a scaling bottleneck into a competitive advantage. Their team seamlessly integrated with ours and delivered a solution that exceeded our expectations in both performance and cost efficiency."

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