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Cloud Performance and Scalability Review for HealthTech Company

Services Covered:

Cloud Consulting and Services

Industry

Healthcare

8 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 June 2021

Team Size

1-5

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

Induction Health Care

Melbourne, Australia

Project Summary

Insighture reviewed the hosting and software architecture for a healthtech client, defining and coding performance tests, scripting automation for test execution, and delivering analytics and reports using AWS and Elasticsearch. The engagement produced increased scalability headroom and reduced AWS infrastructure costs while improving the product's inclusion of performance and scalability considerations.

Key Challenges

Review existing hosting and software architecture
Identify factors constraining solution scalability
Develop a solution performance measurement and management framework

Project Deliverables

Performance test definitions and test code
Automation scripts for performance test engine execution
Report generation from performance test framework results
AWS performance analytics, OS metrics and custom Elasticsearch analytics
Analysis with recommendations for infrastructure and application enhancements
Position description for hiring an application performance engineer

Project Solution

Insighture provided cloud and performance consulting: liaising with senior application developers, QA and DevOps teams to define and code performance tests, scripting automation for test execution, and generating reports from test framework results. They performed AWS performance analytics, operating-system metrics collection, and custom Elasticsearch analytics, then analyzed results and recommended infrastructure and application changes to meet scaling objectives. They also delivered a position description for an application performance engineer.

Project Outcome

Reduction in AWS infrastructure costs for the same scale of application usage
Increase in scalability headroom for given configurations
Known configurations and costs to reach customer-specified scaling objectives
Inclusion of performance and scalability aspects in all product development and deployment
Achievement of AWS Well-Architected Performance and Cost Pillars assessment

Platforms

Cloud

Tech Stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Elasticsearch

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Thanks to Insighture, the client witnessed a significant increase in scalability headroom for a given configuration and a drop in AWS infrastructure costs. The service provider ensured excellent communication through regular meetings. Their flexibility and pragmatic approach were commendable.”
Warren McDonald
Former CTO
Date: 05/28/2023