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Real-time Messaging & Infrastructure Scaling for Online Classroom

Services Covered:

IT Consulting • Cloud Consulting and Services

Industry

Education

Duration

12 months

Budget

Less than 10K

Start Date

1 January 2020

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

72/100

Good

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Client

LearnCube

United Kingdom

Project Summary

Romexsoft provided IT consulting and infrastructure engineering for an online classroom provider to scale services during a COVID-19 demand spike. The vendor implemented a cost-optimized real-time messaging backend using AWS API Gateway (WebSockets), Lambda and ElastiCache, improved monitoring and autoscaling, and recommended AWS-managed services. The client reported lower costs, reliable performance and responsive collaboration.

Key Challenges

Scale services rapidly to handle peak Covid-19 demand
Improve reliability and system response time
Decrease operating costs and proactively identify performance issues

Project Deliverables

Real-time WebSocket backend using AWS API Gateway and Lambda
AWS ElastiCache-backed storage with high availability
Vue.js client-side WebSocket integration
CloudWatch logging and monitoring
Autoscaling and monitoring improvements
Cost-optimization of real-time messaging (replacement of third-party pub/sub)

Project Solution

Romexsoft recommended and implemented a real-time messaging backend using AWS API Gateway (WebSockets), AWS Lambda and ElastiCache, with client-side WebSocket initiation from Vue.js and Node.js Lambda handlers. They improved monitoring (CloudWatch), autoscaling and overall infrastructure performance, and provided 24/7 managed monitoring and support to optimize costs and reliability.

Project Outcome

Reduced costs compared to the client's previous third-party solution
Proven reliable and scalable architecture
Responsive collaboration, smooth handover and proactive infrastructure recommendations

Platforms

Web
Cloud

Tech Stack

Vue.js
Node.js
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The system introduced by Romextsoft was significantly cheaper than the client's previous third-party alternative. The product was reliable. The team was responsive, easy to work with, and facilitated direct calls for the project's progress.”
Daniel O'Reilly
CTO
Date: 01/26/2021