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Business Advisory Firm
Business Advisory Firm
After nearly a decade working with an offshore development team, a leading Business Advisory firm found itself at a crossroads. Their core platform—used daily by over 3,000 advisors—had grown increasingly fragile. Built primarily in PHP, with React patched into certain areas, the platform had become a tangle of legacy code, duct-taped infrastructure, and sluggish response times.
Roadmap delivery was falling behind. Application downtime was hurting user trust. And the business was struggling to scale development due to poor workflows and high turnover within the existing team. A strategic shift was needed—not just to stabilize the current system, but to modernize it for long-term growth.
That’s when they turned to Azumo.
The Challenge
Azumo stepped in with a clear mandate: take full ownership of the platform, resolve its growing pains, and position it for future innovation. But the handoff came with significant complexity.
The platform’s PHP-based backend and frontend had evolved into a dense, over-abstracted codebase that was difficult to maintain. Infrastructure was inconsistently deployed across environments, with no clear documentation or standard processes. Developers had no reliable way to replicate issues locally, and routine crashes led to frustrating downtime.
On top of that, the offshore development team lacked continuity. High turnover and inefficient tooling left gaps in knowledge and slowed progress. Critical projects stalled. Confidence among stakeholders was fading.
“Azumo has a track record of delivering on time and achieving results. They are responsive to the needs of the business and can change direction as needed.”
The Solution
Azumo began with a comprehensive discovery process, auditing the codebase and infrastructure to identify root causes behind the platform’s performance and reliability issues. This wasn’t just a technical scan—it was an exercise in rebuilding trust, clarity, and control over a system that had grown too unwieldy.
Over the course of two months, Azumo led a structured transition from the legacy offshore team. They deployed a senior cross-functional pod experienced in PHP, Node.js, and React—engineers who could handle legacy cleanup and modern feature delivery at the same time. Communication was tight. Ownership was immediate.
The infrastructure transformation started with observability. Azumo implemented New Relic to monitor system health in real time and introduced CI/CD pipelines to accelerate and safeguard deployments. The team also migrated the application to Kubernetes—enabling horizontal scaling, reducing AWS costs, and eliminating downtime through auto-healing and orchestration.
With stability restored, Azumo focused on enhancing the user experience. A new Single Page Application (SPA) built in React and Node.js began to replace parts of the legacy frontend. This dual-path approach allowed Azumo to modernize critical components without disrupting the live system—a key priority for a platform in daily use by thousands of advisors.
Behind the scenes, the platform’s technical debt was quietly being resolved. Infrastructure was codified. Processes were documented. Workflow tools were introduced to manage velocity and improve visibility. Slowly, confidence returned.
Results
The transition to Azumo didn’t just stabilize the product—it reinvigorated it.
Today, the SPA integrates seamlessly with the legacy backend, giving users a modern interface without requiring a disruptive system overhaul. Features are shipped faster and with greater predictability. Teams no longer fear downtime—uptime now exceeds 99.9%, a massive improvement from the platform’s prior instability.
The infrastructure modernization effort paid off beyond performance. By optimizing the AWS footprint and embracing Kubernetes orchestration, Azumo helped reduce infrastructure spend by over 80%. These savings created room to reinvest in development, grow the engineering team from 4 to 15, and accelerate delivery across the roadmap.
What began as a rescue mission has evolved into a long-term partnership. With a stable foundation, scalable architecture, and renewed internal momentum, the Business Advisory firm now has the tools and team to support growth—without compromising user experience.
Azumo turned a fragile legacy system into a stable, scalable, and forward-looking platform—without interrupting the client’s day-to-day business. Through disciplined engineering, clear communication, and relentless focus on outcomes, they helped the Business Advisory firm reclaim control, reduce costs, and unlock a new phase of product evolution.
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