This US non-profit organizations’ (NPO’s) flagship app is used by 700+ higher education institutions to automate financial aid processing for millions of students.
To enhance scalability, security, and compliance, the NPO sought to modernize its Windows-based system into a cloud-native SaaS solution on AWS.
Hitachi Digital Services partnered with the education NPO to design, develop, and deploy a cloud-based version of its financial aid app.
- We assessed 1.3M lines of legacy code, defined an optimized architecture, and implemented a microservices-based SaaS solution leveraging 20+ AWS services, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance.
The SaaS solution enhances efficiency, security, and accessibility for thousands of financial aid officers and millions of students. With a modern UI and serverless architecture, it improves performance and reduces costs. Since 2018:
- 100+ business processes delivered
- 46 complex features developed
- 19+ releases, 8,000+ user stories
- 15 microservices, 25+ cloud design patterns
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