OPTIMIZING A REAL ESTATE PLATFORM WITH CLOUDOPS
Find out how DBB Software helped a Norwegian PropTech company build and optimize its real estate platform through cloud-based architecture with advanced CloudOps functions.
Industry
Real Estate & Property Management
Service
AWS services
Team
2 Back-End Developers, 2 Front-end Developers, 1 DevOps, 1 PM, 1 QA
Project State
July 2020 - Ongoing
Country
Norway
About the Client
Plaace is a Norwegian PropTech company that operates an advanced real estate platform leveraging data analytics to help users identify the best locations and make informed property decisions. The platform serves property managers, landlords, and tenants with comprehensive features including card transactions, visitor tracking, demographic insights, and geospatial analysis. Plaace combines property management tools with powerful location intelligence to transform how real estate stakeholders interact with property data.
THE CLIENT'S INITIAL REQUEST
Plaace approached DBB Software to enhance its platform with a comprehensive architecture upgrade, leveraging CloudOps best practices for scalability, efficiency, and operational reliability. The client's key requirements included:
Infrastructure Setup from Scratch
Establish a robust, production-ready AWS infrastructure from the ground up to support the platform's launch and future scalability requirements, including servers, databases, routing, and load balancing.
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Multi-Source Data Migration and Integration
Enable seamless migration and processing of diverse datasets from multiple sources, including XLSX files, REST APIs, BigQuery, and Amazon S3, with custom transformation logic tailored to the platform's specific needs.
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Reliable Deployment Strategy
Implement deployment processes to support continuous platform updates with minimal downtime, leveraging CloudOps practices for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
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Advanced Geospatial Data Processing
Build capabilities to handle complex geospatial data processing to power the platform's location intelligence features and deliver precise area insights to users.
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SOLUTIONS WE DELIVERED
DBB Software designed and implemented a complete CloudOps ecosystem for Plaace, building infrastructure from scratch and establishing deployment pipelines, data migration workflows, and geospatial processing capabilities that have powered the platform for over three years:
AWS Infrastructure from Scratch
Designed and configured a comprehensive AWS-based infrastructure, including EC2 instances, RDS databases, VPC networking, Route 53 routing, and Application Load Balancers. Established auto-scaling groups to handle traffic fluctuations and ensured high availability through multi-AZ deployments, creating a scalable and reliable foundation for the platform's operations.
Customized Multi-Source Data Migration
Developed custom migration scripts to import and process data from multiple heterogeneous sources including XLSX spreadsheets, REST APIs, Google BigQuery, and Amazon S3 buckets. Implemented data transformation pipelines tailored to Plaace's specific business requirements, executing migrations efficiently without relying on third-party tools and ensuring data integrity throughout the process.
Blue-Green Deployment for Seamless Updates
Implemented blue-green deployment strategies using AWS services to ensure seamless application updates with minimal downtime. This approach maintains two identical production environments, allowing instant rollback capabilities and enabling a smooth user experience during regular platform improvements and feature releases.
Advanced Geodata Processing with PostGIS
Leveraged PostgreSQL with the PostGIS extension to handle complex geospatial data processing at scale. Implemented spatial indexing, geographic queries, and location-based analytics to support Plaace's key geodata functionalities, enhancing the platform's ability to deliver actionable location insights and demographic analysis to users.
Long-Term CloudOps Partnership and Optimization
Delivered continuous CloudOps-driven optimizations, performance monitoring, and regular feature enhancements over three years of ongoing collaboration. Maintained platform reliability, implemented security best practices, optimized costs, and ensured the infrastructure scaled seamlessly with growing user demands and expanding feature sets.
RESULTS ACHIEVED
Robust & Scalable Infrastructure
Built a highly reliable and scalable AWS-based cloud architecture that serves as a solid foundation for the platform's operations, supporting growing user demand and feature expansion.
Proven Long-Term Effectiveness
Delivered a CloudOps solution that has operated efficiently for over 3 years, consistently meeting client expectations, maintaining high availability, and ensuring platform stability and client satisfaction.
Seamless Continuous Deployment
Enabled regular platform updates with minimal downtime and zero disruption to user experience through blue-green deployment strategies, supporting rapid iteration and feature delivery.
Enhanced Geospatial Data Processing
Leveraged PostgreSQL with PostGIS to significantly enhance geospatial data handling capabilities, allowing Plaace to deliver precise area insights, location analytics, and demographic intelligence to its users.
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