A global specialty chemicals company wanted to upgrade its legacy metanomics information system (METIS) for accelerated assessment of chemicals.
Infosys developed a bespoke multi-tenant software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution on the cloud that can be used by different entities across the enterprise as well as partners.
Key Challenges
- On-premise, intranet-based single-tenant app lacked scalability
- Built on legacy technology (Perl script), the application had performance and maintenance issues
- Archaic data management and processes required a high degree of manual intervention
- Unpredictable system functionality caused a loss of notifications and data
- High total cost of ownership due to reliance on third-party systems for generating reports
The company's proprietary legacy application had several issues:
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The Solution
Cloud solution enables one-click access to chemical information with a robust query engine
Infosys developed a cloud solution that enables business users to make sense of chemical data. It allows professionals to promptly retrieve and visualize data in the form of intuitive dashboards, spider charts, tables with interactive filters, and drill-down capabilities.
Our solution is built using cross-platform open-source tools. It incorporates application components with automated continuous integration-continuous delivery and gated approvals for controlled deployments.
Our team adopted a decoupled architecture and leveraged microservices to offload intensive data processing. We used a scalable, future-proof database architecture to automate data loading and data anomaly reporting.
Decoupled architecture leverages microservices to manage intensive data processing
- Automation enables data anomaly reporting and accelerated data loading with in-app notifications
- In-app third-party query implementation eliminates third-party systems for data reporting
Benefits
Performance
Our solution resulted in an estimated 98% improvement across search modules, and 99% improvement for batch modules
Data integrity
The customized solution ensured 100% data reliability and scale
System functionality
The application had zero key feature breaks, and 99.99% availability
Cost of ownership
Our solution reduced maintenance cost by 40%, with annual cost savings of US$ 25,000+ by eliminating third-party systems for report generation
New revenue stream
Our platform can be monetized for consulting services to external partners
ELF rating
The company received rating of 7/7 in two instances
