Case Study: iRiS Software Systems achieves greater agility and global scale with Microsoft Azure

iRiS Software Systems enhances business agility and global scale with Azure PaaS

iRiS Software Systems, a provider of a cloud-based guest experience platform for the hospitality industry, faced challenges with global scale, operational complexity, and high hosting costs under its previous cloud provider. Seeking a partner to support its growth, the company turned to Microsoft and its Azure platform to revolutionize its delivery model and achieve greater business agility.

By migrating its platform to Microsoft Azure PaaS, iRiS re-engineered its architecture and adopted a DevOps approach with support from Microsoft solution architects. This transition resulted in dramatically improved productivity, with development teams now achieving twice as much in half the time at a quarter of the cost. The move to Azure also shifted the IT team's focus from 60% maintenance to almost exclusively innovation, enabling them to release new features monthly instead of semi-annually, while significantly reducing database costs and ensuring robust global scalability.

iRiS Software Systems

Paul Payne

CTO