Client Background

Control.IT is the largest German provider of software that has been developing IT solutions for real estate and portfolio management since 1995. The company provides/maintains a database that helps property managers to identify risks and opportunities and make the right investment decisions. Control.IT products together manage more than 250 billion euros in the Real Estate field. Find more information on Control.IT.

Challenge

Control.IT pioneered with bison.box in 1995 and, with zero competition, introduced it to the market solidly. Still, it remains the company’s leading product.
Control.IT turned to us upon recommendation with a request for transforming its successful application into a SaaS solution. The main task was to re-architecture the infrastructure for more flexibility, shift it to the Cloud, and modernize UI/UX while keeping database structure changes to a minimum.

Solution

We’ve built complete infrastructure from scratch moving the database to the Azure cloud, which was chosen for its security and reliability. Some core application parts were set as NuGet packages.
Existing desktop features were modified and updated while front-end and API were created from scratch. Now the product has an intuitive and consistent interface and performs faster due to the cloud storage.

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Results

At the moment, the application is ready for a roll-out and is about to replace an old desktop app. Apart from reducing release and maintenance costs, the new application facilitated moving to the subscription model, helping drive more revenue and gain predictability.

The product is now released in alpha version, while its complete version is planned for October 2020. When the web application is released, Control.IT will redirect all customers to use the new version.

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