For many growing organisations, legacy infrastructure is a hidden anchor - it's expensive to maintain, difficult to scale, and poses a significant security risk. This was the exact challenge facing Inventorium, an innovative South Australian social enterprise. This post details how we used our Digit Move cloud migration service to seamlessly transition their core learning platform to a modern, secure, and scalable AWS environment. The result: reduced operational costs, enhanced security, and the freedom to grow, all achieved without a costly rewrite of their existing software.
Every successful organisation reaches a point where the very technology that got them there starts to hold them back. That reliable-but-aging server setup becomes a source of high costs, security anxieties, and a frustrating inability to grow. It’s a common problem, but for mission-driven organisations, the stakes are even higher. When your infrastructure fails, it doesn't just impact your bottom line; it impacts the people you serve.
This was the critical juncture facing our client, Inventorium.
Inventorium is a leader in providing education for students who find traditional schooling a challenge. As a social enterprise, every dollar they save on operational costs is a dollar they can reinvest into their curriculum and student scholarships. Their bespoke Moodle learning platform is the heart of their operation, delivering vital services to students across the country.
Inventorium's platform was running on a complex and costly virtual machine setup. This legacy infrastructure presented several critical business challenges:
They needed to modernise, but a complete rewrite of their platform was not an option. They needed a partner who could move them to the cloud without breaking the bank or their core application.
We engaged with Inventorium using our digit.move service, a structured framework for cloud migration and modernization. Our primary goal was to lift their entire Moodle platform from its restrictive environment and re-platform it in a robust, cloud-native AWS infrastructure.
The key to our success was our meticulous approach, which allowed us to execute the entire migration without changing a single line of code in their Moodle application. This dramatically reduced the risk, cost, and timeline of the project, ensuring a seamless transition for Inventorium and their students.
The project was a complete success, transforming Inventorium's technological foundation and empowering their mission. The tangible results were clear:
In the words of Lyn Bosanquet, COO of Inventorium, the result was a "gold-plated, highly engineered solution without breaking the bank."
This project is a perfect example of how a strategic cloud migration is more than just a technical upgrade. It's a business-enabling move that reduces risk, cuts costs, and unlocks an organisation's true potential for growth and impact.
Is your current infrastructure limiting your ability to grow? Let's talk about how our Digit Move service can help you seamlessly transition to the cloud.
