Orbis

Through close collaboration, we helped Orbis transform its platform into a robust, scalable solution that supports universities in managing competencies, data, and collaboration more effectively. Among other wins, we achieved:

• Consistent delivery in a complex legacy system: Orbis was able to add new features and deploy fixes without downtime, keeping their platform running smoothly while improving the experience for thousands of users across Canadian colleges, universities and potential employers.
• Stronger competitive edge: Delivered an automated feature for verifying and compiling student competencies, and then reliably matching them to potential employers —differentiating Orbis`s platform from competitors still relying on unverified data and manual resume-building systems.
• Resolved performance bottlenecks:By fixing table loading issues, we reduced query times and cut down on support requests from universities, enabling Orbis to deliver a faster, more reliable platform for students and university staff.
• Technology stack upgrade: Migrated from Spring 2 and Hibernate 2 to current versions, letting Orbis’s development team integrate security patches, use current Java libraries, and build features that weren’t possible with 15-year-old frameworks.
• Improved scalability and stability: The cloud-native infrastructure comfortably handles traffic at 70,000+ page loads per day and up to 500 API requests per second, with automated scaling for spikes.
• Better inclusivity: Implemented screen reader support, high contrast UI modes, and responsive layouts across new user components like tables, forms and dashboards, improving Orbis`s ability to serve students with diverse accessibility needs.
• Reliable delivery with a long-term IT partnership: An ongoing four-year collaboration with the same team lets Orbis expand their platform with consistent quality and reliability, while avoiding the delays and knowledge gaps that come with rotating.