Amazon Q Developer: This Is How We Modernized the Technology of a CPG Client

With over 60 years of experience and operations in South America and the Caribbean, this client is a global leader in the hygiene and health sector. Their steadfast commitment to sustainability, innovation, digital transformation, and a solid business culture allows them to fulfill their superior purpose: to break barriers to improve well-being and contribute to a healthy, sustainable, and circular society.

What Was the Challenge that Pragma Took On?

Our client, a global leader in the hygiene and health sector, began its digital transformation by developing software with Java 8 and 11 technologies. Over time, the system showed signs of obsolescence, adversely affecting security, performance, and scalability, increasing costs, and limiting innovation. To face this challenge, they turned to Pragma, a trusted partner in digital transformation, to update its systems to Java 17. Our goal was to optimize efficiency, cut costs, and improve its time-to-market, thus regaining its competitive advantage.

How Did We Solve It?

Pragma implemented an innovative solution using AWS services as a cloud
supplier and using generative AI capabilities. Through Amazon Q Developer,
we could not only update Java 8 and 11 to Java 17 but also safely modernize
and optimize our client’s technological architecture, reducing transformation
times and boosting developer efficiency.

Essential AWS Services in the Solution:

• Amazon Q Developer Agent:

  Automated the microservice update, reducing development times by
  60 %.

• Amazon EKS y EC2:

  Orchestrated the microservices, guaranteeing scalability and high
  availability.

• CloudFront, WAF y S3:

  Secured optimal performance and safety in the delivery of content.

• API Gateway, Lambda y ElastiCache:

  Optimized the business layer, improving cache management and backend services efficiency.

Great Results, Real Impacts

• Impact on the business: Technological obsolescence was reduced in more than 100 microservices, improving development times by 60 % and allowing a more agile response to market demands. Incorporating new technologies has evolved the digital ecosystem, standardizing processes, reducing failure frequency, and shortening product and service launch time.

• Impact on developer productivity: AI-powered code refactoring allows
  developers to focus on innovation while automating routine tasks, which raises team productivity.

Thanks to this solution, our client successfully closed technological and security gaps, enhancing its competitiveness and market agility.

Start date: 06/06/2024
Go-live date: 06/21/2024