F3 Systems

Case Study

Cloud Modernisation

For F3 Systems, a leading cloud business management platform, the primary objective was to securely host their new, innovative software platform on AWS to support their rapid growth and global client base, including major firms like F3GROUP. KO Technologies delivered a comprehensive AWS Cloud & DevOps Services solution focused on building a highly scalable, automated, and secure multi-region cloud environment. Leveraging Terraform and a containerized microservices architecture, we established a world-class, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) foundation to enable continuous deployment, streamline operations, and ensure a single, real-time source of truth for their clients’ real estate data.

The Client

fu3e (pronounced “fuse”) is a Cloud Business Management Platform built specifically for Real Estate Teams. It automates manual processes to provide a single, real-time platform for tracking, reporting, and control. Trusted by industry leaders worldwide, fu3e eliminates siloed data and fragmented reporting, allowing development, finance, and advisory teams to work from one consistent source of truth, thereby accelerating decisions and reducing risk.

  • Name
    F3 Systems, F3 Group
  • Turnover
    £10 Billion per annum
  • Location
    United Kindgdom

We have partnered with KO Technologies to scale our AWS infrastructure.

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Challenges

  • New Software Platform Hosting: The requirement was to build and securely host their core SaaS platform on a highly available and resilient AWS infrastructure.
  • Automation & Scalability: A need for a fully automated and elastic cloud environment to support aggressive user growth and continuous feature deployment.
  • Security and Compliance: Establishing strict security controls and governance to manage sensitive project and financial data for their global real estate clients.
  • CI/CD Velocity: Implementing modern CI/CD pipelines to replace slow, manual processes and enable rapid, zero-downtime updates.

Solutions

  • Automated Container Platform: Terraform automation was used to create the container platform on AWS ECS Fargate clusters.
  • Full Infrastructure-as-Code: Automation covered all components, including Cognito, DocumentDB, AWS WAF, and ElasticSearch.
  • CI/CD Pipeline: GitHub pipelines were implemented to build Docker images for ECR and update ECS clusters for new code iterations.
  • Security Implementation: AWS WAF was used to protect the internet-facing infrastructure.
  • DevOps Capability: Provided DevOps Advisory services to help establish a capable DevOps platform team.


Results

At KO Technologies, we believe the numbers speak for themselves. Explore the tangible impact of our strategic implementations, from accelerated deployment timelines to immediate cost reductions and robust system performance.

A real example of a cloud-native application making the best use of the AWS cloud and other cloud services to achieve zero-downtime deployments and 99.999999% uptime.

Teams collaborate seamlessly with the unified Tools and enhanced Devops Techniques.

Modern scalable infrastructure, rather than static and operational burdened servers.

Enhance Observability with Datadog – increasing service levels and lowering time to identify problems.

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AWS, ECS, Terraform, Terragrunt, Packer, OIDC, GitHub, Datadog

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