Modern demands can overwhelm even the most established institutions, especially when legacy systems are still at the core. A global standards organization was facing mounting pressure as its aging internal infrastructure struggled to support growing usage. When their in-house development team dissolved, the risk escalated. A new technical partner stepped in to stabilize and modernize the platform, preserve institutional knowledge, and lay the foundation for long-term scalability. What started as a rescue effort turned into a trusted partnership that now supports tens of thousands of users worldwide.
The Challenge
An established organization responsible for defining global product standards was still relying on decades-old internal systems to manage critical voting and approval processes. As usage increased and legacy tools aged, the system became unsustainable, vulnerable, and difficult to scale. The situation worsened when the in-house development team dissolved within a short time, leaving the organization without technical leadership or execution capacity.
The Process
Oceans stepped in as a technical partner during a pivotal transition phase. The engagement began with a high-risk infrastructure task:
- Migrating all core services from one Azure Tenant to another, ensuring no disruption to business continuity or data integrity.
From there, Oceans became a long-term partner, gradually stabilizing the core system and implementing modern technologies to ensure the platform could support internal and external users with reliability and efficiency.
The Team
The Oceans team brought in backend and frontend engineers with experience in legacy modernization and enterprise platforms. Working closely with the client’s remaining stakeholders, they led a phased approach that ensured institutional knowledge was preserved while the system evolved. Their work prioritized high availability, regulatory alignment, and user experience across all offices and functions.
The Solution
The result was a successfully modernized platform now rolled out across all offices, supporting over 1,000 internal users for critical voting and approval workflows.
The success of this initial engagement led to an expanded relationship: Oceans has since participated in seven additional projects over two years, extending platform capabilities to over 40,000 external users.
This case illustrates the value Oceans brings when legacy complexity meets modern demands, combining deep technical expertise with long-term ownership to deliver stability and scale.
