Problem
California Cryobank, a CooperSurgical company and one of the largest reproductive tissue banks in the United States, needed to modernize its legacy application infrastructure while maintaining strict HIPAA and GDPR compliance requirements. The existing environment lacked the scalability, automation, and operational efficiency needed to support future growth and evolving business demands.
The organization sought a cloud-native solution that could improve deployment velocity, reduce operational overhead, strengthen security, and provide a more scalable foundation for application development and infrastructure management.
Challenges & Needs
Challenges
- Legacy application infrastructure
- Manual deployment and operational processes
- Growing scalability requirements
- Strict HIPAA and GDPR compliance obligations
- High operational maintenance costs
Needs
- Modern cloud-native architecture
- Automated CI/CD workflows
- Dynamic scaling and load balancing
- Secure and compliant infrastructure
- Reduced administrative overhead
The Solution
Basis designed and implemented a comprehensive cloud modernization strategy for California Cryobank focused on automation, scalability, security, and compliance. The new architecture leveraged Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated deployment pipelines, and microservices-based application design to create a more agile and maintainable platform.
By automating infrastructure provisioning, application deployments, monitoring, and security management, CooperSurgical gained a scalable cloud-native environment capable of supporting future growth while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Key Solution Components
Infrastructure-as-Code framework used to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment consistency.
Centralized monitoring, logging, and observability service used to improve operational visibility.
CI/CD automation platform used to streamline software releases and deployment workflows.
Media supply chain integration used to manage content processing and workflow updates.
High-speed file transfer platform enabling secure media uploads and downloads.
Managed relational database service used to securely store application and customer data.
Serverless services used to support application workflows, business logic, and API management.
Automated build, testing, and deployment services used to accelerate software delivery and reduce manual release processes.
Secure storage and management of credentials, secrets, and application configuration settings.
User authentication and identity management Search and analytics platform used to improve query performance and search functionality.
User authentication and identity management platform supporting secure access controls.
Container management and scaling services used to support reliability, high availability, and dynamic resource allocation.
The new architecture delivered a secure, scalable, and highly automated cloud environment that improved operational efficiency while maintaining the compliance standards required within the life sciences industry.
The Results
Modernizing the application on AWS significantly improved operational efficiency by automating deployments, reducing manual infrastructure management, and streamlining software delivery workflows. CooperSurgical gained a more scalable and reliable cloud-native platform capable of supporting future growth with less operational effort.
Technology Leveraged:
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Amazon CloudWatch
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Amazon RDS
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AWS Lambda
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Amazon API Gateway
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AWS CodePipeline
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AWS Secrets Manager
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Amazon OpenSearch Service
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Amazon Cognito
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Amazon ECR