Nova helped Brightfield break a 15 TB monolith into a more scalable AWS architecture before a costly Oracle license renewal hit.
HR technology and analytics·AWS migration and modernization$500K annual license savings
Migration achieved in less than one month
Zero downtime during deployments
1The Challenge
- Brightfield faced an Oracle renewal worth more than $500,000 per year.
- Its existing application was a 15 TB monolith with highly transactional workloads and release bottlenecks.
- The team wanted open-source, serverless infrastructure but lacked internal AWS and cloud operations depth.
2What We Did
- Nova identified the best seams to decompose the application into manageable containers and services during migration.
- The target architecture shifted the platform into AWS with lower-cost storage tiers, managed operations, and more release flexibility.
- A managed service operating model reduced the need for specialized database administration while improving control.
3Results
- Brightfield replaced flat licensing fees with cloud economics and achieved about $500K in annual savings.
- The team gained faster go-to-market thanks to a microservices architecture and lower blast radius per release.
- Deployments moved to zero downtime, improving client experience while keeping the renewal timeline intact.
Technologies & Capabilities
AWS migrationServerless modernizationManaged services and FinOpsMicroservices architecture