We maintain existing applications and help build new systems from the ground up. For existing applications, we usually come on site for an initial discovery to review your current infrastructure. If you are experiencing issues with your current system, then we will be able to consider your case and propose an optimal solution.
For new systems, on the other hand, we aim to host on a cloud server. This gives your CRM a dedicated storage space and computing power to run efficiently. Hosting in the cloud allows easy access and management of the server and allows us to install any required dependencies. This is very important because many packages we use in the Laravel application development require certain server packages to be installed. A few examples of such packages with certain server requirements are Spatie Browsershot and Spatie Image Optimizer. Virtual hosting gives the freedom of managing server dependencies while eliminating the need to host servers ourselves. The result is an application hosting space flexible for efficient delivery.
To fully leverage the power of Laravel, we make use of Laravel jobs. These are the scheduled tasks running regularly by the server. Having the ability to manage the server lets us configure the server to execute the Laravel jobs efficiently. This is achieved through having access to cron and supervisor on the server.
Many of our clients want to be able to test significant CRM changes on the test/staging environment first. We can easily set up another instance of the application running on the same cloud server instance with a dedicated database instance and any other dependencies as needed. To let you look the upcoming updates over, and have confidence in making them live.
It also allows for easier scalability if you need more power to deliver your application.
As they say, with great power comes great responsibility. It is a bit like this with cloud hosting. But when you know what you are doing, you can use the cloud hosting to your advantage.
We previously had a client historically hosting their applications on a different hosting provider. The hosting would fail often, creating downtimes and issues for the business. We have migrated those applications to the AWS cloud, and experienced far fewer issues ever since. In general, over time, we observed that AWS cloud hosting provides high availability and reliability for the web applications of our clients. We are also experienced with other hosting providers, such as DigitalOcean, Ionos and more.