Case Studies
11Sight
Migrating a Live Real-Time Communications Platform from AWS to Google Cloud
Sakura Sky migrated 11Sight's real-time voice and video platform from AWS to Google Cloud using a compute-first hybrid strategy, with under five minutes of …
- Under 5 minutes of user-facing downtime at cutover
- Zero data loss across the database migration
- 100% of infrastructure defined in Terraform
- Permanent staging environment for future releases
Orbx
Immersive Simulation on Google Cloud
Orbx unified its fractured multi-cloud environment into a 100% cloud-native architecture, achieving a 400% increase in release velocity.
- 400% increase in release velocity
- 30% reduction in cloud expenditure
- 99.99% uptime for live services
- 10x improvement in update precision
Xapo Bank
Innovation at Speed: How Xapo Bank Achieved 85% GenAI Adoption
Xapo Bank hit 85% GenAI adoption in 8 weeks by turning to Google Gemini and frictionless governance.
- 85% adoption rate
- 8-week rollout
- Defense-in-depth architecture
SkillsFuture Singapore (Sakura Sky as subcontractor)
An API Governance Framework for SkillsFuture Singapore's API Platform
As a specialist subcontractor on SkillsFuture Singapore's API platform programme, Sakura Sky wrote the API governance framework: lifecycle stage gates, design …
- A four-stage API lifecycle with entry and exit criteria at each stage gate
- Separate governance for teams that build APIs and teams that use them
- Design guidelines requiring OpenAPI and JSON Schema for new APIs
- An access model based on each API's audience and type
National Rugby League (NRL)
Enabling Player Data for the National Rugby League
Sakura Sky built a Google Cloud data platform for the National Rugby League that brings player statistics, data, and dashboards together for the league and for …
- Production data pipeline for player statistics on Google Cloud
- Player data from 2013 onwards in the same platform
- Dashboards for the league and for each club
Cobalt
Helping Cobalt Move from Heroku to Kubernetes on Google Cloud
Sakura Sky and Google ran a three-day workshop series with Cobalt's engineers in Berlin to help Cobalt move its platform from Heroku to Kubernetes on Google …
- Three-day architecture workshop series with Cobalt and Google
- Approach for moving PostgreSQL and Redis off Heroku
- Secrets management with Cloud KMS and HashiCorp Vault
- Private GKE clusters, Cloud Build, and access control with Terraform
Tessa Therapeutics
A Data Engineering Environment for Distributed Research Teams at Tessa Therapeutics
Sakura Sky built a full data engineering environment on Google Cloud for Tessa Therapeutics, then a Singapore cancer cell therapy company, giving its …
- A full pharma data engineering environment for distributed research teams
- Repeat engagement across three iterations on Google Cloud
- Data, imaging, and model-tooling workstreams delivered
San Francisco Giants
Starting the San Francisco Giants' Move to Google Cloud
Sakura Sky ran an eight-day Accelerate programme with the San Francisco Giants to start moving their baseball data system, built in the early 2000s, to Google …
- Working prototype pipeline on Google Cloud, using Statcast data
- Reference architecture for the club's data on Google Cloud
- Product roadmap and initial backlog agreed with the club
- Data sources ranked for migration, with Trackman first
Craveable Brands
Scaling Data Engineering: A Google Cloud Platform Case Study for Craveable Brands
Sakura Sky designed and built the Google Cloud Platform data engineering platform for Craveable Brands, unifying operations across 570+ quick-service …
- Reduced data costs by 75%
- Queries running twice as fast as the previous cloud environment
- Unified operational data across 570+ outlets and three brands
- Real-time business intelligence on a centralised BigQuery warehouse
APC Global Systems
Bringing Underground Camera Feeds to the Browser for APC Global Systems
Working from Sydney, Sakura Sky built a remote security and monitoring application, delivered over the web, for APC Global Systems' rugged IP cameras at an …
- Live camera feeds from across the operation in one browser view
- Cameras found by where they are in the mine and by purpose
- Responsive layout for phone, tablet, and desktop screens
- Built and tested in Sydney for a mine in Zambia