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2025 Q2

With the first half of 2025 already in the rearview, we're energized by the pace of change and the opportunities our clients are seizing. This quarter, we’ve been helping teams modernize legacy apps, move faster, and set the stage for what’s next.

  • Modernizing SaaS eBook: From Legacy to Leadership
  • A Client Success Story with Douglas County
  • On the Road at SaaStr & Databricks Conferences
  • Active Engagements: Azure, AWS, .NET, Angular, Auth0
  • Team Spotlights: Our Core Values
  • Leveling Up: 7 New AI Certs & Badges

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Modernizing SaaS: From Legacy to Leadership

Many SaaS leaders are facing a pivotal moment: legacy systems, siloed teams, and rising pressure to harness AI are pushing modernization from optional to essential. Our latest eBook and Executive Brief cut through the noise, offering a pragmatic roadmap for SaaS modernization that prioritizes tangible business outcomes.

Read the Executive Brief or Download the eBook

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A Client Success Story with Douglas County

Not every transformation starts in the private sector. Douglas County tackled the same challenges many SaaS teams face – outdated systems, rising costs, and a growing skills gap – and came out stronger, leaner, and fully in control of their cloud future. We are excited to share with you the fruits of the multi-app modernization on Azure with Douglas County. Read the Case Study

On the Road at SaaStr & Databricks Conferences

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From May 13-15, DevIQ was on the ground at the SaaStr Annual + AI Summit 2025 in Silicon Valley, where the intersection of SaaS growth and applied AI took center stage. It was energizing to connect with fellow founders, product leaders, and investors who are shaping the future of intelligent software.

Our conversations confirmed what we already believe: AI isn’t just a buzzword – it’s a strategic driver for SaaS companies looking to scale, differentiate, and deliver more value. We're excited to bring these insights and connections back to our clients. Read More from Mark Stratton, Solutions Director at DevIQ LI

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Shortly after, from June 9–12, our team attended the Databricks Data + AI Summit in San Francisco, joining thousands of data professionals, engineers, and AI leaders from around the world. We explored the latest advancements in Lakehouse architecture, AI agents, and unified data governance – key themes that align closely with the work we're doing for clients modernizing their platforms with Databricks and AWS. View More Photos from Shawn LI

Active Engagements

A quick look into how we’re helping our clients modernize legacy systems, accelerate innovation, and scale efficiently this quarter:

🔧 Application Modernization

  • Legacy Low Code to .NET – Transitioning a low-code OutSystems environment to custom-built .NET solution on Azure for future-ready flexibility and ownership.
  • Azure Infrastructure Upgrade – Guiding a staged transition to .NET Core, enabling Linux deployments, optimizing costs, and simplifying ongoing support.
  • Healthcare SaaS Leadership – Overseeing technical management of partner offshore team to ensure steady, reliable feature delivery for a multi-tenant scheduling platform.

📊 Data+AI Engineering

  • Legacy Angular Upgrades – Migrating enterprise app to Angular 17, to be followed by 18 (LTS), in coordination with active development on ERP-to-CRM integration.
  • AI Sales Enablement – Delivering new AI capabilities for a sales enablement platform with support for localized event analytics.

☁️ Cloud Infrastructure & Migration

  • Well-Architected AWS & Auth0 – Modernizing AWS infra and ops while implementing Auth0 SSO for a unified, secure, multi-app enterprise platform.
  • Enterprise App Prototype – Implementing the foundational architecture and data structures for an AI-first app on Microsoft Power Platform.

🚀 Cloud-Native Development

  • Healthcare SaaS Platform – Empowering healthcare providers to derive actionable insights from data spanning over 1,000 facilities on Azure.
  • Statewide Digital Tagging System – Championing the rollout of a comprehensive digital tagging system for a large public sector initiative.

Team Spotlights

DevIQ's Core Values – Appreciating People, Teamwork, Owning the Problem, Embracing Growth, and Creating Value – guide how we work, collaborate, and support one another. At all-hands meetings, members recognize colleagues whose recent efforts exemplify these values. This newsletter edition, we'd like to share these with you! And, if you have had the chance to see these values in action, why not give them your own shoutout on LinkedIn. Read the Spotlights

Leveling Up: All in on AI

Congratulations to our team members who worked hard to further their professional development this quarter by earning or re-earning industry certifications. As you'll notice, we are all in on AI:

  • Natalie Gonzalez: Scrum Alliance AI for Product Owners
  • Mark Stratton & Derek Davison: AWS Certified AI Practitioner
  • Shawn Davison: Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate
  • Mark Stratton: Databricks Generative AI Fundamentals
  • Jerry Colwell: Databricks Partner Training - Industry Leadership in Action
  • Denton Crofts: Advantages of Gen AI & LLM on Databricks
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