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Website rebuild

Iris Network Systems

Modern. Fast. Clear.

Role
Front-end developer & UX collaborator
Scope
Full rebuild of the public marketing site: home, products, case studies, contact.
Status
Live
The Iris Network Systems homepage, a dark hero reading “A comprehensive network monitoring software solution” beside a dashboard screenshot.
Fig. 02: Live site, captured on desktop and mobile

The brief

Iris builds serious network-monitoring software for service providers and enterprises: performance monitoring, NetFlow analytics and live maps. Their old site undersold that. It was dated, hard to scan, and made technical services feel harder than they are.

What I did

UX & structure. I audited the old site, simplified the information architecture, and reworked the copy hierarchy around strong hero messaging and scannable sections.

Front-end engineering. I built a React single-page app with Tailwind, with responsive navigation and config-driven components so new pages can be assembled without starting from scratch.

The hard parts

  • Translating a legacy layout into something modern but still familiar to existing customers.
  • Optimising for performance and responsiveness without stripping out the product imagery.
  • Making technical network services feel approachable to buyers who aren’t technical.

Approach

A component-based, mobile-first layout. Benefit-led content, clear calls to action, lean assets and better image handling.

The Iris homepage on a phone.

Key features06 items

  1. 01Clear service presentation
  2. 02Simple path to contact
  3. 03Clean case studies
  4. 04Responsive across devices
  5. 05Performance optimised
  6. 06Brand voice intact

OutcomeLive

A modern React and Tailwind codebase that’s easier to extend and maintain, and a site that feels faster, clearer and more premium, in line with Iris’s technical capabilities.

§05 ContactAvailable for projects

Have a product that needs to look sharp and load fast? Tell me about it.

liam@birch.co.za