190K USD Saved Monthly on End-to-End DevOps
Our client was building a new web application incorporating sensitive PII data from 150 million+ users. In this process, they encountered the significant challenge of consolidating extensive data that was distributed across multiple platforms.
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click automated code deployment, saving time and resources
manual intervention and errors
Challenge Story
The Need for Streamlined Data and More Efficient Processes
Our client, a leading sports organization, embarked on developing a customer-facing web application. To do so, they faced the daunting task of integrating vast amounts of data scattered across various systems. This data misalignment, coupled with quality and accuracy issues, significantly hampered the organization’s ability to analyze crucial data effectively.
The development environment required that code be manually downloaded and uploaded for any new deployment, an inefficient process that was prone to errors, and added layers of complexity in ensuring proper data and file structure and validation. The app also dealt with highly sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) from over 150 million+ users, meaning optimal security was crucial.
Determined to overcome these challenges, our client was looking to streamline data processes to enable swift communication, enhance data quality, and alleviate the administrative burden on its developers. They required a shift towards DevOps to automate the bridging of development (coding) and operations (deployment to servers or containers) and reduce the risk of errors.
A future-oriented strategy was essential, focusing on creating multiple data hubs to ensure scalability and adaptability for upcoming projects.
Solution Story
Empowering Organizational Efficiency: Adastra’s Comprehensive DevOps Solution
Adastra was brought on board to orchestrate a comprehensive DevOps solution to enhance collaboration and produce more reliable products swiftly, aligning with the organization’s business objectives.
We developed an end-to-end solution that uses CICD pipelines and global best practices to automate networking, coding, deployment, security, and monitoring.
Security
In terms of security, our approach was threefold: initially scanning the code before deployment against defined best practices and frameworks, followed by continuous real-time scanning of deployed resources to catch any discrepancies post-deployment, and rigorous continuous monitoring of data access patterns to flag any anomalies.
Cost Optimization
Additionally, we tackled cost optimization through cost management tagging to streamline the identification of financial responsibilities, aiding in the implementation of FinOps principles. Knowing the ownership of resources from the start simplifies future cost tracking and management for our client.
Governance
Our governance strategies included sophisticated data access management at various levels—from databases down to individual cells—by forming a data lake that allowed granular control, all automated to streamline permissions.
Knowledge Transfer and Support
Post-deployment, our commitment to knowledge transfer and a unique monitoring solution ensures ongoing support and the sustainability of the implemented systems, ensuring a long-term solution to aid in our client’s growth and efficiency.
Benefits Story
Enhancing Efficiency, Increasing Security and Streamlining Costs
Our solution significantly accelerated the time to market for our client’s applications by automating the DevOps process and making data clean and accessible.
The essence of our DevOps approach lies in its ability to deploy code with a single click, increasing efficiency by fully automating the deployment process, thus minimizing manual intervention and the associated risk of human error.
Each successful code change seamlessly triggers a deployment pipeline, automatically updating the necessary AWS resources. This not only optimizes operational efficiency but also ensures that our clients can focus on innovation and growth, knowing their data management and deployment processes are in capable hands.
Other benefits of the solution include:
- Accelerated time to market for applications
- Strong security protection for sensitive PII information
- High-quality data and rigorous governance processes
- One centralized location to leverage data for analytics and applications
- Saved time and money through the automation of DevOps processes
- Effective financial oversight with cost management tagging, in line with FinOps principles
