CASE STUDY
INFRASTRUCTURE
Cadensoft’s Infrastructure Transformation for Digital Content Publisher
Client Background
Our client, a growing digital content publishing enterprise, faced significant challenges due to their outdated web application infrastructure. With multiple web properties hosted on single instances lacking critical features like CI/CD integration, fail-safe mechanisms, and redundancy, their uptime and performance were severely impacted. Placing significant risk on their ad-based revenue model.
Client’s Challenges
Lack of CI/CD Integration: Manual deployment processes led to delays and inconsistencies in updates and releases.
Absence of Code Check-in Review: Quality control and code collaboration suffered due to the absence of a structured review process.
Inadequate Fail-Safe/Fail-Over Infrastructure: Single-instance setups posed a risk of downtime and performance issues in case of instance failures.
No Redundancy or Application Fencing: The absence of redundancy and isolation measures risked widespread impact from isolated issues.
Missing Stage Environment: The inability to preview changes before deployment hampered development and testing efficiency.
Cadensoft’s Solution
Cadensoft conducted a thorough assessment of our client’s infrastructure and implemented a comprehensive solution leveraging containerization and Kubernetes to address their challenges:
CI/CD Integration: Implemented automated CI/CD pipelines for seamless integration, automated builds, and deployments, streamlining the release process and reducing human error.
Code Review Process: Introduced a structured code check-in review process to ensure code quality, collaboration, and adherence to best practices.
Fail-Safe/Fail-Over Infrastructure: Designed and implemented a fail-safe/fail-over infrastructure with redundant instances and fail-over mechanisms to ensure high availability and performance resilience.
Redundancy and Application Fencing: Implemented redundancy measures and application fencing to isolate and contain issues, preventing widespread impacts on other web properties.
Stage Environment: Set up a dedicated stage environment for testing and previewing changes before deployment, improving development efficiency and reducing deployment risks.
Results and Impact
Uptime stats improved significantly from approximately 93.42% annually to an impressive 99.99%, showcasing the robustness and reliability of the new infrastructure.
Automated CI/CD processes reduced deployment time and errors, enabling faster and more reliable updates and releases.
The code review process enhanced code quality and collaboration among development teams, leading to more stable and maintainable web properties.
Fail-safe/fail-over infrastructure and redundancy measures minimized downtime and performance issues, ensuring a seamless user experience for our client’s customers.
The introduction of a stage environment improved development and testing workflows, leading to faster and more confident deployments.
Conclusion
Cadensoft’s strategic infrastructure transformation not only addressed our client’s immediate challenges but also set a strong foundation for scalable, reliable, and resilient web application hosting. The significant improvement in uptime and performance reflects Cadensoft’s expertise in custom software development and infrastructure optimization, ultimately driving value and success for their clients.
Industry: Digital Content Publishing
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Ready to learn how Cadensoft can help accelerate your business's growth?
At Cadensoft, we believe in the power of innovation. Let’s start the conversation.