IT Svit

Co-founder & COO at a real-time Big Data analytics platform got in touch with our team. 

Project requirements

The customer’s Big Data system run on AWS infrastructure needed IT Svit to: 

1. upgrade Druid instance;

2. implement enhanced system monitoring and alerting with Amazon Cloudwatch, Prometheus & Grafana and AlertManager;

3. configure a staging environment with Kubernetes, Ansible, Docker, Apache, so on;

4. plan and build a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins.

Project implementation

1. We optimized the architecture of the system by moving all the apps from Marathon to Amazon EKS. This allowed us to reduce the Druid cluster upgrade time to 15 min;

2. We found and fixed the issue that caused frequent restarting clusters;

3. We configured the CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins.

4. We connected Spinnaker to Prometheus with the help of AlertManager.

Final thoughts

It Svit solutions like Druid and Spinnaker updating, moving from Marathon to EKS, Jenkins pipelines configuration and monitoring system installation allowed our client to operate their Big Data analytics platform more effectively and much faster.

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https://itsvit.com/cases/business-insights-data-analytics-platform/

A global company, the creator of the conferencing tool used by 19,000 customers in 100 countries, contacted the IT Svit team with the request to set up a Kubernetes cluster and containerize their application. 

Project requirements

Our customer needed help with: 

• improving their infrastructure by splitting the platform into a set of microservices with containerized apps;

• building and configuring the Kubernetes cluster for the platform;

• enabling monitoring of the platform. 

Project implementation

1. With platform deploying to a Kubernetes cluster, the IT Svit DevOps team enabled security, load balancing and auto-scaling of resources.

2. With CI/CD processes implementing, we allowed the customer to update various platform components independently.

3. In-depth monitoring ensures the customer’s team keeps a hand on the pulse of the project at all times and the TTR has shortened significantly.

Final thoughts

Our DevOps team used the most effective DevOps practices and tools to ensure error-free deployment, updates and maintenance of enterprise-grade conferencing software used by thousands of people daily.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/devops-services-for-containerizing-a-web-conferencing-software/

French cryptocurrency company turned to the IT Svit team with the request to build a system to ensure the wallets cannot contact the blockchain ledger.

Project requirements

The It Svit team set the tasks:

1. to automate Kubernetes cluster deployment to bare metal servers;

2. to automate Kubernetes cluster deployment to AWS;

3. to build resource-segregated AWS stack;

4. to implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines;

5. to implement monitoring and alerting.

Project implementation

• We prepared Helm charts, Terraform and Kubernetes manifests to enable seamless deployment of Kubernetes clusters to AWS. 

• We optimized the system workflows while ensuring the security of operations;

• We implemented CI/CD pipelines using AWS Lambda, Cognito, API Gateway, RDS and DEX;

• We implemented a monitoring system.

Final thoughts

With Kubernetes clusters’ seamless deployment to AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines implementation and monitoring system enforcement, the IT Svit team helped Zebitex launch a profitable product. These tasks are accomplished, but productive cooperation with Zebitex still goes on.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/zebitex-aws-infrastructure-configuration-and-optimization-for-a-cryptocurrency-exchange/

Mobile software developer SBN (Simple But Needed) needed a senior Python developer and a DevOps specialist to augment their internal team and facilitate the development of various features for their product suite.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team distinguished the following tasks: 

1. to develop functionality for a variety of features;

2. to implement CI/CD processes for software delivery automation;

3. to assist internal specialists in software architecture optimization.

Project implementation

Once IT Svit developers and a DevOps engineer had been put on the active SBN team, we did the next:

• studied the existing infrastructure and identified the main bottlenecks;

• delivered clean codes under deadlines and shared our expertise with the client’s team;

• optimized software development processes utilizing the most effective DevOps practices.

Final thoughts 

IT Svit provided reliable services from skilled software engineers and that met and exceeded customer’s expectations. The customer was very satisfied with the professional attitude of our specialists, which resulted in an ongoing partnership.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/sbn-pythondjango-development-and-devops-services-for-a-mobile-software-developer/

A successful cryptocurrency provider Yallabit contacted IT Svit with the request to develop a fiat-cryptocurrency platform from, manage the infrastructure and provide support of the product.

Project requirements

Once IT Svit interviewed our client, we came up with the following tasks:

1. create an initial infrastructure for running the platform;

2. develop the end-to-end cryptocurrency exchange solution from scratch;

3. enable CI/CD configuration;

4. provide monitoring and long-term support. 

Project implementation

The IT Svit team decided to take these platform development steps: 

• platform design planning;

• UI/UX design and markup development;

• full-stack blockchain software development;

• CI/CD pipelines implementation;

• automated QA and testing;

• API integration for interacting with Kuwaiti bank card gateway KNET;

• monitoring system implementation.

Final thoughts

As a reliable Managed Services Provider capable of developing high-quality software within tight deadlines, IT Svit has built a top-notch currency exchange platform and keeps currently supporting it.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/yallabit-fiat-cryptocurrency-exchange-platform-development-from-scratch/

Swedish online meal-planning platform turned to IT Svit with the request to help optimize the back-end performance, enable monitoring and develop new features for their platform.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team specified the following tasks:

• to assess the existing AWS infrastructure;

• to design and implement the failover plan;

• to restructure the current DB setup;

• to finish the CI/CD configuration;

• to increase the cost-efficiency of operations;

• to provide detailed developer documentation.

Project implementation

• We assessed the existing infrastructure and configured AWS VPC peering.

• We moved the production environment to the US and created an Aurora RDS slave replica in the US region.

• We configured AWS CI/CD tools to update both the US and Germany regions.

• We also updated the Varnish deployment;

• We’ve prepared detailed developer documentation and currently provide project support.

Final thoughts

The IT Svit DevOps team helped the leading Swedish meal planning platform become more cost-efficient and deliver an uninterrupted positive end-user experience to their customers.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/infrastructure-optimization-for-online-meal-planning-platform/

An influencer marketing cloud for enterprise creators turned to IT Svit with the request of infrastructure optimization and migrating the legacy infrastructure to AWS.

Project requirements

The IT Svit DevOps team decided to: 

• optimize the existing infrastructure and workflows; 

• automate testing and deployment of the new platform features;

• integrate multiple external tools and services;

• migrate the legacy infrastructure to AWS.

Project implementation

1. PHP was used in developing the main platform. 

2. All large accounts for all key social networks were collected and aggregated.

3. We started integration with IBM Watson AI services and API.

4. We prepared the infrastructure for the implementation and coverage of new feature functionality with automated tests;

5. The main application hosting is located in Amazon Cloud.

6. The back-end is a Laravel API. The database is MS SQL.

7. We work with Git to consistently implement CI/CD. 

Final thoughts

With our rich DevOps expertise and AWS architecture design best practices, we were able to deliver the expected results and exceed customer expectations.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/devops-services-for-maintenance-and-optimization-of-the-enterprise-grade-creator-cloud/

IT Svit developed Hurma System as a SaaS solution for recruitment and HR management. This time our client is our company and the requirement was to deliver new video features for Hurma. 

Project requirements

The online video feature should:

• work directly from the browser without any additional software;

• support mobile devices and desktop platforms;

• provide automatic recovery after disconnection;

• have a user-friendly interface.

Project implementation

The main challenge is to build a platform with a stable Internet connection. Our solution is to develop a specific component for client applications enabling them to switch to alternative Internet access routes. A built-in WebRTC feature constantly monitors the connection performance and lowers the bitrate of video/audio streams automatically.

Final thoughts

The peer-to-peer approach allowed us to minimize resource consumption and the simple API of the video conferencing system allowed us to customize UI easily. The IT Svit DevOps team provided a simple and reliable tool for online communications directly from any browser.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/online-meeting-functionality-for-hurma/

A cryptocurrency platform contacted the IT Svit DevOps team with the request to restructure the system layout and add new cryptocurrencies to the range of offers.

Project requirements

Our customer needed help with:

• building a multi-cloud architecture;

• containerizing all cryptocurrency apps;

• configuring a Kubernetes cluster to run EOS;

• ensuring Multi-Availability-Zone deployments within a single AWS region.

Project implementation

• We deployed the system in 2 regions with the same infrastructure. 

• We enabled separate pod backups for every region.

• We enabled logs to be monitored with Log exporter.

• We configured 2 Jenkins jobs. The first job checks, the second one builds a new image and sends a notification to Slack.

• We used Falco to monitor external container access attempts.

• We used kiam agents to configure limited access rights assigned to each pod.

Final thoughts

IT Svit team was able to configure the multi-cloud architecture able to run on AWS resources, IBM Cloud and Google Cloud Platform that allows us to run Algorand,  Cosmos, Decred and many other blockchains.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/kubernetes-cloud-architecture-consultancy-for-blockchain-startup/

A cryptocurrency exchange turned to the IT Svit with the request to optimize the resource usage of the existing cluster, implement automated MongoDB backups and enable smart monitoring.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team decided to:

• optimize Prometheus+Grafana monitoring to identify slow MongoDB queries;

• optimize Kubernetes cluster performance;

• automate backup/restore operations for MongoDB;

• enable archiving and retrieval for historical MongoDB data;

• build a staging environment that runs in parallel;

• minimize the expenses of the system operations.

Project implementation 

1. We configured the backup and restore for MongoDB.

2. We optimized the MongoDB performance;

3. We improved the efficiency of cluster monitoring. We utilized Helm charts to build and update Prometheus and Grafana operators to the latest versions and configure their interaction with AlertManager. 

Final thoughts

Our customer currently has a system running on a Kubernetes cluster with automated backup and restoration capabilities. By sharding the database we helped lower the system workload and decrease the expenses.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/optimization-for-kubernetes-cluster-running-mongodb/

Anthems, a media portal from the USA, required our help with infrastructure optimization.

Project requirements

Anthems wanted our DevOps team to:

• perform a load-testing to ensure that the platform can handle millions of users;

• test the current API;

• leverage monitoring tools;

• increase scalability and performance;

• design and develop infrastructure using DevOps best-practices.

Project implementation

• IT Svit DevOps team: 

1. enabled and configured correct Google CDN caching;

2. designed infrastructure and workflows in place;

3. created an Ansible playbook for automated load-testing infrastructure on DigitalOcean;

4. selected the safest cache for the system;

5. started logging the SQL query caching;

6. configured system monitoring and alerting using Google Stackdriver;

7. ensured the system security by hiding the instances behind Cloudflare CDN;

8. created auto-scaling groups for API and PHP endpoints.

Final thoughts 

The IT Svit team helped Anthems with infrastructure optimization and continues working on Anthems PHP and database architecture improvement because we can always do better.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/anthems/

German Airbnb online marketplace MICE contacted IT Svit and wanted us to propose them more flexible and durable hosting and implement CI/CD pipelines to enable seamless updates to multiple Ruby-on-Rails apps.

Project requirements

The project plan included:

• migrating the existing containerized microservices with Ruby on Rails apps to a new cloud platform (AWS) with the help of Helm;

• implementing the CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins;

• building a unified monitoring platform based on Prometheus, Nagios and ELK stack;

• preparing detailed developer documentation and share info with the MICE team.

Project implementation

Clear and quick communication with MICE CTO helped us a lot to follow a predefined roadmap and as a result, MICE online platform got:

• new cloud hosting set up on AWS;

• automated CI/CD pipelines;

• effective monitoring system;

• detailed developer documentation.

Final thoughts

MICE platform got more flexible hosting and CI/CD pipelines that enable seamless updates to multiple Ruby-on-Rails apps that allow it to serve 30% more customers and reduce timeframes for new releases.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/migration-of-multiple-ruby-on-rails-applications-to-kubernetes/

IT Svit received a request to assist with moving an enterprise SIEM (security information event management) system from Rancher to a Kubernetes deployed at Tectonic.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team decided to take two main steps:

1. Create Docker images and docker files for all system components.

2. Design high-performance environments for various hosting platforms.

 Project implementation

With the customer providing detailed all interactions, IT Svit DevOps engineers quickly elaborated scenarios for automated deployment and configuration of a Kubernetes cluster to various hosting platforms utilizing our extensive expertise with AWS, Google Cloud and DigitalOcean. We also provided the tools for monitoring the system in production and detailed developer documentation on platform installation and configuration.

Final thoughts 

IT Svit DevOps team has shown an in-depth understanding of app containerization best practices and configuration of scalable, secure, highly-performant and cost-efficient environments on various cloud platforms.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/rancher-to-tectonic-migration/

Hurma System is an innovative all-in-one solution for managing HR processes, recruitment and OKR. The IT Svit DevOps team is supposed to enable seamless software development and infrastructure management operations in production.

Project requirements

The IT Svit DevOps team specified the following tasks:

• to construct infrastructure for product development from scratch; 

• to configure CI/CD pipelines to automate code testing and deployment;

• to implement in-depth monitoring to track the system performance in production.

Project implementation

1. We implemented CI/CD pipeline. Jenkins Pipeline was used to automatically deploy the new product versions.

2. We leveraged the seed migrations mechanism in Jenkins Pipeline, which allowed us to simplify and speed up the update process to 2 minutes. 

3. We went with the Infrastructure as Code approach.

4. We used Helm to automate processes, thus now new issues deployment takes 5 min and updates - 1 minute.

Final thoughts

Extensive IT Svit DevOps expertise helped build a powerful and cost-efficient software development process for Hurma System.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/devops-services-for-hrm-system-development-and-support-in-production/

Preterion, an Australian cloud migration service provider, turned to IT Svit for us to assist with a wide range of tasks and augment their internal team with our skillset.

Project Requirements 

Project requirements included: 

• Linux-based DevOps software development;

• PHP-based CRM development;

• web-based app in Perl development;

• cloud monitoring and support providing;

• CI/CD pipelines enabling;

• IT Infrastructure management automation.

Project implementation

It Svit team provided:

• analysis of infrastructures to identify possible bottlenecks;

• proactive consulting on system improvements;

• implementation of improvements;

• automation of infrastructure deployment & management through scripts;

• providing the detailed developer documentation for each module built;

• training the customer’s team to leverage the system best.

Final thoughts 

Our DevOps services allowed Preterion to reap the benefit of:

• significant skillset extension;

• reduction of technical support ticket response time by nearly 50%;

• IT infrastructure management optimization and expenditure cuts by 25-30%.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/it-infrastructure-design-and-development-for-preterion-an-it-service-management-provider/

IT service management provider Preterion contacted IT Svit with the request for our DevOps team to assist with a wide range of tasks and augment their internal team with our skillset.

Project requirements

IT Svit DevOps team specified the following tasks:

• to design and implement various cloud infrastructures;

• to fix bugs for multiple apps;

• to develop and deploy CRM;

• to manage and optimize multiple IT infrastructure tasks (implementing xWiki backups, Your Backup tool, implementing Baruwa Spam Protection solution, etc.)

Project implementation 

• We analyzed existing infrastructure to identify possible bottlenecks.

• We provided proactive consulting on system improvements.

• We automated infrastructure deployment & management through scripts.

• We provided the detailed developer documentation for each module built.

Final thoughts

IT Svit has handled all the tasks successfully and currently provides support for various Preterion projects. It Svit DevOps team is currently involved in:

• team cloud architecture delivery and management;

• web development and QA;

• various software maintenance.

Reed more:.

https://itsvit.com/cases/it-infrastructure-design-and-development/

The marketing and advertising agency needed IT Svit to build the frontend and backend for a trip-planning portal and a travel website and deliver a cloud infrastructure for these projects.

Project requirements

The customer needed to create two websites — a travel website and a trip planning portal. IT Svit team specified the following tasks:

• to write the back-end for two websites using Python and Django;

• to write the frontend part with AngularJs;

• to provide the cloud infrastructure to support the development and functioning of these websites;

• to provide the QA and testing of the functionality.

Project implementation

1. We built a regular reporting process to keep the PM overseas up-to-date with the development progress.

2. We developed a clean API to allow the platforms to interact with third-party modules.

3. We provided the full cycle of infrastructure provisioning services, from delivering the testing environments and building CI/CD pipelines, to managing the ongoing maintenance of the websites.

Final thoughts 

The talented IT Svit DevOps team has built frontend and backend for a trip-planning portal and a travel website and designed a cloud infrastructure for marketing and advertising agency that allowed our customer to gain new clients and provide better services.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/trip-planning-portal-development-with-python-and-angularjs/

The Network Cloud Company needed the IT Svit DevOps team to upgrade their cloud infrastructure and automate their telecom product provisioning and deployment. 

Project requirements

IT Svit team defined the following tasks:

• to design & implement the cost-effective and secure infrastructure for VoIP communication;

• to automate the provisioning of the backend infrastructure services;

• to design an architecture for a CRM to automate provisioning;

• to design & implement the internal system for managing third-party modules.

Project implementation

• We audited the existing IT infrastructure.

• We automated cloud infrastructure.

• We engineered a CRM platform.

• We designed and implemented the backend infrastructure services.

• We designed and developed a messaging platform.

• We integrated the updates from the third-party modules using the platform.

• We provided the ongoing cloud infrastructure monitoring.

Final thoughts 

The IT Svit team upgraded the cloud infrastructure for the Network Cloud Company and significantly improved their telecom product stability and performance.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/backend-infrastructure-design-development/

This solution consists of the CCTV cameras installed at the city roads, paired with Raspberry Pi 2/3, and 3/4G modems. The cameras take photos of passing cars, the IoT node identifying the brand and the model sends the data to the cloud. 

Project requirements

• IoT is to take the car photos, identify the model using OCR, send the report to the cloud server and delete the photo afterward to comply with GDPR.

• The back-end is to accept the reports, filter, aggregate and store in a  NoSQL database.

• The front-end is to represent the charts and reports and provide the end-user APIs.

Project implementation 

1. OCR algorithm identifies car brands and models seen in the photos.

2. Photos are deleted on the spot when complied with the GDPR.

3. Car brand and model are sent to the central server in AWS or GCP cloud.

4. Data processed and stored in a Cassandra NoSQL database in the back-end.

5. Customers interact via a web portal.

Final thoughts 

The system the IT Svit team developed has shown good results during the alpha-testing phase. One IoT node can identify about 150 cars a min which makes the system quite feasible from the analytical perspective.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/realcarbrand-an-iot-and-big-data-based-project/

A stock-breeding concern specializing in breeding pigs contacted IT Svit with the request to develop a Big Data solution for data processing and visualization. 

Project requirements

The customer wanted us to provide the following services:

• to develop a Big Data solution for processing data;

• to decrease the time needed to assess the data;

• to configure a user-friendly dashboard enabling the users to visualize the data.

Project implementation 

• we wrote a data normalization tool in Python to ensure the uniformity of data;

• we used Python and JupyteR Notebook to make statistical analysis;

• cloud infrastructure was deployed in AWS and we used the AWS Machine Learning service in the process of training the model;

• data was stored in the cloud using the PostgreSQL database and Amazon RDS;

• we used Flask and Chart.js to enable the data visualization and created a flexible dashboard for viewing the graphs. 

Final thoughts

The IT Svit team developed a solution for data processing and data visualization that increased our client’s business profitability and reduced the losses due to livestock diseases.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/using-big-data-for-a-cattle-breeding-concern/

IT Service provider INTEX-consulting turned to the IT Svit team for us to develop a CMS solution with Laravel and Node.js.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team specified the following project tasks: 

• to build a user-friendly and intuitive interface for the CMS;

• to endow CMS with all the basic functionality and advanced features;

• to write backend using Laravel, PHP framework;

• to meet a 6-month deadline.

Project implementation

We introduced various custom modules:

• HTML-rendering with the DB templates using the dbview function allowed us to redefine the Laravel methods responsible for template discovery and configuration;

• RabbitMQ message order controller allowed us to manage the messages;

• customized request validation ensured some additional json processing used in request handling;

• critical CSS processing — a specific controller for generating dynamic pages using Critical CSS.

Final thoughts 

The fact that the IT Svit team has polished internal workflows all the tasks were accomplished in time, and the CMS, developed by IT Svit, works fast adding new items to websites with very little effort involved.

Reed more:
https://itsvit.com/cases/laravel-node-js-development-for-a-cms-solution/

IT Svit decided to implement internal monitoring for our services with Zabbix-server, Prometheus operator and Grafana components.

Project requirements 

We wanted our system to provide:

• automatic monitoring of various cloud infrastructure parameters like CPU usage, bandwidth usage, disk volume usage, etc;

• timely alerts if any issues occur;

• informative notifications with screenshots.

Project implementation

• we used Zabbix + Prometheus as a data source for Grafana. This allowed us to enable detailed and on-point issue-reporting;

• we allowed Zabbix agents to run in every container for them to report to a Zabbix server should any issue arise;

• we wrote a Python script that sends all the information about the incident to Telegram chat, so the admins are notified immediately.

Final thoughts 

The IT Svit DevOps team implemented an internal monitoring system to be better informed of the various processes within our IT infrastructure and to be able to identify and solve the issues faster.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/it-svit-internal-monitoring-system/

The web and mobile app developer contacted IT Svit with the request to provide the AWS infrastructure for their web app that uses the Neo4j.  

Project requirements

The IT Svit team decided to:

• design the cloud architecture for deploying, using Neo4j database;

• ensure the system scalability and redundancy;

• prepare configuration guidelines.

Project implementation

The app consisted of 3 components: Customer-facing UI, API, and a Neo4j database. With that in mind, we decided to split the deployment into 3 parts:

• Amazon S3 storage behind the Amazon CloudFront CDN for the Frontend part;

• several API instances in different Availability Zones behind the Amazon Application Load Balancer (ALB);

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance for Neo4j database engine with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume attached for data persistence.

Both the UI and the API parts operate in private networks, protected by Amazon CDN and Amazon ALB.

Final thoughts 

The solutions were built-in scalability and redundancy features for Neo4j that were provided externally.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/aws-infrastructure-database-design-development/

IT Svit customers mentioned a lot that they often face one and the same problem - they cannot find some piece of information they need on their site fast. That is when the IT Svit team decided to create a bespoke web scraper tool that can be added to a particular website.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team specified the following tasks: 

• to create lightweight, simple, yet efficient web crawlers;

• to design a user-friendly interface;

• to develop tools with low hardware requirements.

Project implementation

We used asyncio and aiohttp Python libs to create a tool that:

• comes with a built-in webserver to ensure the simplicity of launching it;

• can be easily integrated into any website;

• can be utilized through any browser;

• has low hardware requirements;

• works quickly.

Final thoughts 

IT Svit developed the required web scrapers and other Big Data solutions to enable our customers to form the data set for training their search engine. The main advantages of our searching tool, precisely its usability and speed were appreciated by our clients.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/ownsearch-web-scraper-software-development/

One of the IT Svit customers turned to the IT Svit team with the request to build a user-friendly news aggregator platform from scratch.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team distinguished the following tasks:

• to have the news data frequently updated;

• to have the news data categorized;

• to have the news data checked. For it to be credible, only primary sources should be given.

 Project implementation

• we built a web scraper tool utilizing the aiohttp library. The data gathered was stored in MongoDB;

• we created several Machine Learning models utilizing Theano;

• we built the front-end using jQuery, and the back-end instances were containerized and automatically scaled using Docker;

• we used SphinxSearch to allow the customers to create their personalized news feeds;

• we created a huge base of news sources worldwide;

• we built-in a highly performant tool that analyzes the article content to check if it was updated.

Final thoughts

The IT Svit team created a platform for automated collection, verification, deduplication and classification of industry-specific news from a variety of credible sources.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/personalized-news-aggregator/

Skillbyte GmbH with its custom Content Management System (CMS) wanted  IT Svit to build an out-of-the-box solution that uses cloud technology to rapidly deliver scalable, easily configurable and manageable infrastructure to showcase a web-based CMS.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team specified the following tasks:

• to migrate the showcase from Mesos/Marathon environment to Kubernetes;

• to shorten the product deployment time;

• to introduce the Continuous Delivery pipeline;

• to split the monolith app into microservices to provide stability;

• to containerize the components for scalability;

• to deploy an in-depth monitoring and logging solution.

Project implementation

• We moved the CMS from a Mesos/Marathon environment to a redundant Kubernetes cluster.

• We containerized the system components using Docker.

• We enabled the Continuous Implementation / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline using Jenkins.

• We automated the product build and deployment using Ansible.

• We designed and developed a customized monitoring tool. 

The product is now enterprise-grade and production-ready.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/cloud-cms-showcase-setup/

Our client, the medical services application owner, turned to the IT Svit team with the request to transfer their medical app to the cloud and automate & simplify the file conversion for the further data analysis process. 

Project requirements

The IT Svit team distinguished the following tasks:

• to design the new infrastructure on AWS or other providers;

• to ensure the system operational stability and resilience;

• to enable CI/CD pipelines for the file conversion processes;

• to enable simple system configuration and monitoring.

Project implementation 

• We used a Google Cloud provider.

• We used Jenkins pipelines for the conversion of the files.

• We applied Ansible to install Jenkins, Docker, Java, Nginx, pip.

• We applied Terraform manifests to manage the future infrastructure in the cloud and to create the bucket in Google Cloud Storage for files.

• We used Nginx as a proxy server.

Final thoughts 

IT Svit improvements automated and shortened the process of app deployment and configuration, as well as automated files conversion process that significantly sped up the app performance.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/ci-cd-and-transition-to-the-cloud-for-a-medical-app/

Skillbyte GmbH with its custom Content Management System (CMS) wanted  IT Svit to build an out-of-the-box solution that uses cloud technology to rapidly deliver scalable, easily configurable and manageable infrastructure to showcase a web-based CMS.

Project requirements

The IT Svit team specified the following tasks:

• to migrate the showcase from Mesos/Marathon environment to Kubernetes;

• to shorten the product deployment time;

• to introduce the Continuous Delivery pipeline;

• to split the monolith app into microservices to provide stability;

• to containerize the components for scalability;

• to deploy an in-depth monitoring and logging solution.

Project implementation

• We moved the CMS from a Mesos/Marathon environment to a redundant Kubernetes cluster.

• We containerized the system components using Docker.

• We enabled the Continuous Implementation / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline using Jenkins.

• We automated the product build and deployment using Ansible.

• We designed and developed a customized monitoring tool. 

The product is now enterprise-grade and production-ready.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/cloud-cms-showcase-setup-devops/

The IT Svit team decided to use blockchain technology to replace the excise stamps with QR-codes because this would provide benefits such as:

• reduction of excise stamps spendings by approx 90%;

• reduction of fraud risk to 0;

• increase the tax revenues by nearly 100%.

Project requirements

The QR-code should be used the same way an excise stamp is used nowadays, just without the possibility to forge it. 

Project implementation 

• We used Ethereum smart contracts that allowed us to deliver a flexible and highly configurable platform.

• We configured MongoDB to store the textual files and only the transaction hashes are stored within the blocks. This saves resources and allows fast transactions.

• We delivered both a web portal and a lightweight blockchain wallet for checking the QR-code status through a mobile device.

Final thoughts 

Replacing the expensive (and forgeable) excise stamps with low-cost (yet unforgeable) QR-codes would ensure both cutting the stamp production costs and increasing the tax revenues from the distribution of excise goods.

Reed more:

https://itsvit.com/cases/blockchain-based-qr-codes-to-replace-the-excise-stamps/

One of the UK customers suggested IT Svit build a blockchain-based customer loyalty program. We planed to use blockchain technology to issue discount coupons that would allow creating a mutually beneficial platform for both eCommerce shop owners and their customers. 

Project requirements

The IT Svit team specified the following tasks:

• to design and develop a platform able to interact with Shopify and Ethereum APIs;

• to create a web portal for the retailers with simple and useful functionality for issuing the coupons;

• to develop a mechanism of simple gaining, transferring and spending discount coupons.

Project implementation 

1. We created an intuitive and useful web portal for online retail owners and shoppers;

2. We developed an integrated platform working with Ethereum, Shopify, Magento and WooCommerce APIs;

3. We enabled the customers to save money and get discount coupons in any shop on the network.

Results

The shop owners gained a powerful analytics tool, enabling them to track their coupons across the network. This allows adjusting their offers to maximize the user experience.

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https://itsvit.com/cases/blockchain-based-customer-loyalty-system-for-shopify-ecommerce-shops/