NetApp Helps Polaris Alpha Modernize DevOps, Speed Delivery of Security Services for U.S. Government
July 11 2017 - 8:00AM
“Our systems are used to help analysts and operators visualize and
share massive amounts of data to support critical decision-making
for U.S. national security across air, sea, ground, cyber, and
space operations globally,” said David Coker, senior VP of
information systems at Polaris Alpha. “With NetApp, we have
significantly accelerated the development of new offerings and have
changed our relationship with our internal customers; they now see
us as part of their team.”
Polaris Alpha provides custom software solutions that allow
government agencies such as the Department of Defense and
Department of Homeland Security to quickly evaluate potential
threats and make smarter decisions. Polaris Alpha’s business and
reputation depend on its ability to consistently deliver solutions
on time and within budget. Behind the scenes, more than 400
software developers provide continual support and services for
customers’ unique deployments.
The company had to modernize every aspect of IT when they
decided to adopt a multimodal approach that applied DevOps and
agile methodologies to their oldest legacy systems. As they
transitioned from monolithic applications to cloud-native
containerized technologies, they faced a 10% monthly growth in
storage requirements, which increased latency and hampered
developer productivity.
Polaris Alpha turned to Flair Data Systems, a NetApp
(NASDAQ:NTAP) partner, to help develop a responsive, reliable
support approach for customers’ mission-critical operations.
This included moving Polaris Alpha’s virtualized production and
development systems to FlexPod® Datacenter converged
infrastructure, which uses NetApp® All Flash FAS, the world’s
fastest and most cloud connected all flash arrays.
The ability to easily integrate FlexPod with existing VMware
solutions simplified provisioning, and accelerated container
deployments, including Docker and Jenkins, from six weeks to just
15 minutes. With faster provisioning and submillisecond
latency, Polaris Alpha can now support its 400 developers with
access to additional resources. The system can now handle more than
100 concurrent builds with no impact on performance. Developers can
now test and deliver solutions and microservices to customers more
quickly and more reliably. The company also benefits from the
FlexPod compact footprint, which takes up 75% less data center
space than the previous solution.
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