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Case Study: AWS CloudFormation Implementation for Arietta.ai

Arietta.ai, a leader in Applied AI solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, faced significant challenges in managing and scaling their SaaS adverse event reporting system infrastructure. Partnering with the cloud services team at skyPurple Cloud, Arietta.ai embarked on a transformative journey during early 2023 to implement AWS CloudFormation, resulting in substantial improvements in deployment efficiency, consistency, and scalability across their AWS infrastructure.

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Initial Objectives

  • Standardise and automate infrastructure deployment processes.

  • Enhance scalability and reliability of the SaaS platform.

  • Improve compliance and auditability of infrastructure changes.

  • Reduce time-to-market for new features and updates.

Operational Challenges:

Arietta.ai's existing manual deployment processes led to:

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  • Time-consuming and error-prone infrastructure updates.

  • Inconsistencies between development, testing, and production environments.

  • Difficulties in scaling infrastructure to meet growing demand.

  • Compliance risks due to lack of standardised, auditable deployment processes.

Strategies and Solutions Employed:

Comprehensive IaC Implementation:

  • Designed and implemented modular, version-controlled CloudFormation templates for the entire infrastructure stack.

  • Created templates for compute resources, databases, networking components, and security groups.

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CI/CD Pipeline Integration:

  • Integrated CloudFormation templates into existing CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.

  • Implemented change management processes for template updates.​

 

Environment Standardisation:

  • Developed consistent templates for development, testing, and production environments.

  • Implemented parameter files to manage environment-specific configurations.

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Security and Compliance:

  • Incorporated security best practices and compliance requirements into CloudFormation templates.

  • Implemented automated compliance checks as part of the deployment process.

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Knowledge Transfer and Training:

  • Conducted workshops and training sessions for Arietta.ai's DevOps team on CloudFormation best practices.

  • Created comprehensive documentation for ongoing management and updates.

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Results:

After implementing the CloudFormation strategy:

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Operational Efficiency:

  • Reduced infrastructure deployment time from 14 days to a few hours.

  • Achieved consistency across development, testing, and production environments.

  • Decreased configuration errors significantly.​​

​Scalability and Performance:

  • Enabled rapid scaling, supporting increases in customer usage with no impact to service.

  • Improved system reliability with standardised, tested infrastructure deployments.​​

​Compliance and Security:

  • Enhanced compliance adherence with standardised, auditable infrastructure.

  • Improved security posture through consistent application of best practices.​​

​Financial Impact:

  • Estimated 60% reduction in person-hours for infrastructure management.

  • Projected 40% decrease in downtime-related costs due to improved reliability.

  • Calculated 25% savings in overall infrastructure costs through optimised resource allocation.​

Conclusion:

Arietta.ai's partnership with the skyPurple Cloud team for the CloudFormation implementation project transformed their infrastructure management processes. The adoption of Infrastructure as Code not only yielded significant operational efficiencies but also positioned Arietta.ai to rapidly scale and innovate their SaaS platform. The improvements in consistency and reliability aligned well with their operational goals, allowing for more agile development and deployment practices.

Future Steps:

  • Expand CloudFormation usage to cover additional services and resources.

  • Implement advanced CloudFormation features such as nested stacks and custom resources.

  • Explore integration with AWS Service Catalog for standardised resource provisioning.

  • Develop a comprehensive strategy for ongoing template maintenance and optimisation.

This case study exemplifies how a targeted implementation of AWS CloudFormation can result in substantial operational improvements, cost savings, and enhanced scalability. It serves as a model for similar customers aiming to optimize their cloud infrastructure management while maintaining high standards of reliability and compliance.

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