International leaders for multi-channel betting and gaming, this renowned British bookmaker offers an unrivalled choice of products and highest standards of service to customers. With a strong online presence and market leading technology, they aspire to be the number one choice for customers, however they choose to bet and game.
The situation
Transfer of infrastructure management to in-house to aid future business growth
Ensure rapid production of new scalable infrastructure to support varying usage demands during peak activity
Efficient Xtravirt consulting integration with the automation team on site, to ensure minimal disruption to the customer’s complex infrastructure
Our approach
Scalable automation/ orchestration solution deployed to support online presence and internal systems
Design and production of a vRealize Automation infrastructure, with Puppet integration via vRA and vRO
Use of existing technology ‘Foreman’ to assist Puppet management, providing additional flexibility and capability
Jenkins continuous integration tool used to bridge technologies between GitLab and vRA publishing of blueprints
Outcomes achieved
79% reduction of time taken to wait for a virtual machine (VM), resulting in the deployment of hundreds of servers within a few hours
Management of the infrastructure transferred internally removing need for third party and costs incurred
A repeatable platform ready for deployment across 3 European locations
Creation and augmentation of a self-service portal enabling users to submit service requests against templated offerings and drive support efficiencies
