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Enterprise Streaming Development for Major Consultancy

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Staff Augmentation

Industry

Business Consulting & Services

Duration

115 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 January 2017

Team Size

21-25 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

79/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Miami, United States of America

Project Summary

NashTech (formerly Knoldus Inc.) developed data streaming solutions that move data from corporate enterprise systems to new types of databases and object storage using technologies like Kafka and Cassandra. The vendor incubated an offshore team, wrote code to move and make data consumable by apps, and helped the client meet an aggressive initial release date while integrating into the client's tooling and agile processes.

Key Challenges

Need to develop an enterprise streaming platform
Need microservices to manage a new data setup and stream data to new databases

Project Deliverables

Enterprise streaming platform
Microservices for data streaming
Data pipelines to object storage and new databases
Incubated offshore development team
Integrations enabling apps to consume streamed data

Project Solution

Knoldus reviewed technical problems, helped incubate an offshore team, and implemented an enterprise streaming platform. They used technologies such as Confluence, Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra and the Lightbend stack to build microservices and data pipelines that move data to object storage and other databases and make it consumable by various apps. They integrated with the client's agile processes and tools to collaborate and track progress.

Project Outcome

Helped meet an aggressive initial release date
Provided reliable and functional development and integrated with the client's tools (Jira, Slack, Skype)
Optimized collaboration by leveraging offshore capacity

Platforms

Tech Stack

Apache Kafka
Apache Cassandra

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“NashTech (formerly Knoldus Inc.) has excellent project management and communication skills, leveraging numerous tools to keep the project on track. They met an aggressive deadline and collaborated well to exceed expectations.”
Anonymous
IT Advisory
Date: 03/01/2019