Application Modernization Leveraging Containers
Thought Leadership
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Led a large-scale containerization project to eliminate technical debt on Windows 2000 and 2003 servers
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Developed a fully automated DevSecOps pipeline
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Overcame significant technical debt on an accelerated schedule to massively reduce the number of vulnerabilities in the customer environment
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Implemented Agile methodologies and Power BI reporting for senior leadership
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Provided senior SMEs in areas of application containerization, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, automation, & architecture
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Stood up and stabilized three separate Docker Enterprise environments
Providing Expertise to Stand Up Docker Platform and Containerize Legacy Applications
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Our customer needed urgent assistance to containerize their oldest legacy applications that no vendor had been able to successfully move to supported operating systems.
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C2 Labs overcame these challenges using Agile methodologies to deliver the Docker EE containerization platform and an application rationalization methodology; containerize or retire multiple applications; enhance documentation; build a fully automated DevOps pipeline; and create sophisticated reporting in Power BI using multiple data sources and Python.
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Implemented Ansible playbooks to automate operations support, reducing process time by 83% and achieving approximately $60,000 in annual cost savings.
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Turned around an existing customer project that had failed by providing Agile project management expertise, coordinating efforts across multiple vendors, and ultimately delivering a successful project.
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Successfully built and deployed a Kubernetes (K8s) cluster for hosting C2 Labs-developed applications with advanced autoscaling leveraging the cloud.
Key accomplishments of our containerization projects included:
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Stood up the customer's first Agile project management tool (Microsoft Azure DevOps) within their environment and consolidated multiple separate projects into one unified team.
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Implemented an aggressive schedule that included three months of planning and analysis followed by five months of execution.
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Implemented a “Scrum of Scrums” approach to Agile project management to effectively integrate four separate sprint teams and to coordinate activities across geographically dispersed teams.
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Implemented Agile training, workshops, and best practices for customer staff and support contractors.
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Completed 2,829 user stories in just eight months, delivering 138% of the desired scope while finishing the project one month early and $100,000 under budget.
C2 Labs applied sophisticated and modern DevSecOps techniques to lower the cost of operating the container and cloud environment while removing manual steps, thereby increasing the quality, resiliency, and security of the environment. Key accomplishments included:
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Integrated the Docker EE container environment for real-time monitoring via Splunk.
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Integrated data from five different data sources, built a complex data model using Python scripts. We then provided near-real-time data visualizations via Microsoft Power BI to show project progress and to provide a defensible understanding of risk for the first time in this customer's environment
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Implemented Twistlock for container scanning, policy enforcement, and security monitoring.
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Developed the first security plan documentation and baselines in the customer environment while implementing real-time continuous monitoring security checks leveraging Ansible playbooks, reducing audit times by five hours per server
Extending Containerization
C2 Labs was able to design and build a modern containerization platform, CI/CD pipeline, and DevSecOps processes and culture to reduce technical debt and eliminate security vulnerabilities in the customer's environment. C2 Labs' leadership team and subject matter experts (SMEs) have extensive experience supporting cloud, DevSecOps, and security work in both government and highly regulated commercial environments.
From that experience, we have found three common problem areas in which we assist our clients in accelerating their journey to the cloud: Application Rationalization, Strategy and Architecture, and Cyber Security. By understanding these problem areas and having broad domain expertise, we blend Art and Science to come up with the optimal approach and proven methodologies to exceed each customer’s expectations.