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Message Bus Success Story

Customer Company Size

SME

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Message Bus API
Joyent Cloud Infrastructure

Tech Stack

Cloud-native application
IPv6 protocol
Chef Server
Knife command-line interface
Nagios infrastructure monitoring
Splunk data analysis
DMARC email authentication

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Applicable Industries

Telecommunications
Software

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization
Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Data Science Services

About The Customer

Message Bus is an infrastructure application company that was founded in late 2010. The company is the first to provide a cloud-native application that enables and powers Internet messaging across email, mobile, and SMS. The service provided by Message Bus can eliminate the challenges around building email or mobile messaging capabilities into any software or web application. By delivering a truly cloud-native messaging layer – one that reduces messaging to a simple API call – Message Bus gives developers a viable alternative to using out-of-the-box enterprise messaging software. As soon as an application hands a message to the Message Bus API, the service delivers the message and provides real-time reporting. The company's executives have a history of building large-scale systems and successful businesses. They have created a work environment with an agile and merged DevOps structure, where pair programming and test-driven development are part of the corporate culture.

The Challenge

Message Bus, a cloud-native application company, was seeking to provide a service that could eliminate the challenges around building email or mobile messaging capabilities into any software or web application. They wanted to offer a viable alternative to using out-of-the-box enterprise messaging software. However, to continue telling a compelling cloud story in the marketplace, they needed to work with a cloud infrastructure provider that could truly deliver all the advantages of the cloud. They needed scalability, consistent performance measurement across their network, CPUs, and disks, support for new standards and technologies, and a true business partner.

The Solution

Message Bus partnered with Joyent, a cloud infrastructure provider. Joyent provided Message Bus with unparalleled access and control, which was a level of openness that Message Bus had not seen before. As soon as Message Bus migrated its code to Joyent, the code began to run three times faster. Joyent also allowed Message Bus to move workloads as needed to ensure reliability, deliverability, and scaling. Joyent figured out a way to deliver IPv6 straight to Message Bus's load balancers and also partnered with Message Bus to figure out how to support static IP addresses. This helped Message Bus's customers control their IP reputation and get more value out of the service. Joyent also offered flexible pricing that made sense for Message Bus as a startup.

Operational Impact

Message Bus's code began to run three times faster on Joyent's infrastructure.
Joyent allowed Message Bus to move workloads as needed to ensure reliability, deliverability, and scaling.
Joyent figured out a way to deliver IPv6 straight to Message Bus's load balancers.
Joyent partnered with Message Bus to figure out how to support static IP addresses, helping Message Bus's customers control their IP reputation and get more value out of the service.

Quantitative Benefit