Case Studies

The problem

With customers spanning many regions using dozens of devices connected to hundreds of access networks at different times, latency is averaged over millions of customers under dynamic conditions. The complexity and voluatility inherent in real-world conditions under which end users expect IoT devices to perform must be matched by an equally performant solution.

The solution

Under these conditions, Comcast needed a scalable, durable solution that could maintain sub 50ms end-to-end latency. Kafka's profile made sense for their use case, but they didn't want to commit resources to its management that could be better used towards bottom-line projects. Consequently, they decided to evaluate managed providers.

The outcome

After evaluating competitors according to Comcast's strict requirements, they chose to go with Aiven for Apache Kafka. Aiven's combination of superior price, support, and performance ultimately won Comcast over and now forms the backbone for the critical workflows within their asynchronous architecture design that drives Xfinity Home.

The problem

With customers spanning multiple countries and operations including physical casinos, cruise ships and online gambling to generate money for good causes, Paf needs a loosely-coupled, asynchronous and schema-agnostic messaging solution.

This enables the company to connect their hundreds of often seafaring slot machines, casino games, and online portals with financial and authentication data — all guided by complex and dynamic logistical and legal directives.

The solution

To focus on their core business and manage ever-shifting European regulatory requirements, Paf needs to concentrate their teams’ efforts. This means they require a managed solution and preferrably one that could work within their AWS accounts that they are migrating to from their on-premise setup.

The outcome

After considering other hosted solutions, Aiven for Apache Kafka’s bring your own account solution fit the bill, with its dedication to security, support and competitive pricing. With a managed solution in place, the team can continue to build out and scale their architecture, while focusing on their core mission.

The problem

As a fintech company working within highly-regulated industries, e.g. banking and insurance, OptioPay needed to ensure data security and compliance while restructuring their legacy system’s architecture to speed up development and support stable evolution.

The solution

Aiven for Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch made the process easier because we streamlined stateful service operation and migration, and we could deploy in Microsoft Azure Germany - the only cloud they’re allowed to store and process personal data in.

The outcome

Aiven’s cloud flexibility and management has allowed OptioPay to reduce the amount of time their engineers commit to database ops, such as backups and HA architecture, while remaining compliant with PSD2 and GDPR.

The problem

Stanford SSI needed a database to handle the data characteristics unique to aerospace and their new high-bandwidth communications system. After choosing open-source InfluxDB, they fruitlessly spent hours attempting to provision it.

The solution

After a simple Google search, they found Aiven and were able to provision an InfluxDB service in minutes with the click of a few buttons.

The outcome

They were able to stream over a GB of data from their platform at over 200 km away at the edge of space.