AWS-powered DevOps success in global tax transformation
Tax Canary is a digital firm providing tax information for over 190 countries and territories, making it easier for businesses and individuals to understand the tax implications of international operations.
Project summary
The project focused on developing CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure with AWS CloudFormation, enhancing security measures, and implementing comprehensive monitoring and logging. These improvements aimed to streamline TaxCanary's operations, ensuring scalability, security, and efficient infrastructure management.
Project challenges
Their existing infrastructure was not scalable or agile enough to meet increasing demands, causing operational inefficiencies and deployment delays. Additionally, they needed to fortify their security measures while ensuring seamless integration and deployment of new updates.
Our process
We approach each project with a commitment to leveraging industry-leading tools to drive scalability, enhance security, and enable seamless updates.
Our solution
We leveraged AWS CloudFormation to define and deploy AWS resources consistently and efficiently across multiple environments. By using infrastructure as code (IaC), we ensured that their cloud infrastructure could scale seamlessly to meet growing demands without manual intervention. This automation reduced operational overhead and minimized the risk of configuration drift and errors, enhancing overall reliability and agility in responding to business needs.
Using AWS CodePipeline, we automated their entire software release workflow—from code integration and testing to deployment, accelerating the delivery of new features and updates, significantly reducing deployment times, and improving time-to-market. Continuous integration and deployment ensured that TaxCanary could swiftly adapt to market demands and maintain a competitive edge while maintaining high standards of code quality and reliability.
We implemented comprehensive measures using AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) and adopted a proactive "shift-left" security approach, embedding best practices early in TaxCanary's development lifecycle. This ensured their applications were shielded from threats and vulnerabilities. Regular security assessments and audits bolstered system resilience, safeguarding sensitive financial data and ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
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Final results
Our commitment to excellence empowered TaxCanary to achieve a 60% reduction in infrastructure management costs and a 50% decrease in deployment times.
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