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Digital transformation leads to an increased use of informa-

tion technologies in all areas of the company. Companies

can only master this change successfully if they give their IT

the necessary agility in time in order to be able to develop

web- and cloud-based applications quickly enough. Mobile

apps clearly demonstrate the speed at which new functions

can be made available to users. High speed of innovation

will lead to a loyal and rapidly growing customer base.

Such a high speed of development and innovation sim-

ply isn’t possible with traditional IT infrastructures. That‘s

why your company needs new technologies that enable

faster and more cost-effective development of applications

and cloud services. With Docker & Container as a Service

(CaaS), DARZ provides a solution based on NetApp storage

systems that allows you to deploy new applications and

software functions within a very short period of time.

CaaS: The right box for every application

What is container technology all about?

With the necessary transformation of your company, there

is no getting around modern application development. The

speed with which you can develop, deploy and market your

applications decides on your competitiveness. “Containe-

rization” is the key to this: containers enable applications

to be packaged into transportable packages together with

all their accessories. This modular approach accelerates

application development quite considerably.

Why do we need agile application development? Containers offer the following advantages compared

to traditional server virtualization:

z Maximum degree of standardization and reproducibility

z No dedicated operating system

z Narrow footprint

z Quick and easy deployment and updating of production,

test and development environments

z Extremely flexible lifecycle management

z Nearly real-time scalability, both vertically and horizon-

tally

z Lower costs due to optimal resource utilization

This makes container technology a decisive step towards

greater cost efficiency and speed. By gaining in innovative

capacity and quality, you will achieve important competitive

advantages for your company and be well prepared for the

digital age.

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AS A CATALYST FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

DOCKER & CONTAINER AS A SERVICE (CAAS)

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DOCKER & CONTAINER AS A SERVICE (CAAS)

The current container technology still leaves a number of

important operational questions unanswered, however:

z Orchestration of the containers

z Data exchange between containers

z Persistent storage

z Load balancing

z Monitoring

z High availability

To close these gaps, DARZ has developed technical

enhancements together with NetApp and evoila, which

have expanded the concept of the DataFabric and can now

be fully utilized – with all of the advantages and without

the application deficiencies mentioned above.

For the first time, a plug-in enables NetApp storage systems

to be integrated into the container service to provide

long-term, secure data storage. The simultaneous usability

of the data between the housing, the Private Cloud / IaaS,

the Public Cloud and CaaS is guaranteed.

As part of its consulting know-how, evoila, as a provider of

consulting services, supports the DARZ offering with its

own software solution for user-specific reporting and

billing. The orchestration, scaling and availability

monitoring of the container lifecycle is ensured by the open

source platform Cloud Foundry. Customers who want to

use CaaS for their applications will also benefit from

valuable, specific expertise on the topics Container, Docker

and Cloud Foundry through evoila‘s consulting services.

This will allow for fast and clean application development.

DARZ provides users of CaaS with the necessary

infrastructure and access to its entire modular structured

service offering that is made available at the high-security

data center in Darmstadt. Customers receive significant

added value because CaaS can be seamlessly integrated

with virtual machines in a Private Cloud, Public Cloud or

their own systems. It uses a network level as well as a

common data base. DARZ provides customers and partners

with leading IT infrastructures, services and know-how of

the highest quality and security to meet current and future

digital challenges and secure competitive advantages. The

company offers its customers services in the three main

categories: Colocation, Infrastructure as a Service and

Storage as a Service.

CaaS: Application provision on the next level

Cloud Foundry Architecture and the Benefits of CaaS

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DOCKER & CONTAINER AS A SERVICE (CAAS)

z A virtualization solution for agile software development

z Immediate use (Platform as a Service)

z Complete lifecycle management for the containers

z Real-time monitoring of the infrastructure

z Guaranteed high availability of the data and system

performance

z Maximum data security and persistence

z Lower costs due to optimal resource utilization

z Consumption-based billing model “pay per use”

CAAS: YOUR BENEFITS AT A GLANCEAs a result, CaaS includes everything companies need to

optimize and accelerate their application development –

using a single solution and based on DARZ’s highly secure

and highly available infrastructure.

DARZ GmbH � Julius-Reiber-Str. 11 � D-64293 Darmstadt � Germany � www.da-rz.de

SALES DARZ

Phone +49 6151 / 8762-777

Email sales@da-rz.de

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