{ "id": 66, "companyName": "Zappos", "slug": "zappos", "logo": "\/img\/case-studies\/zappos\/logo-zappos.png", "masthead": "\/img\/case-studies\/zappos\/edrans-web-bg-projects-zappos.jpg", "opening": "How world-class monitoring helps Zappos deliver WOW through service", "summary": "<div><!--block-->In 2009, Edrans implemented a monitoring system for leading ecommerce retailer Zappos, <strong>reducing error rates by 95% and improving overall latency by 50%.<\/strong><br><br>That year, Zappos reached $1 billion in sales and was acquired by Amazon. We helped integrate the technology platforms, currently monitoring over 15,000 performance metrics daily.<\/div>", "multimedia": "\/img\/case-studies\/zappos\/edrans-web-bg-projects-zappos-2.jpg", "aws_technologies": "EventBridge,CloudWatch,VPC - Transit Gateway,GuardDuty,SageMaker", "other_technologies": "JavaScript, MongoDB", "begining": "<div><!--block-->Panorama<strong> at the beginning<\/strong><\/div><ul><li><!--block-->Existing monitoring tool was performing poorly<\/li><li><!--block-->Zappos IT team spent too much time maintaining underperforming tools<\/li><li><!--block-->Rapid growth meant Zappos needed more automation to manage IT effectively<\/li><\/ul>", "quote": "<div><!--block-->Thanks to Edrans, Zappos has one of the best and most comprehensive monitoring systems I\u2019ve seen! What a relief!<\/div>", "quoteName": "John Allen", "quoteRole": "Zappos Developer", "approach_intro": "Inside Zappos During the first phase of the project, our priority was to identify the most beneficial metrics to watch", "approach_media": "\/img\/case-studies\/zappos\/edrans-web-bg-projects-zappos.jpg", "approach_text": "<ul><li><!--block--><strong>Implementing basic improvements<\/strong><br>With the busy holiday season approaching, we prioritized stabilizing the existing monitoring system and introducing new metrics that would make the biggest impact on overall performance. We implemented metrics that increased visibility into each layer of their infrastructure, from web servers to databases, including number of errors, sales per minute, and latency times. With this new visibility, it was easier for Zappos to identify issues and improve quickly. Within just a few months, they had reduced the error rate by 95% and improved overall latency by 50%.&nbsp;<\/li><li><!--block--><strong>Migrating to new monitoring platform<\/strong><br>As we continued to collect more performance data and introduce thousands of new metrics, it became clear that the existing monitoring system wasn\u2019t capable of keeping up. We migrated to a more scalable, robust solution\u2014Nagios (version 3), the current worldwide standard for IT monitoring. This new platform enabled the Zappos team to gain even higher visibility into all levels of technical operations.<\/li><li><!--block--><strong>Integrating with Amazon <\/strong><br>During the same year we began working with Zappos, Amazon acquired the company for nearly $1 billion. As a key technology partner, we helped Zappos integrate their technology platforms with AWS, including implementing new monitoring protocols to Amazon\u2019s specifications in just two months. With the flexibility of the new monitoring system, we were able to deliver. We created metrics new to both Zappos and Amazon, and our custom solution even allowed Zappos to detect problems before Amazon.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>", "resultsImage": "\/img\/case-studies\/zappos\/edrans-web-bg-projects-zappos.jpg", "resultsText": "<div><!--block-->Zappos <strong>gained a clear picture <\/strong>of how their technology was performing at every aspect of their business: sales, email marketing campaigns, user experience, security, and even fraud control. <br><br>With 24x7 monitoring for every business unit, we gave their team visibility into more than 15,000 daily metrics and created 5,000 graphs visualizing data across the business. <strong>We implemented over 400 runbooks to help Zappos understand each metric,<\/strong> analyze trends and identify problems more quickly, and reduce resolution times.&nbsp;<br><br>They were able to add value with predictive technology, identifying problems before they affected customers, and maintained exceptional performance during peak traffic times, such as Cyber Monday sales. Our contributions help Zappos deliver on their first core value\u2014to deliver WOW through service.&nbsp;<\/div>", "segment": null, "created_at": "2020-06-26 06:41:37", "updated_at": "2022-10-03 13:49:10", "status": 1, "order": 27, "lang": "en-US", "userId": 3, "industries": [ "Manufacturing", "Consumer Goods" ], "services": [ "IoT", "Cloud Application Development", "Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning" ] }