Overview
In supporting the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) cloud-based scientific data portals, ESI saw an opportunity to accelerate a labor-intensive and time-consuming process for deploying software for NCI’s Integrated Canine Data Commons. By automating this process using “one-click deployment,” we helped speed the deployment process without compromising system security and integrity, giving users access to the latest data, tools, and resources they need for advancing cancer research.
The Challenge
NCI, the leading federal agency responsible for cancer research at the National Institutes of Health, maintains petabytes of biomedical data, applications, and other resources within their cloud-based ecosystems. NCI developed and maintains specialized scientific data portals, where cancer researchers can explore, access, and connect to NCI’s data. It’s vital that NCI keep these resources up to date and available for researchers at all times.
However, in maintaining the cloud infrastructure for NCI’s Integrated Canine Data Commons, ESI staff learned that NCI was relying on a manual tier-deployment process. This process, which requires the developer to manually remake each tier in a different cloud environment, requires not only a significant amount of time, but can be prone to human error and security risks.
NCI needed a way to make this process more efficient without compromising accuracy and security.
The Solution
With our automated solution, ESI was able to condense a process that previously relied on multiple, manual steps, into a single click.
As NCI’s Integrated Canine Data Commons is hosted on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, our AWS-certified cloud experts understood how best to integrate this one-click solution, and the services and pipelines available on the AWS platform.
With one-click deployment, NCI can now easily make enhancements to their portal by seamlessly moving updates through every tier. AWS microservices adjust automatically, ensuring the necessary security measures. From end-to-end, the tiers retain the same level of security and data integrity.
The Results
Using one-click deployment, ESI was able to move NCI’s Integrated Canine Data Commons from a manual system to a one-click deployment process:
- Increasing deployment speed from weeks to the instantaneous click of a mouse.
- Maintaining data integrity and security.
- Reducing “fail” jobs or failed cloud deployments to zero.
Building on the success of the Integrated Canine Data Commons, NCI has now implemented the one-click deployment system for multiple data portals, ensuring critical cancer research data are more quickly available to the community.
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