Flikshop keeps families connected to their friends and relatives incarcerated in over 2,000 jails, prisons, and juvenile facilities across the US. Men and women in prison are away from their families; feel left out as they have not seen their loved ones for years. The Flikshop app allows users to send photos and personal messages as real postcards directly to their loved ones; making it possible to share moments instantly, helping families stay connected by sharing bonds and creating a more substantial reentry plan for every person in every facility in the country.
ITTStar developed, tested, and deployed infrastructure that was configured based on Kubernetes. This was accomplished by utilizing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), as well as Elastic Block Store (EBS), Autoscaling, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).
In addition, Amazon Route 53 used; was a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service. We had set up self-healing and configured Autoscaling at the Pod level. This ensured minimal downtime for maintenance and upgrades. The new solution also ensured no disruption in services, as well as proactive mitigation of potential demand issues.
ITTStar has previously worked on many similar implementations and this, combined with our strong skill set around DevOps won us the business. We also won with our dedication and service to the customer, which was very well received and praised.
We won this customer through experience, solid processes, and a strong customer service ethos. We also implemented all the requirements client had asked for and provided them smoother transition to the new platform running in Kubernetes with autoscaling configured and monitoring.
ITTStar's unique solution transformed Flikshop’s business functioning in the following ways:
“I We had an incredible experience working with ITTStar. They were incredibly responsive, very capable and awesome communicators along our development journey.
ITTStar's team has been one of the best:
Marcus Bullock, CEO & Founder, Flikshop