Rafay Systems announced that MoneyGram has selected the Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP) as
its Kubernetes provider and Amazon
Web Services (AWS) as its global cloud provider. Through these relationships,
MoneyGram is building a best-in-class Kubernetes operations practice and further expanding
cloud-native application development and infrastructure modernization
initiatives.
MoneyGram is one of the world's leading brands that
powers cross-border money transfers, having served more than 150 million people
over the past five years. Over five years ago, the company embarked on a
digital transformation initiative to rapidly evolve its business model and
deliver innovative financial solutions that connect the world's communities.
Now, MoneyGram leverages its modern, mobile, and API-driven platform and
collaborates with the world's top brands to serve consumers through its
direct-to-consumer digital channel, global retail network, and embedded finance
business for enterprise customers.
"Our strategic digital
transformation initiative is critical to meeting our goal to provide modern
financial solutions to customers around the world," said Joe Vaughan, Chief
Technology Officer at MoneyGram. "In cooperation with Rafay and AWS, we are
able to deliver new, innovative products and services to the global market
faster and manage them cost-effectively."
By leveraging Rafay and
AWS, MoneyGram has launched a fully functional Kubernetes operations practice
in less than three months and been able to achieve the following:
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Standardize on Amazon
Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS):
MoneyGram's choice of Amazon EKS gives them access to the flexibility of
Kubernetes with the security, scalability, and resiliency of a fully managed
AWS service.
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Standardize Cluster
& Environment: MoneyGram now has an
easier way for clusters and environments to be centrally defined and managed
across multiple internal teams and across AWS regions.
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Secure and Control
Developer Access: MoneyGram now has a
high-level of control over developer and operator access to Kubernetes
infrastructure, with simplified isolation boundary management between
development teams, along with central auditing of all developer and operator
activity.
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Reduce Kubernetes
Management Overhead: By leveraging the
Rafay platform, MoneyGram's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team can now
focus on higher-value product innovation activities, versus constantly dealing
with Kubernetes management complexities.
"It is incredible to see
how fast a company can accelerate along its path to modernization by moving to
the cloud and standardizing on Kubernetes," said Haseeb Budhani, CEO and
co-founder of Rafay Systems. "MoneyGram's teams are deploying more applications
in AWS faster than ever before, and we could not be prouder of the
collaboration between the three companies as we work to play a small role in
MoneyGram's continued success."
"Customers around
the globe are modernizing their applications faster with Amazon EKS," said
Barry Cooks, Vice President, Kubernetes at AWS. "We are excited to work
with Rafay to help MoneyGram streamline their Kubernetes operations so that
they can focus on what matters most-delivering innovative products to their end
users."
"MoneyGram's
modernization strategy is building the future of digital payments," continued
Joe Vaughan, Chief Technology Officer at MoneyGram International. "That means
we must reimagine the ways family and friends send money around the globe and
reinvent how we deliver our products and services to our customers."
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