Digital Science

Fourth Law of Motion: Continuous is fastest.
Digital Science is a technology company that works to change the way science is done through better use of technology. To accelerate their rate of innovation, Digital Science deployed Hosted Chef™ to continuously deliver new applications.

The Challenge

Digital Science develops and delivers innovative software and tools designed to make scientific discovery more efficient. To keep pace with rapid changes in scientific research methods, Digital Science needed an automation engine capable of delivering new code on a continuous basis to keep pace with scientific innovation, while reducing the time needed to do so.

The Solution

Digital Science deployed Opscode Hosted Chef™ to automate its Amazon EC2 infrastructure, including configuration and environment management, reporting and continuous application delivery. Using Hosted Chef, Digital Science has created an integrated development pipeline in which all stages of the process are automated and continuous, accelerating time-to-market for new applications, while eliminating all manual management.

The Results

  • Continuously deliver new software applications, accelerating time-to-market
  • Leverage complete infrastructure documentation to establish model of reuse
  • Eliminate nearly all manual infrastructure management
"Thanks to Hosted Chef, our developers have the freedom to create, innovate and deliver without traditional constraints or time lags." Steven Mohapi-Banks, CTO, Digital Science

Digital Science is a new technology company that both creates software and tools internally, as well as incubates and invests in other scientific startups with the aim being to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of research.

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About Opscode

Opscode is the provider of Chef, the automation platform for the coded business. Opscode Chef provides the speed, flexibility, and efficiency to compete in the digital economy. By modeling IT infrastructure and application delivery as code, Chef empowers businesses of all sizes to easily scale to meet demand, eliminate down time, manage complexity, and accelerate time to market.