Rackspace Technology Collaborates with Blackline Safety to Expand Core Infrastructure to Support Rapid Growth and Industrial ...
April 01 2021 - 11:05AM
Rackspace TechnologyTM (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end,
multicloud technology solutions company, announced today its
collaboration with Blackline Safety Corp. (TSX.V: BLN), a global
leader of gas detection and connected safety solutions, to help
drive critical software innovation and platform improvements that
will support its expanding customer base and employee contact
tracing solution.
Blackline Safety provides wearable safety technology, personal
and area gas monitoring, cloud-connected software, data science
services and data analytics to leading enterprises around the
world. In early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic started to take
hold, Blackline saw an urgent need to support its customers’
ongoing safety needs with new industrial close contact tracing
capabilities. The company engaged with Onica, a Rackspace
Technology company and an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier
Consulting Partner, to help support the rapid development and
deployment of their close contact tracing and reporting
solution.
Blackline Safety has experienced rapid growth since the launch
of its first G7 cloud-connected safety wearables in 2017. End
customers' desire to leverage the data collected by their Blackline
Safety solutions drove the creation of the Blackline Vision data
science team as well as a suite of data-driven tools and
services.
As part of a larger effort to upgrade its data streaming and
processing infrastructure, Blackline needed a partner with Big Data
expertise that could help re-architect aspects of its current
platform to enable faster scaling and real-time data processing
from a growing number of products in the field. They also required
additional resources to build out a data lake that could support
new industrial contact tracing reports and visualizations.
“In this period of accelerated growth, it was becoming difficult
to balance critical software innovation with the need to grow our
team while simultaneously managing critical improvements to our
platform,” said John Moura, director, Software Development and
Operations, Blackline Safety. “We knew that investing in our cloud
infrastructure would support our next phase of growth, but it was
critical to select the right partner with deep experience and a
proven track record. We found that partner with Rackspace
Technology.”
Rackspace Technology worked with Blackline Safety to migrate
from its conventional data ingestion and database storage system to
a modern infrastructure on AWS, which was better equipped to
support Blackline’s future growth and innovation. Rackspace
Technology also implemented a solution using Amazon Kinesis and
Amazon EMR to collect high-volume data streamed from Blackline’s
portfolio of G7 devices in the field via integrated cellular and
satellite connectivity.
With this new infrastructure in place, data is ingested and
routed using a number of tools to preserve its integrity. The data
is then enriched, transmitted and assembled in Amazon Redshift with
the support of Delta Lake. The immediate impact of this
collaboration enabled the deployment of higher data rate reporting
from connected wearables, helping Blackline Safety clients make
informed, data-driven decisions about their businesses.
An additional achievement of the collaboration was support for
the launch of the Blackline Vision team’s highly visual and
interactive industrial contact tracing infrastructure. The solution
provides automated visualizations that highlight close interactions
between employees over designated periods of time using secure data
from their Blackline Safety wearable devices. The teams
successfully ensured information is strictly maintained for each
client organization, only providing access to designated users
through strict user access controls, supporting the safe and
informed return to work initiatives.
“We’re proud of our work with Blackline Safety to improve its
operations and contribute to a solution that protects workers,
combating COVID-19’s spread,” said Jeff Deverter, CTO, Solutions at
Rackspace Technology. “Rackspace Technology was the ideal
collaborator to help Blackline Safety migrate from its conventional
data ingestion and database storage to a contemporary
infrastructure on AWS. This new architecture has increased the
quality of insights Blackline is able to deliver to clients and
immediately supports Blackline’s explosive growth and unlocks
future innovation for the company.”
About Rackspace TechnologyRackspace Technology
is a leading end-to-end multicloud technology services company. We
can design, build and operate our customers’ cloud environments
across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology
stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every
stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize
applications, build new products and adopt innovative
technologies.
About Blackline SafetyBlackline Safety is a
global connected safety leader that helps to ensure every worker
gets their job done and returns home safe each day. Blackline
provides wearable safety technology, personal and area gas
monitoring, cloud-connected software and data analytics to meet
demanding safety challenges and increase productivity of
organizations in more than 100 countries. Blackline Safety
wearables provide a lifeline to tens of thousands of men and women,
having reported over 140 billion data-points and initiated over
five million emergency responses. Armed with cellular and satellite
connectivity, we ensure that help is never too far away. For more
information, visit www.BlacklineSafety.com and connect with us on
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
Media ContactNatalie SilvaRackspace Technology
Corporate Communicationspublicrelations@rackspace.com
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