Leveraging AI and Automation to Streamline Development and Reduce Costs
Overwhelmed by Complex AI Workflows
Zimperium, a leading mobile security provider, constantly strives to innovate by developing advanced machine learning models to protect mobile devices from emerging threats. However, its development process was becoming increasingly complex. Multiple tools and systems were required to build, test, and deploy new versions across dozens of environments, causing operational inefficiencies and straining internal resources. With teams juggling separate pipelines for data ingestion, model training, and validation, Zimperium needed a more streamlined approach that would allow developers to focus on delivering cutting-edge security solutions.
Rising Costs and Slow Time-to-Market
Inefficient workflows introduced several pain points:
- Manual Handoffs: Model updates and version tracking required extensive coordination, making even small changes cumbersome and error-prone.
- Infrastructure Overload: Maintaining multiple scripts, servers, and third-party integrations left Zimperium’s IT team under constant pressure.
- Delayed Releases: Testing and validating new features across different environments often led to bottlenecks, slowing Zimperium’s ability to respond to evolving mobile threats.
- Escalating Costs: As complexity grew, so did the overhead—time spent on repetitive, manual tasks directly impacted both expenses and team morale.
Zimperium recognized it could not keep pace with rapidly evolving malware threats if it remained bogged down by manual deployment workflows.
Streamlining Automation with Krista
Zimperium partnered with Krista to fully automate and orchestrate its deployment pipelines to accelerate the release process and protect its customers’ mobile devices from threats:
- Unified Orchestration
- Seamless Integration: Krista integrated with existing tools and services to automate and orchestrate deployment processes.
- Conversational Interface: Zimperium’s operations teams used Krista to trigger automated workflows, from data ingestion to model deployment.
- Automated Release Management
- Reduced Human Error: Krista managed the build, test, and release processes end to end, minimizing manual overhead.
- Versioning & Dependencies: By automatically handling dependencies, Krista freed teams to focus on threat research rather than administrative tasks.
- Real-Time Monitoring and Alerts
- Complete Visibility: Krista provided insights into the overall deployment status, accelerating troubleshooting and iterative development.
- Proactive Notifications: When issues surfaced, Krista alerted operations immediately, mitigating delays and preventing cascading errors.
Transformative Results: Faster Releases and Lower Costs
By implementing Krista’s AI-powered orchestration, Zimperium realized immediate and measurable benefits:
- Accelerated Development
- Deployment times dropped from over four hours to just minutes, enabling the company to stay ahead of emerging threats.
- Reduced Costs
- Automated workflows and optimized resource usage saved Zimperium over $200,000, allowing the company to reinvest in core R&D.
- Improved Reliability
- Krista’s integrated approach minimized errors during the build-and-release cycle, ensuring higher-quality updates reached customers faster.
- Enhanced Team Productivity
- Infrastructure and operations teams reclaimed valuable time once lost to managing infrastructure, enabling a sharper focus on advanced security and threat intelligence.
Using Krista to orchestrate processes, Zimperium modernized its operational workflows, slashed costs, and reinforced its commitment to delivering world-class mobile security solutions.
